had children and got divorced in Japan. She had three children to raise and English classes to give, but she stayed up late at night and early in the morning to study the history of kimono fashion ...

KITAKYUSHU -- Some 4,600 new adults dressed in flashy kimonos and other attire attended ... Although the age of adulthood in Japan was lowered to 18 years old from 20 with the enforcement of ...

designs that once adorned kimono and other accoutrements is among the hundreds of evocative images collected in Ian Lynam’s “Fracture: Japanese Graphic Design 1875-1975.” A meticulously rese ...

Kyoto-based Mitsufuji, originally a maker of kimono belts, is transitioning to create high-tech fibers for military uses like shielding fighter jets. This reflects Japan's strategy to bolster its ...

YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Japan’s Coming of Age Day ... The men usually wear sober black suits, but the women are resplendent in kimonos woven in lustrous patterns — often of flowers ...

A key that is dispensed when pressing the purchase button on the vending machine is shown along with instructions on how to retrieve the kimono in English and Japanese, together with an ...