Tag Archives: Japanese

As make-up artist Kodo Nishimura sashays into a room in Tokyo balanced on pin-thin heels, he could hardly look less like a practising Buddhist monk. Immaculately made-up, sporting smoky eye-shadow, false lashes and winged eyeliner, he changes outfits three times during a presentation to starry-eyed fans. But, at the Tokyo …

The 23-year-old co-star of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner shares lessons learned from the late, great Kirin Kiki and why the #MeToo movement has been slow to take hold in Japan. Mayu Matsuoka‘s delightfully kooky performance as a nerdy introvert in Akiko Ooku’s Tremble All You Want was one …

Victoria Tsai sat nestled on a couch, looking red carpet-worthy in a pastel blue bustier dress, near a stack of copies of her new book, Pure Skin: Discover the Japanese Ritual of Glowing. Around her buzzed dozens of beauty influences and make-up artists, there to pay homage to the savvy …

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa speaks near a Falcon 9 rocket during the announcement by Elon Musk to be the first private passenger who will fly around the Moon aboard the SpaceX BFR launch vehicle, at the SpaceX headquarters and rocket factory on Sept 17, 2018 in Hawthorne, California. [Photo/VCG] HAWTHORNE, …

The veteran maverick actor was a regular in Hirokazu Kore-eda’s films and had spoken openly about the cancer she said had spread throughout her body. Actor Kirin Kiki died Sept. 15 after an award-winning career that spanned six decades and saw her work with many of Japan’s leading directors. She …

If it weren’t for the potholes slowing us down on the road to Honiara, on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, I would have missed the sign that said Dolphin View Cottage, but our guide, Andrew, knew this road by heart. “That’s Guyas Tohabellana,” he said, waving at a stocky man …

Ingrown toenails are super common, but also really uncomfortable to live with. They can be caused by heredity, trauma, poor grooming or even the shoes you wear. The pressure from the curved edges of a toenail digging into the surrounding skin, onchyocryptosis (that’s the medical term for it) can lead …

COMPTON, Calif., Oct. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Synca Wellness launched its first premium branded massage chair – The CirC. Synca Wellness is based out of Osaka, Japan and produces premier, high-end, health and wellness products. The Future of Massage Chairs The CIRC, the first in the line of many Synca creations is a premium, …

An editor in London once told me that a book written about Asia will only sell if there is one or another of these three words in the title: “mother,” “chrysanthemum” or “tea.” I listened with incredulity but understood that these are the things that make Asia appealing to the …

When Melissa Kitchings needed relief from the stress of laboring at two jobs, she searched for a natural release and found Reiki. “Reiki is Japanese for ‘spiritually directed life force,'” she said. “Reiki does not treat or cure any specific conditions, but it is a powerful healing support. Clients usually report a …