And really, with recent price hikes from nearly all luxury brands, buying second-hand has become the most obvious choice for many. What was once taboo is now a cost-saving and sustainable trend, ...

Want to learn Japanese by playing video games and watching anime? A band of YouTubers — with the help of modern tools — has made learning one of the world’s most challenging languages into a ...

We still recommend the disposable HotHands Hand Warmers for inside your gloves. October 2024 Ever heard the saying, “There’s no such thing as bad weather—just bad clothes”? This most ...

“Bamboo Procurement Team” is written on the side. The workers listen to instructions on how many stalks they’re cutting — today, it’s about 400. Here at the 3,200-acre Smithsonian ...

From a castle-like atelier just outside Edinburgh, which is home to the design studio, showroom, and weaving workshop, her team produces each piece painstakingly by hand on vintage George Wood ...

Symbolic among these was the ban on restroom hand dryers that only Japan had imposed. Speaking with the Mainichi Shimbun, the head of one manufacturer wondered why something like that ever happened.

The skin of the house made of woven bamboo mat makes it breathable,” shares Avneesh Tiwari, founder of Mumbai-based firm, atArchitecture. The firm designed the Northeast Pavilion at the ...

This tiny heart, roughly the size of a freckle, makes a major statement when inked on the ring finger of a certain hand. "I love the growing tradition of getting wedding bands tattooed," says Strong.

I didn’t really get into hand cream until 2020, when I’d started washing my hands with impressive frequency. It wasn’t too long before I realized my body lotion wasn’t going to cut it ...

By Li Yuan A Japanese boy was stabbed on his way to school in China on Sept. 18. That’s the date when, nearly a century earlier in 1931, Japan invaded China. The child, who was 10 years old ...

This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. Mark Kampf was determined to count the ballots by hand, lawsuit ...

Known as the Land of the Rising Sun, Japan's civilization dates as far back as 30,000 years. Today, the archipelago seamlessly blends its rich history with its ultra-modern present. And while its ...