From newcomer Setchu to stalwarts like Junya Watanabe and Comme des Garçons, Japanese designers are commercially and ...

As women’s roles changed, men recalibrated their identities ... coupled with rising prosperity and disposable income among urban Japanese, led to changes in fashion and customs. The mobo, or “modern ...

with higher percentages for younger and married men. A survey in Japan conducted by a research team at the Japanese Continence Society has revealed that 70% of men in their twenties and 50% in in ...

Testing the waters of the “genderless” movement in the fashion industry, Japanese apparel giant Wacoal Corp. added lace to a line of men’s underwear. The dainty items were quickly sold out.