Nepal has a wealth of traditional textiles, from handloom Dhaka to Haku Patasi. With their distinctive colour schemes and ...

A Shinto shrine in Tokushima Prefecture, western Japan, is training young women as "miko" attendants to welcome worshippers during the New Year holidays.

From apparel and high-tech gadgets to food and unique souvenirs, this guide unlocks the best places to shop and things to buy ...

Companies that market their own clothing in Japan as listed on public reports filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission as of May 2004. † Information obtained by contacting each company ...

so he sourced all of his fabrics from Japan and rented traditional Japanese clothing from the Sengoku era so that he and his team could study their construction and reproduce them using similar ...

TOKYO, Dec 19 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan said unconventional monetary ... and side effects and cannot be a substitute for traditional interest rate policy. In a policy review released on ...

The best heated clothes airers are a space-saving alternative to tumble dryers or clothes lines when drying laundry – and some cost just £40 Finding the best heated clothes airer for winter may ...

Photo from the Alkmaar municipality Clogs are a type of traditional wooden shoe and an ... be destroyed after WWII — found in warehouse in Japan After emptying the sewage pit, archaeologists ...

A battle for control of the chain shows how traditional business models embraced ... The billionaire executive at Seven & i Holdings, the Japanese parent company of 7-Eleven, felt the company ...

Each card is handmade with care. Tweezers are sometimes used to create fine details. Greeting cards made of beautiful washi traditional Japanese paper are a delight to the eyes for their gorgeous and ...

What Lei calls his "erotic clothing" showroom is one of the few already open in WeMet Industrial Park, whose Chinese name translates as "Victoria's Secret Town" — though it has no official ...