Tomoaki “Nasubi” Hamatsu wanted to be a famous comedian — but he did not want to become an international laughingstock. Yet that’s exactly what happened when he unwittingly appeared naked for weeks on ...

With its challenge to Japan’s conventional ideals of feminine beauty, the bar, which opened in mid-2020, draws about 100 customers on average each day, the majority of them foreign tourists, and has ...

New York — In January 1998, an aspiring Japanese comedian named Tomoaki Hamatsu but better known as Nasubi — or “eggplant,” because of his long face — was chosen to star in “Susunu! Denpa Shōnen,” a ...

While Japan has bolstered its production incentives ecosystem, infrastructure remains a key challenge in the country, Shogun ...

The convention of equating women’s thinness with beauty leads to malnutrition and other health problems, doctors and ...