Granted, Japanese pop fashion is an acquired taste and hard to pull off if you're not too young and bug-eyed cute beyond belief. But it's okay, too, to love it from afar, just as a phenomenon ...

Visual Kei emerged in the late 1980s as a flamboyant and theatrical movement blending music, fashion, and identity.

Even after a 1998 cultural thaw allowed Japanese pop culture to trickle in, broadcasters largely censored themselves and avoided airing Japanese music. A customer browses Japanese selections at a ...

Female African-American influencers are reviving the spirit of gyaru culture, a Japanese subculture that was extremely popular in the 1990s. With colourful clothing, exaggerated face contouring ...