A 108-year-old Japanese woman has been certified the world’s oldest barber, Guinness World Records said - and she has pledged to keep working until at least 110. Shitsui Hakoishi, born in 1916, ...

The Japanese town destroyed by the Fukushima earthquake was utterly deserted – until one brave couple moved back home and set up business. Barber Kato and his wife pass through police road blocks ...

Shitsui Hakoishi holds a certificate presented by Ben Meyers, right, in Nakagawa, Tochigi Prefecture, on Jan. 7, 2024. (Mainichi/Mie Omokawa) NAKAGAWA, Tochigi -- A woman living in this eastern Japan ...

Hundreds of rowdy spectators roared at a Tokyo arena usually reserved for boxing — except the contestants were not athletes, but barbers. Hundreds of rowdy spectators, many heavily tattooed, roared ...

Scene: Like similar places elsewhere, the usual chairs, mirrors, and bottles; the usual odor of the usual hair-tonic. CUSTOMERS: allowing for differences of dress, and the single feminine presence — ...

One unconventional barber shop in Tokyo is offering free 'crazy' hair cuts to customers who are not afraid of a total makeover ahead of their year-end parties. Roselle Chen reports. 27,116 people ...

In 25 years in Japan I've never been to a barber shop. Heck, a haircut there costs at least 3,000. I go to a salon where I get a cut, a shampoo and a massage for 2,600. It takes about 45-50 minutes. I ...

Tadashi Muragi is a 46-year-old Tokyo hairdresser with a 22-year career of scissor wielding already behind him. Clad in a clean white barber suit at his classically styled, five-seat shop, Muragi may ...

HIGASHI-OSAKA, Osaka Pref. -- It's the usual shopping arcade stretching from a train station, a sight seen anywhere in Japan, except that a castle comes into view between arcade ceilings. Kosaka ...

That delicious combination of peanuts, caramel and nougat all coated in chocolate known as Snickers has been around for ages. In what initially looks like a weird move, Snickers will open a barbershop ...

There’s no such thing as a free lunch… or decent free haircut, apparently. It seems Snickers – everyone’s favourite nougat-topped caramel and peanut chocolate bar – is branching out. But no, they’re ...

Hundreds of rowdy spectators, many heavily tattooed, roared Monday at a Tokyo arena usually reserved for boxing -- except the contestants were not athletes, but barbers. A dozen Japanese and foreign ...