Matara Doll has opened up pre-orders for a traditional Japanese kimekomi doll that resembles Snivy from Pokemon.

In Ichinono, a small rural village in Japan, life-sized dolls have become part of everyday life, adding a sense of activity to an otherwise quiet community. These dolls are carefully crafted by ...

With most of the population gone, residents of one village in Japan have come up with a novel plan to make it less lonely — ...

While kids today know troll dolls from the "Trolls" movies, these dolls based on Scandinavian folklore have been around for ...

With Navaratri and golu vibes brewing in the city, the Japanese holiday of Hinamatsuri ... Fifteen Hina dolls, made of plastic, paper, and silk and arranged on seven levels, praying for the ...

A Japanese village struggling with a low population created life-sized dolls to mimic the feeling of a bustling society. The hamlet of Ichinono, which has less than 60 residents and only one child ...

“They produced about 10,000 dolls and only sold about 2,500,” said DeGraaf. “These early recordings, if you weren’t in the room when the recording was made, you’d have a hard time ...

Also, the close-knit local community made her feel comfortable ... and maintaining these vintage houses can be very expensive.” A Machiya in Kyoto. Japan has many advantages as a place to ...

Cosmetics giant Shiseido Co. is relocating its production facilities back to Japan in seeking to win customers with a “made-in-Japan” brand. “What is important for business is brand values ...

Several more incendiary devices and plastic containers ... house of Japan’s Parliament this month, a decision that angered opposition parties. Some critics said the move, made the day before ...

Scientists in Japan constructed the first satellite made of wood by blending age-old ... a wooden cube with four-inch-wide panels and small plastic and silicon parts, will be sent to the ...