HAMAMATSU, Japan, April 17. SWIMSUITS are becoming a hot topic again in Japan. The Japanese Long Course Nationals are where national team members are selected, but they have also become the place ...

As part of a fashion-conscious society that’s not averse to a splash of playful sexiness, Japanese swimsuit designers draw inspiration from a number of sources, such as Japanese school uniforms (both ...

The Saitama Prefectural Government headquarters is seen in this file photo. (Mainichi/Koichi Uchida) SAITAMA -- The association that manages Saitama prefectural parks on Feb. 28 released proposed ...

TOKYO, June 9 (Reuters) - Shares of Japanese swimwear makers Mizuno <8022.T>, Asics <7936.T> and Descente <8114.T> sank on Monday after Olympic gold medallist Kosuke Kitajima shattered a world record ...

An online ad featuring a swimsuit-clad teenage girl who turns into an eel was pulled Monday after Japanese internet users complained it was sexist. Officials in far-south Shibushi yanked the ...

The Japanese Swimming Federation is finally giving the green light to their Olympic swimmers to wear Speedo swimsuits in Beijing. The go-ahead follows months of raging bodysuit wars between Japanese ...

SAITAMA -- Six swimsuit photo sessions scheduled to be held at two Saitama prefectural parks have been canceled after past models' poses were deemed "extreme," the Mainichi Shimbun has learned from ...

In the viral video, the Japanese tourists can be seen wearing Santa caps, with one of them in red-coloured swimwear.

TOKYO, Japan, June 6. DURING the first day of competition at the Japan Open held in Tokyo, Kosuke Kitajima made a statement both in and out of the water. Meanwhile, several other Japanese records fell ...

First-print copies of Persona 4: Dancing All Night for PS Vita in Japan will include a “Woman’s Swimsuit Set,” Atlus announced. The set includes four swimsuit outfits—one for Chie, Yukiko, Rise, and ...

Koei Tecmo released a new trailer for Gust’s upcoming RPG Nights of Azure 2, which also just got an August 31 release date in Japan for PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Nintendo Switch. The new ...