There’s also a widespread assumption on the part of many Japanese that if someone takes your umbrella, you can just take someone else’s. In other words, umbrellas are Japan’s version of ...

These are the weirdest Japanese inventions ever – from a goldfish walker to a tie that doubles up as an umbrella While you'll scoff at a lot of these bonkers creations, some of them are actually ...

Dubbed the “atamabrella,” a combination of “atama,” the Japanese word for head, and umbrella, it protects users from rain or the sun while keeping both hands free to do other activities ...

Many of the country’s stores offer disposable bags for you to pack your dripping umbrella into, and now some of its creative types have taken on the task of improving the basic design as well.

Japanese umbrella pine (or parasol pine) creates an eye-catching accent in the landscape. Despite its common name, this is not a true pine (genus Pinus). Like the dawn redwood, Sciadopitys was ...

A Japanese company is on the cusp of solving that age-old problem of never having enough hands to carry the shopping and unlock the car door because you are holding an umbrella to keep the rain ...