New York Fashion Week Kicks Off with Star-Studded Night Out

The fashion industry put on its most glamorous face at New York Fashion Week on Thursday, presenting a star-studded overture to reluctant recessionistas. Shoppers crammed ...

Taiwan Master Craftsman Hardens Swords with Human Bones

The sword-maker inserts an 18-inch shaft of metal into his red-hot kiln. Then he adds his special ingredient: a human thighbone. The bone, says Kuo ...

Fugetsu-Do: History Made Delicious

I felt like a wide-eyed five-year-old drooling at the supermarket candy section. But instead of Hershey’s and gummy worms my beady little eyes were darting ...

Whale Meat Still a Japanese Favorite Despite Protests

As diners sit down to lunches of whale meat in Tokyo and elsewhere across the nation, Japan's whaling fleet is on its annual hunt in ...

Obama Presidency Marks End of Long Boomer Era

When George W. Bush lifts off in his helicopter on Inauguration Day, leaving Washington to make way for Barack Obama, he may not be the ...

Sex Appeal Featured at Hong Kong Fall/Winter Fashion Week

The 40th Annual Hong Kong Fashion Week for Fall/Winter, Asia's largest and the world's second-largest such event, is being held at the Convention and Exhibition ...

Slumdog Soundtrack Work of Celebrated Indian Composer

The soaring "Slumdog Millionaire" soundtrack's three Oscar nominations and Golden Globe award marked many Americans' first exposure to the music of A.R. Rahman. But in ...

Chinese Dream Inspires Armani Spring-Summer Collection

Italian couturier Giorgio Armani looked east with a rich, cinematographic display Monday inspired by China. Armani called the country "a dream" and denied that China's ...

Qing Dynasty Bronzes Focus of French Legal Battle

A French judge Monday refused to halt the sale of disputed Chinese bronze fountainheads heading for Christie's auction block as part of fashion designer Yves ...

Barbie Right at Home in Fashion-Focused Shanghai

What better way for a fashion icon to mark her 50th birthday but with a bash in China's city of chic — Shanghai? A half-century ...

Obamas' Honolulu Faves Include Indigo, Rainbow Drive-In

Rainbow Drive-In in Kapahulu is known for its delicious local food served up in a box. It's located about a mile west of Waikiki on ...

Bi-Racial Asian American Becomes Japanese Enka Star

As a boy, Jerome White Jr. often spent weekends at his grandparents' house, where a melodramatic genre of Japanese music called enka would waft in ...

Indian Designers Featured at Lakme Fashion Week 2009

Surprising Asian Oasis in Simi Valley

Okay, so Ventura County isn't exactly the Dakota Badlands but it isn't most people's idea of Asian Food Heaven either. Well, buster, cruise on over ...

Japanese Couple Wins World Tango Competition

A Japanese couple outdanced the Argentines and more to win the traditional salon category at the Tango Dance World Championship. Hiroshi Yamao and Kyoko Yamao ...

Chinese Gays Step Quietly Toward Official Tolerance

Despite facing previous shutdowns, Cui Zi’en and other organizers successfully launched the Beijing Queer Film Festival, alongside a sexual diversity art exhibition and Shanghai's first ...

Makana's Slack Key Guitar Resonates with Aloha Spirit

Makana attributes this integrated style to the early Hawaiian guitarists' need to be a "whole band" with a single instrument, brought to the islands by ...

China Plans New Terracotta Warrior Dig

Plans include a third excavation of the Terracotta Army near Xi'an, focusing on a 2,152-square-foot area within the main pit to uncover more officer figures ...

Scenes from Hong Kong's Annual Dragon Boat Races

Dragon Boat racing has been a Chinese tradition for about 2,000 years. Today annual Dragon Boat races are held in many cities around the world, ...

Koreans Least Obese, Japanese Watch Most TV

Despite the moderate amount of time Americans spend eating each day — about an hour and a quarter — U.S. obesity rates are the highest ...

Google Earth Causes Uproar with Maps of Old Japan

When Google Earth added historical maps of Japan to its online collection last year, the search giant didn’t expect a backlash. The finely detailed woodblock ...

Young Designers Raise Eyebrows in Shanghai

Some startling creations by China’s top fashion graduates and students were displayed at China Fashion Week held in Beijing, Sunday, March 29, 2009.