Women in Japan have become enamored with “Sylvanian Families,” a series of adorable animal dolls that celebrates its 40th ...

Changes are now being seen in centuries-old gender-based traditions concerning children in Japan. May 5 ... such as “Kintaro” dolls and “kabuto” samurai warrior headpieces.

TOKYO - Women in Japan have become enamoured with Sylvanian Families, a series of adorable animal dolls that celebrates its ...

The children there cherished a doll they had nicknamed “Mary.” It was one of around 13,000 “blue-eyed dolls” sent to Japan 14 years earlier by a U.S.-based group as a gesture of friendship ...

Two child-like sex dolls imported from China are among a collection of child-sex abuse material allegedly unearthed in a 44-year-old Brisbane man’s home. The dolls, described by law enforcement ...

The dolls are around 35cm in height, with petite features and poseable limbs. The sales slogan was that every child could have a doll just like them. These highly collectible dolls have a large ...

On a towering 7-meter platform in Konosu City, Saitama Prefecture, 1,500 hina dolls from around Japan are put on display each year. The city has been a center of hina doll crafting since the Edo ...

Sets of hina traditional Japanese dolls modeled after the newsmakers and major events of 2024 in Japan are unveiled by a doll maker in Tokyo on Thursday. They include (bottom right) Shohei Ohtani of ...