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Our mild-mannered reporter gets hooked up with the king of bad-boy haircuts in Japan, the “regent.”
Sales not of party wigs or cosplay wigs, but everyday wigs–especially for men–are booming right now!
You might think Yugi would walk away with this one, but fans in Japan felt differently.
Our resident otaku signed up to be the Internet’s guinea pig…the first to document bleaching his transplanted hair.
Top stylist at a Japanese salon in Tokyo says there are three important points to looking good while wearing a face mask.
Many people are siding with the perpetrator, saying they’ve been annoyed with hair on public transport too.
Pledge comes in the wake of 2.2 million-yen lawsuit from naturally brown-haired schoolgirl in Osaka.
Our reporter travels all the way to Spain to meet an artistic hair stylist whose technique is a little sharper than usual.
Hiring managers sound off on different ‘dos, plus how much hair dyeing is acceptable for men or women.
“Refresh your soul and hair!” is the slogan of the first white-hair-removal specialty store in Japan.
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