From Sanrio characters to starry-eyed idol singers, it’s no secret that kawaii (“cute”) culture is huge in Japan. Whole museums and theme parks have been dedicated to the concept of kawaii. Heck, it’s ...

Japanese Pop Group CHAI is redifining beauty standards through their fashion and music. From left to right: Yuuki (bassist and lyricist), Yuna (drums), Mana (lead vocals and keys) and Kana (guitar).

From Japanese kawaii to South Korean soft grunge, it's time to acknowledge the Asian women behind these "Asian girl" beauty ...

If they did it to Cutie Honey and Fujiko Mine, they can do it to Wonder Woman. I’m talking about the kawaii treatment, which works like a kiss of death to bad-ass super-heroines in Japanese pop ...

For some reason, the Japanese Internet just loves polling its readers about a variety of (often mundane) topics in the form of surveys, polls, and other data collection methods. One of the biggest ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This week we spoke to Kawaii Suga about ...

Manalovesall things colorful and cute — to a certain extent. As she gives me a tour of her bedroom via Zoom, the Tokyo-based singer and lead vocalist of the Japanese pop band CHAI points to a figurine ...

CHAI’s lead singer and keyboardist, Mana, rebels against cute culture by finding beauty in imperfection. Japanese Pop Group CHAI is redifining beauty standards through their fashion and music. From ...