TOKYO — Meet Lulu Hashimoto — a human being clad in a full-body doll costume consisting of a wig, a mask and stockings patterned with doll-like joints. According to her creator Hitomi Komaki, she is ...

For 18-year-old model Rina Fukushi, Tokyo is home. But growing up as a mixed-race child in Japan wasn’t always easy. With a Japanese-American father and a Filipina mother, Fukushi was one of a growing ...

Just ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, a Naomi Osaka Barbie Role Model doll was released by Mattel. It celebrates the athlete who became “the first Japanese player to win a major title in a singles match” ...

The Yokohama Doll Museum in Kanagawa Prefecture is one of the largest doll museums in Japan. The museum’s collection showcases 1,300 dolls from 140 countries around the world, including traditional ...

SPENCER — Noriko Gordon’s curiosity became more than she could bear after reading a 1997 article in a Japanese newspaper about the return of a doll from the United States to Japan. The doll was a part ...

For 18-year-old model Rina Fukushi, Tokyo is home. But growing up as a mixed-race child in Japan wasn't always easy. With a Japanese-American father and a Filipina mother, Fukushi was one of a growing ...