Cut.com looks at Japan in its latest “100 Years of Beauty” episode, and it asked video researcher Marina Taylor and her mother, Junko Taylor, to help with the project. “Western styles and western ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dahvi Shira is an LA-based reporter who covers beauty and lifestyle. In recent months alone, J-beauty has seen even greater ...

Beauty standards and trends differ from culture to culture, so something that’s fashionable and pretty to one woman can be bizarre, sometimes even ugly, to another half the world away. This is ...