The blackening technique refined by craftspeople ... established business that had exclusively offered a black dyeing service for Japanese-style clothing in the city’s Nakagyo Ward from its ...

Fascinated with these forgotten pigments, some Kyotoites are endeavoring to revive them and create new dyeing techniques. Discover how people have taken up the challenge by learning from the ...

The traditional Japanese designs received a favorable ... It is said that the dyeing techniques were pioneered by 17th-century painter Miyazaki Yuzensai. In particular, "Kyo-tegaki-yuzen" is ...

An 18-year-old Japanese girl is suing her local government after her school made her repeatedly dye her naturally-brown hair black, media reports say. The girl says she was told she would have to ...

A woman in Japan has won compensation after teachers repeatedly pressurised her to dye her hair black, causing her to drop out of school. The school did not believe her natural hair colour was ...

Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 10 (Jiji Press)--Yoshiko Ishiba, the wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, made her diplomatic debut by attending events in Malaysia on Friday. The couple are visiting ...

Researchers at the Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences at Japan’s Kyoto University claim to have developed a dye-sensitized solar cell with 10.7% efficiency. To achieve the improved ...