In Japan, the home has always been a functional place. This is particularly true for young people in Tokyo, as most live in tiny one-bedroom or studio apartments. To inspire this audience to think ...

An increasing number of Japanese businesses are making English their official in-house tongue in specialized departments but not across the board as in the past. Fast Retailing Co., operator of ...

IKEA Japan has officially reopened its Shibuya store after a major renovation. The store, originally opened in November 2020 ...

and Japan’s favourite virtual model, Imma. The digital influencer also helped launch Ikea’s Harajuku store as part of a storefront installation that showed her ‘living’ in the store for 72 hours, and ...

Japanese tech companies are increasingly making a difficult but necessary pivot to an English-first policy in the push to keep up with competitors overseas. The trend is particularly pronounced ...

In accordance with changes in Ministry of Education standards made back in 2008, Japanese students in the fifth and sixth grade last month began mandatory weekly English lessons. The objective of ...

The tiny apartment Ikea is offering is located in the busy Shinjuku ward, a major commercial district and a locale considered to be prime real estate in the Japanese capital. Blahaj was seen in a ...

AFP/Getty Images Chinese women are often encouraged to marry and have children early Ikea posted an apology in Chinese and English on its ... advertisement by the Japanese skincare brand SK ...

At IKEA, a Krabb is a versatile mirror.

While Ikea has experimented with smaller stores in markets such as the UK, the US, Sweden, Spain, Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan, India has so far seen the retailer introduce mostly larger formats in ...

Swedish home furnishings brand Ikea has come to understand that to ... second most sleep-deprived people in the world after the Japanese. We sleep less than seven hours [a night] and a good ...

They mill about an Ikea canteen on Tuesdays in search of some fun. They arrive dressed a little nicer than usual, ready to talk about their virtues, their past lives and the future. "I’m simple.