NOW · Trends / Oct 11, 2026
Chiikawa's Halloween Pop-Up Is Open in Taipei With First-Ever Costume Charms
Chiikawa and Hachiware dress as nurses and Usagi as a doctor at Shin Kong Mitsukoshi A9 through Nov. 15.
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NOW · Trends / Oct 11, 2026
"Kenchana": How a Korean Word Got Into Japanese Teen Slang
TikTok audio and K-pop helped "it's okay" in Korean land in a Japanese high-school slang ranking, and Suntory has put it in an ad.
NOW · Trends / Oct 11, 2026
MERGE Brings Thai Sea-Inspired Denim to the BIFW Grand Runway for the First Time
Bangkok International Fashion Week 2026 closes tonight at Siam Paragon after four nights of Thai designer shows.
NOW · Trends / Oct 11, 2026
Chengdu Spent National Day Queuing to Make Things
Bead art, scent blending, pottery and silver-ring workshops had lines out the door in Chunxi Road malls.
NOW · Trends / Oct 11, 2026
Xiaohongshu's Red Land Turned a Shanghai Industrial Island Into an Open-World Game
More than 200,000 anime and gaming fans came to the second edition on Fuxing Island over the National Day holiday.
NOW · Beauty / Oct 11, 2026
SENNOK Opens a Bath Store Designed Like a Korean Neighborhood Bathhouse
BATHHOUSE SEONGSU, the bath-and-body brand's first flagship, is open on Yeonmujang-gil.
NOW · Beauty / Oct 11, 2026
Mediheal Puts the Han River, Namsan and Bukchon on Its Skincare
The seven-piece "Seoul Edition," made with the Seoul city government, has a month-long pop-up at Olive Young N Seongsu.
NOW · Drops / Oct 11, 2026
BEAMS SPORTS Opens Its First Store Next to Tokyo's National Stadium
The Meiji Park shop opens Oct. 12 with running, trail and basketball gear, plus the Japan debut of UK label R.A.D RUNNING.
NOW · Drops / Oct 11, 2026
Jackson Wang and Edison Chen Open a Case File: TEAM WANG design x CLOT Drops Today
The first "TEAM CLOT" collection is built around CASE NO.852, a nod to Hong Kong's dialing code.
NOW · Drops / Oct 10, 2026
Nigo and j-hope Turn the Air Force 1 "Hobicore" — HUMAN MADE First, SNKRS Next
The latest stop on Nigo's Air Force 1 World Tour brings in BTS's j-hope, with a Japan-first release on Oct. 17.
NOW · Trends / Oct 9, 2026
Too Cool to Care: Why China's Gen Z Is Dressing "Tacky" on Purpose
A decade after it was coined, "tuku" is back on Chinese feeds, and this time the joke is armor.
NOW · Beauty / Oct 8, 2026
AMUSE Bets on "Serum Dough" — and Spins Off a Beauty Brand That Launches in Drops
The Korean vegan beauty label has a new cushion that quickly topped Olive Young's sales ranking, plus a sister line, Rawdew, that borrows its release model from streetwear.