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The new covers of the beloved Japonica Gakushucho notebook series will feature illustrations on the cover and photos and explanations on the back.
LIFE
Jan 10, 2026
Â鶹´«Ã½ bestselling school notebook gets an illustrated makeover
First released in 1970, the Japonica Gakushucho series has sold about 1.4 billion notebooks in total, boasting about a 40%?share of the country¡¯s school notebook market.
Plotter's signature customizable leather binder is just one of many products contributing to the ongoing boom in the popularity of Japanese stationery.
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 2, 2025
Tokyo¡¯s newest stationery store sells ¡®a slower, more human rhythm¡¯
After years of selling its products in third-party stores, Japanese brand Plotter has officially opened a dedicated storefront in Tokyo.
Mateusz Urbanowicz¡¯s recent book ¡°Imaginary Storefronts¡± collects his illustrations of the mundane Japanese street scenes that have given him immense inspiration.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
May 31, 2025
Mateusz Urbanowicz: ¡®Miyazaki inspired me to put the audience first¡¯
The Polish artist and animator talks about how he came to Japan and the inspiration he draws from ordinary streets and storefronts.
Hobonichi's 'tech¨­' notebooks come in both set and customizable formats, and a thriving community of enthusiasts means there are even extensive guides on how to make the journal even more unique to your individual approach to journaling.
LIFE / Style & Design
Jan 10, 2025
American stationery nerds are fueling a Japanese notebook boom
A Japanese-made paper planner from the 1980s has reblossomed in the post-COVID era.
An in-house design by Yamagiwa, the Sui drop-shaped light uses traditional Japanese ch¨­chin lantern techniques and is made with Mino washi paper.
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Feb 17, 2024
Japan-made standouts from one of Paris¡¯ biggest design fairs
Maison & Objet is now such a popular event that it is often nicknamed the Paris Fashion Week of the interior design industry.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Mar 13, 2021
The allure of office supplies without a physical workspace in which to enjoy them
Modern office supplies can now be neatly docketed and arranged inside collapsible carrying cases for work sessions in shared office spaces or in the comfort of a coffee shop.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Jan 23, 2021
The ultimate colors to illuminate your 2021
¡°On Design¡± looks at a few recent product releases that highlight Pantone¡¯s newest color(s) of the year.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Dec 2, 2018
When the thought really counts
This month¡¯s On: Design focuses on a few everyday items that offer much more than meets the naked eye.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Sep 30, 2018
Retro Japan makes another comeback
From Showa Era-style stationery to Heian Period-inspired tenugui towels, contemporary remakes prove ¡®retro¡¯ can still be modern
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Mar 4, 2017
Welcome to the design fold
This month celebrates the art of folding with a selection of products that can be transformed by just a few bends, creases and tucks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 7, 2016
Tokyo stationery fair draws crowds eager to see latest in school, corporate supplies
Crowds of representatives from home improvement centers, supermarkets and other stores flocked to Â鶹´«Ã½ largest stationery and office products fair on Thursday to take in the latest innovations in work supplies.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / Japan Pulse
Dec 12, 2012
Christmas gift ideas 2012
Presents for your friends or a little something for yourself? Japan Pulse and The JT have you covered.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Japan Pulse
Mar 16, 2012
Stationery trends worth taking note of
A rundown of stationery products that mix old school and new school, analog and digital.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Sep 3, 2010
Death notebooks promise organized, happy endings
¡®Ending notes¡¯ let people thinking ahead to tie up all the loose ends before they depart.
Slowly but surely, Tokyo is becoming a hot spot for chicken rice
One of Singapore's most iconic dishes, the humble chicken rice is given an upscale treatment at a new Marunouchi cafe.
South Korea fires warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed DMZ
North Korea's propaganda village Gijungdong as seen from a South Korea's observation post inside the Joint Security Area on the Demilitarized Zone in March 2023
Takaichi drops ¡®remorse¡¯ in her first war memorial address
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks onstage during a memorial service ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, at Budokan Hall in Tokyo on Saturday.
U.S. to tell partners they must pick sides in AI race with China?
People march as they protest against Pax Silica, a U.S.-led initiative, in Manila on Thursday.
New shinkansen model delivered to Taiwan
A new Taiwan High Speed Rail train car is unloaded from a cargo ship at a port in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on Saturday.
Unrelenting Russian anti-war protesters in Japan fight through inescapable doubt
Anti-war Russians protest Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in February.
How U.S. bombing survey in Japan shed light on civilian sentiments of WWII
Residents are seen walking beside rubble in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, in this undated photo taken soon after the end of World War II.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Takaichi needs Aso on her side to solidify position in LDP
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a Liberal Democratic Party meeting alongside LDP Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki (left) and LDP Vice President Taro Aso in Tokyo earlier this month
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
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