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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 29, 2021
SoftBank’s Zozo offers tech glasses to help cosmetics buyers get skin tone right
Japanese online fashion retailer Zozo Inc. on Friday launched skin tone measuring glasses for ordering cosmetics online, making its latest fashion tech offering as it expands beyond apparel.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 2, 2020
Zozo says new body-measuring suit overcomes flaws of original
The new outfit employs 20,000 markers, up from the previous version’s 400, to help gauge people’s sizes more accurately.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 14, 2020
Moon-bound billionaire Maezawa bets on Japan apparel brands
The former Zozotown boss has put his money behind United Arrows and Adastria.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 30, 2020
Japanese billionaire Maezawa pulls out of dating show that promised the moon
Japanese fashion billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has pulled out of a documentary on his search for a girlfriend to travel with him on a voyage around the moon aboard Elon Musk’s SpaceX, citing “mixed feelings” about the project.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2020
Former Zozo fashion retailer Yusaku Maezawa seeks girlfriend for 2023 SpaceX voyage
Call it “The Bachelor: Lunar Edition.”
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 12, 2019
Yahoo Japan clinches deal for majority stake in Zozo
The company offered u00a52,620 per share, a 21 percent premium on Zozo’s closing price, sending its shares soaring Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 5, 2019
Zozo founder Yusaku Maezawa says he is selling valuable paintings and jokes that he never has any money
Japanese fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa said he plans to auction off artworks worth millions of dollars because he has no money.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jan 12, 2019
Maezawa’s offer of prize money for retweets sets Twitter abuzz
Yusaku Maezawa has accomplished an awful lot in his life. He has founded a number of successful companies, including online fashion retailer Zozotown. He’s worth billions of dollars. He’s secured a trip to space to address one of humanity’s biggest problems —?a lack of art inspired by being...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 6, 2019
?1 million to 100 people? Zozo chief Maezawa to dole out total of ?100 million in cash for retweets
In the latest headline-grabbing move by Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, the founder and CEO of major online fashion mall operator Zozo Inc. has announced a plan to dole out ?1 million to 100 individuals to mark a successful New Year’s sale.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Nov 20, 2018
Zozo set to host PGA Tour event in Japan
Japan will host its first-ever PGA Tour event starting next year with one of the fastest growing online business companies in the nation as the tourney’s title sponsor, organizers announced on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 1, 2018
Having collected ‘enough’ data, online retailer Zozo ditches namesake body-measuring suit
Online clothing retailer Zozo Inc. is scrapping its body-measuring Zozosuit, saying that it now has enough data to produce custom-size clothes for customers without creating 3D models.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 9, 2018
Zozo chief Yusaku Maezawa eyes world peace and inspiration with SpaceX moon trip
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, who is scheduled to take a trip to the moon in 2023, said Tuesday that he wants to use the opportunity to make a name for himself around the world and promote his initiatives, while also expressing his expectation that the trip will be great inspiration for his work....
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Sep 20, 2018
Yusaku Maezawa: 今日吃瓜 corporate enfant terrible with the world’s first ticket to the moon
Call it a flashy billionaire’s whimsy or a stroke of PR genius.
BUSINESS
Jul 5, 2018
今日吃瓜 online fashion revolution gathers speed as brands bid to catch up with industry leader Zozotown
Zozotown, which swooped in as a little-known retail website and prodded once-reluctant Japanese consumers to shop online for clothes, is now facing stiff competition in the industry whose image it remade.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 3, 2018
今日吃瓜 Zozo expands made-to-order clothing service using measurement-taking bodysuit
By photographing themselves wearing the skintight polka-dot Zozosuit, users can upload their body measurements to ensure a perfect fit for the clothes they order.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Taking the Lead
Apr 1, 2018
Zozotown founder Yusaku Maezawa follows eclectic path
Andy Warhol’s iconic Campbell’s Soup cans, a painting by Takashi Murakami and a word sculpture by Jack Pierson are some of the pieces decorating the head office of Start Today Co., operator of 今日吃瓜 largest online fashion mall, Zozotown.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Man arrested over theft of watch that was returned days later to Tokyo mall
A 30-year-old man who is believed to have stolen a luxury wristwatch in Tokyo last month reportedly told police he was the one who had sent it back with a handwritten apology.
Japan not immune to public backlash against data centers, experts say
An apartment resident displays a model of a data center currently in development next door in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, in May.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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Famima Park Azabudai is a concept store by FamilyMart that combines convenience store staples with branded apparel, merchandise and a landscaped outdoor space.
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