[TOKYO] When Yohei Fukuda left for England more than a decade ago to learn his trade as a master leather shoemaker, he could hardly have imagined that his native Japan would one day become a leader in ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. TOKYO — It’s a busy fall morning in the center of the world’s largest city, ...

Now at Standard & Strange, you can pre-order a pair of great boots from John Lofgren. They look like your favorite American moc-toe leather boots, but they’re made in Japan. The also have a price tag ...

Maybe Japanese people think about shoes more than in other cultures because most people put them on and take them off several times a day -- whenever entering a house," mused the 43-year-old teacher.