You might think there's no way the elephant tattoo on your ankle could be seen as being linked to criminal gangs - but you'd be wrong. Fans and players heading to Japan for the Rugby World cup ...

But they don't have what he's looking for: the centuries-old Japanese art of tebori, or traditional "hand-carved" tattoos. In the West, a longstanding fascination with this style has become a full ...

The show will feature performers from Australia, Canada, Japan, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

What does the Japanese tiger tattoo mean? Japanese tiger tattoos are more than just an artistic representation of a tiger ...

Here’s a list of tattoo-friendly onsen in Japan, from the northernmost region of Hokkaido to the southernmost Kyushu region! Editor’s Note This list of tattoo-friendly onsen in Japan has been ...

Although tattoos have increasingly been used as fashion statements, especially in overseas countries, they are still associated with yakuza gangsters and other “anti-social elements” in Japan.

Yes, it’s an actual tattoo, not a temporary one. We might know flower pressing from the 16 th century, where it was incorporated into artworks in China and Japan, but it really grew in England ...

These astonishing photographs give an unprecedented glimpse inside the world of the Yakuza, the Japanese organised crime syndicates, known for their brutality, tattoos and strict code of honour ...