Salaryman Takahisa Kobayashi, 33, places his head on the lap of kimono-clad Amane as she scrapes wax from his ears at the Yamamoto Mimikakiten (Yamamoto Earpick Shop), in Tokyo's bustling Akihabara ...

Have you ever seen inside your own ear? With Thanko’s new mimikaki ear cleaner, that will become a reality. One gripe with usual ear cleaning products is the fact that you can’t see what you’re doing, ...

Q-Tips; cotton swabs; ear buds; whatever you know them as, most of us have stuck one of those little fluffy-ended paper sticks in our ears at some point in our lives. Japan, though, has a rather ...

When 30-year-old Japanese salaryman Takahisa Kobayashi places his head on the lap of an attractive young woman, he is thinking of his mother. The summer kimono covering her thighs brushes against his ...