VIDEO SHOWS: FEMALE TATTOO ARTIST TATTOOING A CLIENT / JAPANESE PEOPLE WITH TATTOOS DOING VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AND SPEAKING ABOUT JAPANESE TATTOO CULTURE / MAN WITH AMPUTATED LEG SHOWING OFF TATTOOS / ...

The practice of tattooing has long been associated with the yakuza and many places in Japan still bar people bearing the body ...

There was a time when tattoos were taboo, even in the US – associated with criminals or societal rejects. But since the 1970s, tattoos have seen a rise in popularity in Western societies especially.

In Japan, a country that worships smooth, clear skin, tattoos aren't welcomed on the body. They're even banned in local gyms. To avoid violating this aesthetic rule, one inked-up expat covered up all ...

Getting a tattoo in a language that you don't understand is rarely a good idea. Hell, even tattoos in people's native tongues ...

Japan's history with tattoos has taken many turns since they were first popularized there in the 18th century. Since then, tattoos have moved from ubiquity among both the upper and lower classes in ...

TOKYO — Ayaka Kizu, a web designer in Tokyo, stood by her office desk one recent day, peeling Band-Aids off an apple-size portion of her right arm. A meeting with clients had ended, so she was now ...

Way before TLC's "Miami Ink" (2005-2008) delivered the art of tattooing to reality television audiences, Japanese artists in the late Edo period (1615-1868) documented an obsession with body ink in ...

There was a time when tattoos were taboo, even in the US — associated with criminals or societal rejects. But since the 1970s, tattoos have seen a rise in popularity in Western societies especially.