Chinese geisha trainee Rinka, born as Zhang Xue in Shenyang, China, lights candles before a summer festival near her geisha school building in the port town of Shimoda.Reuters It takes Rinka at least ...
The global beauty and personal care market is booming these days, with worldwide revenues topping $700 billion. And nowhere is that market booming bigger than in Asia, especially in China, which ...
SHIMODA, Japan (Reuters) - It takes Rinka at least two hours to apply her thick white makeup and get dressed in an elaborate kimono on formal occasions, as is typical of most trainee geisha. But ...
TOKYO, Nov. 29 -- For an American film starring a Chinese actress in a Japanese role, "Memoirs of a Geisha" picked a tough town for its world premiere. The film version of the best-selling novel of ...
"Memoirs of a Geisha," the film adaptation of Arthur Golden's novel of the "hidden world" of Japanese society circa World War II, opened on the silver screen last weekend. Its three geisha ...
Chinese actress Liu Xiaoqing has played down the decision to cast Chinese stars in Japanese roles in the Hollywood film Memoirs of a Geisha. "It's nothing to be concerned about," said Xiaoqing, 54."It ...