From blonde Barbie bombshells to Japanese anime characters, a bizarre trend of looking like a living doll has transformed some regular teen girls into disturbing Internet sensations. Described by one ...

TOKYO — Meet Lulu Hashimoto — a human being clad in a full-body doll costume consisting of a wig, a mask and stockings patterned with doll-like joints. According to her creator Hitomi Komaki, she is ...

From Japan comes a perhaps not unsurprising story about the country's latest teen idol, Aimi Eguchi. She first appeared in a commercial for candy as a new member of the all-girl group AKB 48 and ...

Asian American-targeted cable net Myx TV has ordered the docuseries The Doll Life (pictured), which delves into the Japanese "living doll" clothing brand Dolldelight.

MISSION VIEJO Cyril Lumboy says she never wears pants – just dresses. No surprise there. Her first name, however, is a boy’s name. Now that’s surprising. Lumboy, after all, is queen bee in the most ...

Amber Guzman is changing, ever evolving into a “living doll,” a life-size “Barbie.” For those unfamiliar with the trend, young women around the world are spending time, money and sometimes hours of ...

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TOKYO (dpa) – Dakko-chan (Hugging Baby), which was once Japan’s most popular doll in 1960s, will be back to the Japanese market this spring, after much criticism about the controversial doll. Back in ...