The moment has arrived. After cutting your hair and massaging your shoulders, the white-smocked barber holds up a gleaming razor between finger and thumb _ and runs it smoothly across your lathered ...

A barber gives a model a haircut during the World Barber Classic in Tokyo Barbers react after competing in the World Barber Classic in Tokyo, part of a bid to bring back young male clients to shops ...

The Japanese town destroyed by the Fukushima earthquake was utterly deserted – until one brave couple moved back home and set up business. Barber Kato and his wife pass through police road blocks ...

TOKYO – Hundreds of rowdy spectators, many heavily tattooed, roared on July 14 at a Tokyo arena usually reserved for boxing – except the contestants were not athletes, but barbers. A dozen Japanese ...

Hundreds of rowdy spectators roared at a Tokyo arena usually reserved for boxing — except the contestants were not athletes, but barbers. Hundreds of rowdy spectators, many heavily tattooed, roared ...