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Francesca Allen's new photo book 'AYA' documents a blossoming friendship with Japanese musician Aya Gloomy that traverses language barriers and warms the heart.

This creative dream team discuss their mutual adoration for one another, karaoke classics, and the 1980s Tokyo glam music video for Rina's Ordinary Superstar they just made with i-D.

Shot by Harley Weir and styled Julia Sarr Jamois, Japanese actress and model Nana Komatsu is the cover star of i-D Japan's The Original Issue. Originate, don't imitate!

Head backstage and discover the stand-out shows of Tokyo Fashion Week autumn/winter 18.

"Tokyo is the place where dreams come true." Dutch photographer Lotte van Raalte travelled to Japan, and captured a few of the capital's modelling stars.

Journey through the neon lights of Japan, as model-turned-photographer Cailin Hill Araki (AKA @modelburnbook) shows us her favourite photos of the last 12 months.

From captivating close-ups to a bird's eye of the Women's March, Ben's well-travelled lens covers every base and face.

Dutch photographer Mila van der Linden has a weakness for neon lights and societal taboos.

Kids these days...

From kiwi eye pads to Kawaii contact lenses, snail slime face masks to face lift corsets, Mancunian make-up maverick Lucy Bridge examines Japanese beauty trends.

We went for the good times and stayed for the Tokyo insider tips.

We meet the Tokyo youth celebrating genderless fashion. Using make-up, clothes and Instagram filters, these young people are challenging international social norms and drawing on anime's fluid beauty standards.