In Tokyo, muscular women are pushing back against cultural beauty standards through a rising underground bar that celebrates ...

An underground bar in Tokyo, Muscle Girls, is redefining beauty standards by featuring muscular women in its performances. This unique bar attracts myriad customers, mainly foreign tourists, and ...

A dozen women in sports bras and tight shorts stood behind a U-shaped counter at an underground bar in a busy Tokyo ...

Objectives We systemically reviewed the literature to assess how long-term testosterone suppressing gender-affirming hormone therapy influenced lean body mass (LBM), muscular area, muscular strength ...

With its challenge to Japan’s conventional ideals of feminine beauty, the bar, which opened in mid-2020, draws about 100 customers on average each day, the majority of them foreign tourists, and has ...