WASHINGTON — A new trend in Japan is stirring up conversation internationally because it’s, well, a tad weird. Japanese women are increasingly going after crooked teeth — so much so that ...

a completely opposite trend is taking hold in Japan: "yaeba," or the art of accentuating dental irregularity. The term "yaeba" literally means "double teeth." It refers to a dental characteristic in ...

Japanese women of all ages have been flocking to dental clinics to have either temporary or permanent artificial canines, called 'tsuke-yaeba', glued to their teeth.