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Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 7, 2016
Ryan McGinley: youth laid bare
In 1980s America the art scene fawned over the infamous "Brat Pack" group of writers that included Bret Easton Ellis, Jay McInerney, Donna Tartt and Tama Janowitz. They portrayed American (privileged) youth in that decade like it was — with all their nitty gritty drug taking, vodka swilling and New...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / OBITUARY
Mar 21, 2014
Obituary: Facing illness and dismissal, teacher Grainger saw a chance to educate other expats
Neil Grainger 'was a great cook, a big drinker, an even bigger queen, a film and football lover, a naughty smoker, a good teacher, hard worker and caring friend.'
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Dec 18, 2012
Charles and Ray Eames: A deep-seated legacy
A touring exhibition and a recently released full-length documentary are shedding new light on the polymathic world of the U.S. couple Charles and Ray Eames, two of the most prolific and influential creatives of the 20th century.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Apr 8, 2012
New York fashion gurus applaud 'second-tier' Tokyo
As part of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo, Dr. Joyce F. Brown, president of the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York City, and Dr. Valerie Steele, director and chief curator of The Museum at FIT — and curator of the groundbreaking "Japan Fashion Now" exhibition there in 2010/11 — visited...
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Aug 9, 2011
The evolution of menswear, Matobu, denim, Harajuku style and TGC
Going from red to blue If "Harajuku style" means gaggles of gothic-lolitas and 1970s-style punks to you, then it's time to catch up.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 28, 2011
"Hello, It's We: New Paintings by Rob Judges and Mike Ness"
Moscow, Nakameguro Closes Aug. 25
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
May 10, 2011
The girls, the heart, the virility and the ingenuity of fashion
Let's hear it for the girls: Fashion, music and celebrities The Girls Award, a twice-yearly event not unlike the already massively popular Tokyo Girls Collection (TGC), proves that the trend of daylong fashion festivals is picking up speed.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Apr 14, 2011
Bouncing back and reaching higher
A blast of fashion literature
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Jan 13, 2011
Ground control, we have a fashionable lift-off
Jean-Paul Gaultier's space
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Nov 11, 2010
New inroads for Louboutin, Rag & Bone, Nike-Undercover, K-Swiss
Louboutin digs his signature heels into flagship Ginza space Christian Louboutin, arguably the most famous shoe designer in the world, was in Tokyo early this month to christen the opening of his very first free-standing boutique in Tokyo and Japan. The space is a three-story building that fits snugly...
Japan Times
LIFE
Oct 31, 2010
Another side of menswear
The combined weight of economic woes and the eventual uptake of technology as a means of interacting with customers and selling products have led to seismic shifts in the fashion world.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Oct 15, 2010
A modern twist for Japan's National Ballet
It doesn't seem quite right to mention hirsute, mustachioed actor Tom Selleck and baseball legend Bobby Valentine in the same breath as David Bintley, the new artistic director of The National Ballet of Japan. However, if you're unlucky enough to have seen Selleck's 1992 film "Mr. Baseball" or know of...
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Oct 14, 2010
A feast fit for fashion
Fashion week for the public It's that time again, when fashion makers and breakers take all that creativity they have pent up for the past six months and let it loose in the form of Japan Fashion Week (JFW).
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Oct 1, 2010
The Australian Ballet, en pointe in Japan
After the death of the founder of Ballet Russes (Russian Ballet), Sergei Diaghilev, in 1929, the original company — which during its short history included esteemed dancers such as Vaslav Nijinsky and Anna Pavlova and collaborators like Pablo Picasso and Igor Stravinsky — dispersed to establish other...
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Sep 9, 2010
Fashion that blooms, rocks, roars and parties
Blooming T-shirts!
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jun 18, 2010
Tokyo ballet is blooming
In its short history, the New National Theatre Ballet (NNT Ballet) has performed a total of 42 productions under the auspices of eight choreographers. It's a prolific output for a relatively young company and the company is understandably proud of this achievement.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Jun 10, 2010
Fashion that's global, customized, arty and everything
Rebecca Taylor's new look
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 14, 2010
Mickey springs his mouse trap
Visiting the SHIMURABROS. studio in Yokohama's trendy BankART Studio NYK, one of the venues used for the 2008 Yokohama Triennale, you might think you had made a blunder and walked into a medical facility. Computer screens showing CT scans line the walls with the only one thing giving the game away —...
Japan Times
LIFE
Apr 11, 2010
Fast fashion is on a roll
The meteoric rise of fast fashion in Japan and around the world has been the major style story of this new century.
Japan Times
LIFE
Apr 11, 2010
It's all change in men's designs
After seasons of stagnation, Japanese menswear is in the midst of an interesting transitional phase.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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