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Donald Eubank
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 19, 2007
Shinwa Contemporary Art Auction
Shinwa Art Museum, Ginza Last Saturday
CULTURE / Music
Apr 6, 2007
747s "Zampano"
The debut album by the U.K.'s 747s is a grower, not a shower. Although it starts brightly with "Night & Day" -- strangely reminiscent of early 1990s Paul Westerberg -- the excellently produced "Zampano" doesn't really scream for attention immediately. Instead it sets off on a series of songs that...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 5, 2007
"Obey Giant Versus WK Interact"
Tokyo Wonder Site, Shibuya Closes in 18 days
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 5, 2007
An art market in the making
When Fukusaburo Maeda and his wife Sohaku Yamashita founded the Nihon International Contemporary Art Festival (NICAF) in 1992, they were hoping to invigorate Japan's contemporary art scene. Perhaps they were ahead of their times, though, because while people were ready to come look at what was on show,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 29, 2007
Third point of Roppongi
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Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 15, 2007
"16 Hour Museum"
March 17, noon-8 p.m. in Daikanyama March 25, 1 a.m.-9 p.m. at Super Deluxe, Nishi Azabu
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 15, 2007
"Record No.6"
Nadiff Closes in 17 days
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 1, 2007
"Where to for the Big Museums -- A New Strategy for Survival"
Mori Art Museum Feb. 9, 5-9 p.m.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 21, 2006
New show offers breakthrough installation
About a month ago at Tokyo's Shugoarts, photographer Yasumasa Morimura gave a performance in which he coopted the speech author Yukio Mishima gave from the balcony of the Self-Defense Force headquarters in Tokyo in 1970 before committing ritual seppuku inside the building. In his performance, Morimura...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 7, 2006
"Hiroshi Sugimoto: Art Capturing"
Gallery KoyanagiCloses in 51 days
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 14, 2006
"Geisai #10"
Tokyo Big Site East Hall 4 Sept. 17, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 13, 2006
The accidental art collector: Unearthing the pure essence of Nature
The painters in your collection are commonly described simply as "Individualist." Can you elaborate on what is meant by that?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 29, 2006
"Olafur Eliasson -- Your Constants are Changing"
Gallery Koyanagi Closes in 9 days
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 7, 2006
Bring on the backlash say Arctic Monkeys
It must be difficult to carry the weight of the rock world's expectations on your shoulders, but Sheffield, England's Arctic Monkey's held up well Tuesday night at Studio Coast in eastern Tokyo. Giving Japan a quick preview tour in advance of their headline performances this summer at Summer Sonic, the...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 30, 2006
21st-century ambient narratives
Mood rings, lava lamps, liquid oil color projections.
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2006
News rivals hit Yasukuni visits
Recent events in the nation's normally staid print media have surprised readers of the powerful Yomiuri Shimbun and Asahi Shimbun.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 23, 2006
'Drawing Restraint 9': Matthew Barney's latest film stands on ceremony
There is a scene near the end of Matthew Barney's new movie "Drawing Restraint 9" where your greatest fears about the film come true. And no, it isn't a typical moment of blood-saturated transformation as in his "Cremaster Series" -- it's actually before the knives come out.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 9, 2006
Berlin/Tokyo : Your pick of the isms
See related story: Berlin/Tokyo : Invitation to a car wreck
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 6, 2005
Give them what they want
When Paul Baron moved to Tokyo three years ago, he was excited to explore the city's vast art world as he had been an avid follower of art events while studying graphic design in London. There was only one problem: Where to find out what was going on. It should have been easy; it should have all been...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 24, 2004
Photos take on a life all of their own
When you enter "Frei schwimmer," the Wolfgang Tillmans exhibition currently at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery (TOC), one of the first things you notice is that the photographs on display are attached to the walls with tape or paper clips.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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