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Donald Eubank
CULTURE / Art
Jan 3, 2008
"Hitoshi Kuriyama"
Magical Art Room
CULTURE / Art
Jan 3, 2008
"Hiroe Saeki"
Taka Ishii Gallery
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 27, 2007
Blockbusters and new momentum
This was another great year for art enthusiasts with breadth, depth and an audience for all kinds exhibitions and events.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 20, 2007
Human conditions
Like Picasso at his most mythologically cubist or a dark dream from the subconscious, the Dairakudakan butoh dance troupe took its audience back to the primordial for its 35th anniversary performances last week — and then brought it right back to the present.
CULTURE / Art
Dec 20, 2007
"SALON — Art Lounge"
Mado Lounge, Mori Hills 52F
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 6, 2007
"Norbert Schwontkowski: My Face in My Next Life"
Gallery Side 2
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 22, 2007
Asian collectors overtake Japanese market
China casts a long shadow over the Japanese art market. However lively, large and long-suffering the art world in Japan may be, it has not garnered the kind of excited interest that the relatively young Chinese scene has in the last five years.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 25, 2007
Hands on contemporary clay
D.H. Rosen, an occasional contributor to The Japan Times Arts Page, is also a ceramicist who has been studying art at Tama Art University in Tokyo since 2004. Unlike many foreign ceramic artists who come to absorb the traditional wabi-sabi aesthetic of traditional pottery, Rosen was interested in Tama...
CULTURE / Art
Oct 18, 2007
Design meets art at 'Roppongi Crossing'
The world loves Japanese design. Because of this, Design Week, coming up next month, is arguably one of the most successful international events in Tokyo. By contrast, Tokyo Fashion Week and Tokyo International Film Festival hardly generate in those fields' fans the rabid excitement that the designers'...
CULTURE / Art
Oct 18, 2007
Eight must-sees as Mori Art embraces 'excess'
Chu Enoki, "RPM-1200" (2005): Chu's work is a standout, a shining metal city made of what look like industrial drill bits, massive screws and saw blades. It's a perfect example of the use of excess in a number of the works in the exhibition to convey the chaos of the present day urban experience.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 27, 2007
Tokyo gallery walkabout
Tokyo's galleries have woken from their summer slumbers — or, more likely, beach naps — with a vengeance. The current wave of openings started out in the east, at the complex of galleries in Kiyosumi, with shows that are set to close this Saturday (two were reviewed here this month).
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 6, 2007
"Makiko Kudo"
Tomio Koyama Gallery Closes in 17 days
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 30, 2007
Immersed in playful worlds
Tokyo Opera City Gallery has one of the best art spaces in the city, and a program that ranks it with The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo near Kiyosumi in eastern Tokyo and the Mori Art Museum in Roppongi.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 16, 2007
"Takafumi Tsuchiya Exhibition"
Wada Fine Arts Closes in 9 days
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 26, 2007
Demented in NY
It's almost counterintuitive — in the midst of the glorious chaos that is China as it modernizes itself, Chinese painters are technically spotless. In their hands, paint has been tamed, a tool with which they slickly create canvases with flawless surfaces that almost hide their workmanship.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 5, 2007
"Yoshihiro Suda"
Gallery Koyanagi Closes in 24 days
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 7, 2007
Subtlety and humor in American art
It's strange to go to China — in the midst of a contemporary-art boom, or bubble as could be feared — and encounter a stunning exhibition of American art. But that's what Shanghai's Museum of Contemporary Art is currently offering visitors.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 24, 2007
Products from other dimensions
At the Sanja Matsuri festival last weekend in Asakusa, the residents of that old Tokyo town were re-enacting community-building rituals that they have enjoyed since the Edo Period (1603-1867). Meanwhile, across town in Nakaochiai, two artists who met in San Francisco, Crust and Dirt, were creating their...
CULTURE / Stage
May 24, 2007
Defining the nation
When Chikamatsu Yanagi and his collaborators were writing "Ehon Taikoki" in 1799, Japan was arguably enjoying the height of Edo Period culture (1603-1867). In retrospect it was a transitional time — perhaps the last moments of peace before the pressures of the outside world started to affect the island,...
CULTURE / Music
Apr 20, 2007
Dinosaur Jr "Beyond"
With a band as consistent as Dinosaur Jr, you would hope that their first release in 10 years, "Beyond," would sound pretty much like the band always has. And it does, with the same grinding, whiny guitars, the insistent wall of sound and the same obscure lyrics.
Ishiba delays meeting with Trump, citing legal restrictions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba waves upon arrival for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, in Callao, Peru, on Friday.
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.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
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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