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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 channel...
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
With the opening of Tokyo Midtown on Friday, the Art Triangle Roppongi concept is now complete. Comprised of the Mori Art Museum, the new National Art Center (NAC) and the elegant new Suntory Museum of Art -- part of the Midtown project -- the idea of a new precinct for art in Tokyo is ready to be tested....
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.
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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