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Daisuke Kikuchi
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 2, 2015
'The World of Edo Dandyism: From Swords to Inro'
May 30-July 20
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 2, 2015
'The Hiromi Ichida Collection: Visiting the World of Costumes'
May 30-July 20
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
May 30, 2015
Home in on Japan's postwar architecture
In the 1960s, architect Kazuo Shinohara made a famous comment in Shinkenchiku magazine: "Residence is art. ... Residence should be outside of what is believed as architecture, it should rather be considered as a form of art, like paintings and sculptures." A bold statement considering that unlike paintings...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 19, 2015
'Leonardo da Vinci and the Battle of Anghiari'
May 26-Aug. 9
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 19, 2015
'Cy Twombly: Fifty Years of Works on Paper'
May 23-Aug. 30
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 19, 2015
'Nobuaki Onishi: Vacuum'
May 23-June 20
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 12, 2015
'A General Collection: Green'
May 13-July 12
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 12, 2015
'Masterpieces from the Sanso Collection'
May 19-June 28
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 12, 2015
'Ikko Narahara: Japanesque Zen'
May 11-July 4
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 8, 2015
Envy makes a return after five years with new album 'Atheist's Cornea'
The 20-year career of Envy went nothing like what a band out of Japan's hardcore scene would have expected. The members never predicted chumming around with Scottish postrock act Mogwai, or landing a track in a Shiseido cosmetics commercial. And two decades later, on the verge of releasing sixth album...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 5, 2015
'No More Negative Space: James Jarvis'
April 25-May 31
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 5, 2015
'Sony Design: Making Modern'
April 29-June 14
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 5, 2015
'Feast of Beauty: 300 Years of Western Painting'
April 29-June 21
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 1, 2015
The 'Punk' drummers of Tokyo Dageki Dan mark 20 years of bangin' tunes
The rehearsal space for drum group Tokyo Dageki Dan seems more like a football locker room than a spot to experience one of the country's most honored musical traditions.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 25, 2015
College campuses studying on borrowed time
University students are taking out massive loans to pay for their tertiary education and generally end up facing a crippling repayment timetable that is impossible to service. We examine the alarming state of student debt and what is being done to improve conditions for those who are struggling to pay it back.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 21, 2015
'Simple Forms: Contemplating Beauty'
April 25-July 5
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 21, 2015
'In Our Time: Art in Post-industrial Japan'
April 25-Aug. 30
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 14, 2015
'Exposition Suzanne Valadon et Maurice Utrillo'
April 18-June 28
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 14, 2015
'Transcendent Artful Embroidery II'
April 18-June 28
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 7, 2015
Nylon references a synthetic world
The Wish Less gallery is so named for a reason. Located on a quiet backstreet of Tabata in Tokyo, it advocates "wishing less" and "acting more" by offering itself as a meeting place for visitors to discover and talk about new art.
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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