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COMMUNITY
Jan 18, 2001

New blood in Japanese fashion design

At the beginning of the new millennium Japan is Asia's fashion ground zero, a place where street fashion in its myriad forms is helping inspire a new generation of young designers.
CULTURE / Books
Sep 19, 2000

Poetry that brings countries together

THE WEATHER IN JAPAN, by Michael Longley. Jonathan Cape, 2000, 70 pp., 8 British pounds. HAY, by Paul MULDOON. Faber & Faber, 140 pp., 7.99 British pounds. A SMELL OF FISH, by Matthew Sweeney. Jonathan Cape, 2000, 64 pp., 8 British pounds. Irland and Japan: two countries at the far extremities of the...
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Sep 15, 2000

Ever-unfashionable Akutagawa

JAPANESE SHORT STORIES, by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, translated by Takashi Kojima, foreword by John McVittie. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing, 1981, 240 pp. with 15 illustrations, $14.95. THE ESSENTIAL AKUTAGAWA, by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, edited by Seiji Lippit, foreword by Jorge Luis Borges. New York: Marsililio...
JAPAN
Jul 2, 2000

Garbage, indifference fueling crow plague

His affliction started about six months ago when a pair of jungle crows decided to build a nest in a neighbor's tree.
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2000

High school nurses compile Battle of Okinawa memoirs

The alumnae association of a girls' high school in Okinawa has published a collection of testimonies by former students who survived the World War II Battle of Okinawa, officials of the group said Wednesday.
CULTURE / Books / POETRY MIGNETTE
May 21, 2000

Japanese poets write the book of love

Stroker, a publisher of chapbooks, is the distributor and copublisher of "2000 Japanese Poems for the Year 2000," a voluminous collection of chapbooks, 15 in all, translated by Howard S. Levy.
JAPAN
Nov 9, 1999

Nichiei chief threatened staff, managers say

Three former managers of Nichiei Co., now under fire for excessively aggressive loan-collection practices, have told investigators that President Kazuo Matsuda threatened to dismiss or demote employees who failed to collect debts, it was learned Tuesday.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 1999

Pile of bad, yakuza-tied debts awaits new RCC chief

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 29, 1999

Nakabo vows RCC will nail bad-loan kings

Kohei Nakabo, departing president of Resolution and Collection Corp., vowed Thursday that the state-backed collection body will continue efforts to hold the banks that helped create the nation's bad-loan mess liable.
JAPAN
May 31, 1999

Prange exhibit recalls Occupation's censorship

Staff writer
ENVIRONMENT / GARDENING FOR ALL
Mar 10, 1999

Garden weathers stormy decades

The Kyoto Botanic Gardens were first opened to the public on Jan. 11, 1924. Located in Sakyo Ward in northern Kyoto City along the banks of the scenic Kamo River, they are run by Kyoto's prefectural government.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jun 10, 2023

Ao Omae confronts identities and alienation of modern youth

The author deftly explores the struggles Japan’s young people face today with subtlety and incisive criticism in his English-language debut, “People Who Talk to Stuffed Animals Are Nice.”
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Feb 28, 2023

Six of Michael Jordan’s championship sneakers could fetch millions

Dubbed 'The Dynasty Collection,” the six Jordan shoes are now on display in Dubai, and will travel to Hong Kong and Singapore before returning to New York.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / Longform
Feb 13, 2023

Museums in Japan adjust to life after COVID-19

The country’s cultural spaces are looking to rethink their role in society as they face an uncertain future due to increased competition and an aging population.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jan 22, 2023

'An Open Parenthesis' finds music in the silences

Philip Rowland’s new collection of poems contains nine interwoven sequences that allow the entries to be read as both separate entities and parts of a complete work.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 1, 2022

When big brands tap traditional Japanese crafts, all parties prosper

In their ever-evolving search for the latest, greatest trend, top designers seek the expertise, and stimulate the preservation, of traditional crafts.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 21, 2022

Japanese folk art opens a door to Black American identity

American artist Theaster Gates introduces 'Afro-mingei,' an aesthetic that combines Black identity and Japanese craft art, to the Aichi Triennale.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jul 17, 2022

Banana Yoshimoto’s ‘Dead-End Memories’ is the literary equivalent of a lo-fi playlist

The award-winning author's collection of short stories is a comfort read that will transport readers to a melancholy world for an hour or two.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 15, 2022

China’s surveillance state hits rare resistance from its own subjects

As China builds up its vast surveillance and security apparatus, it is running up against growing public unease about the lack of safeguards to prevent the theft or misuse of personal data.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jun 2, 2022

Revisiting Jun'ichiro Tanizaki’s flawed families in 'Longing and Other Stories'

The centerpiece of 'Longing and Other Stories' is 'Sorrows of a Heretic,' which can be viewed as a self-deprecating satire thanks to the narcissism of its protagonist.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
May 4, 2022

Ferdinand Marcos Jr. could control hunt for family's wealth as Philippines president

If the front-runner triumphs in the May 9 election, he will wield broad powers over government agencies seeking to recover as much as $10 billion plundered by his namesake father.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 1, 2022

The Smithsonian unveils Buddhist paragons who put 'Mind Over Matter'

The National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, D.C. displays the breadth of its Zen artifacts, from both Japan and China, for the first time in a new exhibition.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Mar 8, 2022

A 'gateway to Japanese culture’ celebrates its 150th anniversary

From the Meiji Era to the modern day, the Tokyo National Museum's story sheds light on Japan's global ties over the years.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Dec 19, 2021

How Amanda Tong finds balance in life and ceramics

Being marooned in Japan due to COVID-19 has helped the Hong Kong artist begin a new journey of discovery.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 29, 2021

Deep underground, a Chinese miner discovered poetry in the toil

More than three decades after scribbling his first poem as a teenager in the mountains of northern China, Chen Nianxi is living a literary dream.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 19, 2021

A look at the intimate details Amazon knows about us

The company now makes the data it collects on U.S. customers available upon request failing to defeat a measure requiring such disclosures.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Jul 28, 2021

Mate-mono: Changing the fabric of Japan’s textile industry

With mate-mono, Komatsu Matere is taking the inevitable quantities of leftover and cut-off fabric that come from manufacturing and creating stylish sustainability.

Longform

Professional cleaner Hirofumi Sakurai takes a moment to appreciate some photographs in a Gotanda apartment whose occupant died alone.
The last cleanup: Life and death in a lonely Japan