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Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 15, 2011

It's a fine line between the eccentric and the experimental

Implicit in the idea of the "eccentric" painter is that the artist's style seems to have come out of nowhere, breaks all the conventions, and stands alone as an example of unparalleled individuality that cannot be repeated. All the better if the painter's biography is incomplete and prone to hyperbolic...
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 15, 2011

Escaping the city center for mountains of fun and spring festivities

Mount Takao's close proximity to and easy access from central Tokyo makes it a popular green oasis to which many city folk escape on the weekends. It attracts some 2.6 million visitors every year, and this coming weekend should pull in the crowds, as Takao's Yakuoin Yukuji Temple will be seeing in the...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 15, 2011

Drive through Kansai the old-fashioned way

OSAKA — 'One can learn new things by studying the past" is the motto behind a remarkable upcoming automobile extravaganza.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 15, 2011

Silent bids for Tohoku

The Kiyosumi art gallery complex of prominent commercial galleries, including Taka Ishii Gallery, ShugoArts, Kido Press, Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Ai Kodawa Gallery, Miyake Fine Art, SPROUT Curation and Tomio Koyama Gallery, is holding a charity silent auction to raise money for the Great Eastern Japan...
BUSINESS
Apr 15, 2011

Hitachi, Boehringer face evac closures

Hitachi Chemical Co. and Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH may abandon factories largely unscathed by last month's Japan earthquake and tsunami as the nuclear plant radiation crisis continues.
Reader Mail
Apr 14, 2011

Japanese can express anything

In their April 9 article, "With the world looking in, Japan needs to speak out," Kumi Sato and Michael J. Alfant write that the "inherent vagueness of Japanese creates many challenges in translation." While structural differences between Japanese and English certainly do make translation challenging,...
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 14, 2011

Medvedev's purge of the Kremlin chairmen

MOSCOW — In recent days, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has moved against some of the most powerful men in the Kremlin, including Igor Sechin, a deputy prime minister who is perhaps the closest figure to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin — and who is also the chairman of Rosneft, Russia's largest...
COMMENTARY
Apr 14, 2011

China's human rights record invites criticism

HONG KONG — The United States has released its latest reports on human rights practices of countries around the world, with Chinese officials being severely cited for cracking down on activists, limiting internet access and repressing minorities.
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2011

High radiation well past no-go zone: Greenpeace

Radiology experts from Greenpeace urged the government to revise their evacuation protocol Monday after they found high levels of radiation around the greater Fukushima area and in the region's fresh produce.
JAPAN
Apr 9, 2011

Latest jolt tests other nuclear plants, but no leaks

Tohoku late Thursday suffered its largest aftershock since the March 11 killer temblor, but no abnormalities were found in radiation levels around nuclear reactors along the region's Pacific coast, including the crippled Fukushima No. 1 power plant, government officials said Friday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 8, 2011

The Monochrome Set

In many ways, The Monochrome Set are the archetypal "Big in Japan" band. Formed in 1978 by a handful of Adam Ant's former backing musicians, the band, featuring guitarist Lester Square's faintly retro playing style and vocalist Ganesh "Bid" Seshadri's dryly humorous lyrics, flew insolently in the face...
CULTURE / Music
Apr 8, 2011

The world awakens to Japan's 'brutal orchestra'

Creating a wonderfully bizarre avant-garde hybrid of classical music, heavy rock and punk, Osaka's 11-member-strong Vampillia have been described by their record label as "a hardcore version of Arcade Fire."
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 8, 2011

Nagoya adds tulips to the spring bouquet

Although some people will be relaxing under the cherry blossoms this weekend, others may be drawn to a ground-level attraction in Nagoya's Kiso Sansen Park, which is celebrating one of Holland's most attractive exports — the tulip.
COMMENTARY
Apr 8, 2011

Politics of crisis leadership

The mega-crisis engendered in Japan by the great earthquake and tsunami has brought to the surface the political problem of Japanese crisis management.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 8, 2011

'Gaspard et Lisa' celebrate 10 years of success in Japan

Since the March 11 quake, children — and their parents — in the Kanto region have had little to smile about. This exhibition in Yokohama might help remedy that.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 8, 2011

Tokyo classical music benefit to boost spirits and awareness

Since the March 11 earthquake, it's been difficult for the classical music scene, with many venues having to cancel or postpone performances. Amid this period of readjustment, world-renowned conductor Zubin Mehta is returning to Japan to conduct a Tohoku-Kanto earthquake charity concert to be held in...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 8, 2011

'Mama Bush' puts black women in a powerful light

Based in New York, Mickalene Thomas is known for mixed-media paintings, photographic collages and videos that explore representations of beauty in art history and pop culture through images of African-American women.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 8, 2011

Takubo's building renovations turn art outside-in

A lot of the restlessness and energy in contemporary art actually stems from a sense of emptiness and frustration that young artists feel as they flail around trying to find their true artistic voice. This certainly seems to have been the case in the career of Kyoji Takubo, a 62-year-old artist, who...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 8, 2011

'GA House Project 2011'

GA Gallery
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 8, 2011

'Paul Klee: Art in the Making 1883-1940'

The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
BUSINESS
Apr 8, 2011

Fish exported to EU issued certificates of origin

Japan issued certificates for fish exports to the European Union after it said only products that don't exceed radiation limits or are from areas unaffected by the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear accident would be allowed, the Fisheries Agency said.
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2011

Ex-governor blasts Tepco's cozy ties

Earthquakes and tsunami are unavoidable natural events, but the ongoing disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant was induced by "human errors" stemming from cozy ties between bureaucrats and Tokyo Electric Power Co., former Fukushima Gov. Eisaku Sato told The Japan Times on Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2011

U.S. teacher stays to return favor to helpful residents of Miyagi town

TAGAJO, Miyagi Pref. — Kyle Maclauchlan, an English-language teacher from the United States, experienced a nightmare when the March 11 monster earthquake and tsunami devastated the small Miyagi Prefecture town he lived in and wiped away most of his belongings.
JAPAN
Apr 6, 2011

Seawater radiation shoots far past limit

Radioactive iodine-131 readings taken from seawater near the water intake of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant's No. 2 reactor reached 7.5 million times the legal limit, Tokyo Electric Power Co. admitted Tuesday.
Trump pledges to save U.S. from 'decline,' vowing new 'golden age'
U.S. President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday.
Cedar pollen is already in the air in Tokyo
Climate change and urbanization are believed to have contributed to the earliest ever observation of cedar pollen in Tokyo, on Jan. 8, an expert says.
Large fire breaks out near Osaka's Tsutenkaku Tower
Smoke rises from a fire at a commercial building near Tsutenkaku Tower, in Osaka, on Tuesday.
U.S. Osprey accidentally drops cargo into sea in Okinawa
A V-22 Osprey
What went wrong at Fuji TV's news conference on allegations against Nakai?
Fuji TV President Koichi Minato speaks at a news conference on Friday in Tokyo.
'America first' returns as Trump ditches focus on allies and rules-based order
U.S. President Donald Trump reviews troops during his inauguration ceremony at the Capitol in Washington on Monday.
Japan looks to learn from the past with bid to build Australian warships
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami frigate, of the class of the same name, is anchored at the MSDF's naval base in the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, in September 2022.
Amid rising world hunger, a Japan-inspired group in Kenya is making a big impact
Wawira Njiru, the founder of Food4Education, serves food during the opening of a new kitchen in Mombasa County, Kenya, in 2022. The organization started in 2012 by feeding 25 children out of a single kitchen. Now it feeds nearly half a million every day.
From Tokyo to Manhattan, Takuma Watanabe stirs up a stiff drink
It's taken Takuma Watanabe little time to establish himself as one of New York's hottest bartenders.
For tourists in search of seasonal sights, Yamagata makes its case
For some time away from Tokyo's suffocating urban sameness, Yamagata Prefecture is home to a soothing array of natural abundance.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Atsuyoshi Koike, the president and CEO of Rapidus, says there is a “sense of urgency” when it comes to Japan’s efforts in manufacturing semiconductors. “We have to make sure we are successful,” he says.
Atsuyoshi Koike’s big game: Fourth down and 2 nanometers to go
By Kazuaki Nagata and Richard Meyer

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