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DESIGN

Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / Japan Pulse
Oct 31, 2012
Tokyo Designers Week 2012
Let's all say Hello to new design at Tokyo Designers Week.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / Japan Pulse
Oct 29, 2012
Today's J-Blip: Red Bull Curates Canvas Cooler Project
Red Bull, patron of freefalling and freestyling in various forms, invites Japan-based artists to get creative with its drink coolers.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / Japan Pulse
Oct 29, 2012
Today's J-blip: Coca-Cola Bottleware
Old Coke bottles find cool new life in Japan.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 28, 2012
Context the key at alt fashion fest
Watching the Fashion Week Tokyo models pounding polished catwalks in the glitzy Hikarie building in shopping-central Shibuya, you could be forgiven for thinking you were in Paris.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Aug 3, 2012
Today's J-blip: Ikea pops up all over Cat Street
In a series of pop-ups, Ikea Japan gives city folk a taste of Swedish style.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / Japan Pulse
Nov 10, 2011
Tokyo Designers Week 2011
A selection of blipped on our radar at Tokyo Designers Week 2011.
LIFE / Style & Design / Japan Pulse
Nov 4, 2011
DesignTide Tokyo 2011
DesignTide Tokyo 2011
CULTURE / Art / Japan Pulse
Aug 25, 2011
Pulp it up: new directions for paper design
Designers realize their ideas by applying creativity to paper.
LIFE / Lifestyle / Japan Pulse
Nov 2, 2010
What rolled in with the DesignTide
Interactivity is the keyword at this year's Design Tide showcase of sleek and sexy objects.
BUSINESS / Japan Pulse
Nov 1, 2010
Superlative design blows into Tokyo
Stormy weather dented the schedule of Tokyo Designers Week but nothing could dampen the creativity on display.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Dec 3, 2009
'Prototype' documents the birth of designers' ideas
The creative process is on display at the Prototype exhibition, which showcases the works of Japanese architects and designers.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Oct 31, 2009
Kidrobots on the block at Tokyo Designers Week
For Tokyo Designers Week, customized Kidrobot figurines go up for auction, with proceeds going to CARE.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Dec 7, 2008
Tadao Ando: Icon and iconoclast
One of the first houses built by Japan's most famous architect, Tadao Ando, is centered around an open atrium. That sounds nice until you realize that the atrium forms the only "corridor" between each of the rooms. Fancy a hot cup of tea before bed on a rainy winter's night? You'll need an umbrella and...
Japan Times
Features
Jul 13, 2008
Top creators call for museums to save nation's modern heritage
What do industrial design, architecture, manga, anime, video games and traditional craft techniques have in common? Well, apart from each having spawned some of Japan's most popular cultural exports, the similarity is this: Japan has no national museums dedicated to their preservation, display and study....
As ‘Buy Canadian’ grows, more U.S. firms say retailers turning away products
Empty shelves with "Buy Canadian Instead" signs are seen in the American Whiskey section of the BC Liquor in Vancouver, British Columbia, on March 10.
Japan, South Korea and China vow to strengthen trade ties amid looming U.S. tariffs
Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto (left), South Korean Trade Industry and Energy Minister Ahn Duk-geun (center) and Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao during a trilateral meeting in Seoul on Sunday
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.
Nankai Trough earthquake could kill 298,000 people, government says
Residents participate in an evacuation drill held with West Japan Railway in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, in January 2024 to prepare for a Nankai Trough earthquake and a possible tsunami following the quake.
Osaka Expo's Japan Pavilion completed
A ceremony is held to mark the completion of the Japan Pavilion at the World Expo in Osaka on Saturday.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
On defense, Japan may avoid Trump's worst impulses — for now
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth chat after reviewing an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sunday.
No longer a 'bridesmaid': Yuki Tsunoda prepares for the Red Bull pressure cooker
All eyes will be on Yuki Tsunoda as he makes his Red Bull debut at the Japanese Grand Prix this weekend.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.

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