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Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 5, 2015
Korin: the late bloomer with innovative in style
One of the joys of visiting Tokyo's Nezu Museum in early May, is to catch the annual showing of one of the museum's most famous works, Ogata Korin's "Irises," before stepping outside to appreciate the real irises blooming in its garden.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 5, 2015
'Sony Design: Making Modern'
April 29-June 14
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 30, 2015
Investors seek out risky U.S. loans in throwback to pre-crisis days
Japanese investors are plowing back into the same types of risky U.S. corporate-loan investments that caused them losses during the 2008 financial crisis.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 29, 2015
Japanese rescuers expand search in quake-hit Kathmandu; Nepal prime minister fears 10,000 dead
A team of Japanese rescue workers stepped up their search operations on Wednesday in central Kathmandu a day after arriving in the capital to look for survivors of Saturday's deadly earthquake.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2015
Japan's economy needs a dose of shock therapy
A little more monetary shock-and-awe by the Bank of Japan could stem Japan's 'deflationary mindset.'
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 24, 2015
Filipino-Japanese exempt from fine after Osaka police botch assault probe
The police investigation into a street brawl in Osaka in 2013 that resulted in a fine for a Filipino-Japanese man was superficial and should never have caused charges to be filed, a court in Osaka has ruled.
JAPAN / Society
Apr 24, 2015
Foreign students in need of Japanese classes climb to record high
Foreign students who needed Japanese classes in primary and secondary public schools hit a record 29,198 last year, up 2,185 from two years ago, a government survey showed Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Apr 24, 2015
Korean survivor recounts path from 14-year-old girl to wartime sex slave
A Korean woman who says she was forced to become a “comfort woman” during the war describes how people dressed as Japanese soldiers persuaded her to do so.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 22, 2015
Kagoshima court rejects injunction against Sendai reactor restarts
The Kagoshima District Court on Wednesday dismissed a provisional injunction to block the restart of two more nuclear reactors in the prefecture, brushing aside the concerns of local residents worried about the safety of the plant.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 22, 2015
Surviving the night of the long tentacular knives in 'Parasyte: Part 2'
When we left Shinichi (Shota Sometani) and his inseparable parasite companion Migi at the end of Takashi Yamazaki's 2014 sci-fi/horror hit "Kiseiju" ("Parasyte: Part 1"), the space-alien organisms who had found human hosts in the city of Higashi Fukuyama were not only slaughtering humans for food —...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 21, 2015
Diversity saved the Kano school
Kyoto National Museum's "Kano Painters of the Momoyama Period: Eitoku's Legacy" is the follow up exhibition to the 2007 "Kano Eitoku, Momoyama Painter Extraordinaire" and focuses on Eitoku's successors who produced work during the period 1596-1615.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 21, 2015
Yoshihiko Ueda: a life with photography
"What remains is future" were words written on a bag I saw someone carrying at Yoshihiko Ueda's new exhibition "A life with Camera." It's the same phrase that appeared on badges Patti Smith handed out in New York nearly 10 years ago. Fittingly, her portrait now hangs among 300 photographs, which were...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 21, 2015
'Yamana Ayao and Art Deco: Creating the Shiseido Style'
April 25-June 28
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 21, 2015
'In Our Time: Art in Post-industrial Japan'
April 25-Aug. 30
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 19, 2015
Toyota delivers a blow to Abe's 'reshoring' plan
Toyota's move to build new factories overseas deals a blow to the government's hope that the weak yen would encourage manufacturers to move production back to Japan.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 15, 2015
From immigration to zoning, reforms need central guidance to succeed: adviser
The central government must exert control over the regions to push through regulatory reforms needed for economic revival, said the head of a council on special economic zones.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 14, 2015
Japan's prickly revisionists
The Abe government is reacting to foreign criticism of Japan in ways that harm the nation's national interests and reputation.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 14, 2015
The honeymoon phase of Japan and the West
Often, when two cultures meet, it can be very messy and lead to a lot of unpleasantness. The continuing inability of the West and Islam to understand each other suggests itself as a convenient example. This kind of conflict often boils down to a question of who will be master and who will be man, with...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 14, 2015
Kyotographie is jazzed up with notable photography
The curtain is about to rise on the 3rd Kyotographie festival of photography, and Lucille Reyboz, one of the two co-organizers, says that this is the most exciting but also most difficult time of the year.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 14, 2015
'Transcendent Artful Embroidery II'
April 18-June 28
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
Japan finds a 'stealth' cure for zombie businesses: Let them fail
A worker at Sakai Seisakusyo prepares to transport metal rods at its factory in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, on July 8.
Trump makes his grand RNC entrance with a bandaged ear and a VP pick
Former U.S. President Donald Trump during the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Monday
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
Pedestrians in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on July 11, 2024. China's economic growth in the second quarter was lower than forecast, adding pressure on Chinese leaders to lift confidence at the Chinese Communist Party's third plenum this week.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

Podcast

You can often see generations of families enjoying performances together at Fuji Rock Festival.
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Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
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