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Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 6, 2015
'Captive Beauty: Treasures from the Prado Museum'
Oct. 10-Jan. 31
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 6, 2015
'Sophie Calle: For the Last and First Time'
Oct. 10-Dec. 6
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 29, 2015
The changing views of landscape painting
There are many ways in which an art exhibition can make a positive impression, but the two main ones are through the quality of the artworks and the narrative that ties these together. The present exhibition at Bunkamura The Museum is rather weak on the first element but much stronger on the second....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 29, 2015
'Alfred Sisley Exhibition: Impressionists and Landscape Painters of the Sky and Waterfronts'
Sept. 20-Nov. 15
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 15, 2015
'The Contemporary 2: Who Interprets the World?'
Sept. 19-Dec. 13
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Sep 12, 2015
TenQ can stop kids getting lost in space
There's something special about the sky at night. The stars may be clearer during the colder months, but right now it's easier for you and the kids to sprawl out on a patch of grass (or sand for you beach lovers) and gaze at the galaxy — at least when the weather is more accommodating. I love the conversations...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 8, 2015
'Beacon 2015: Look Up!'
Sept. 10-Oct. 12
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 1, 2015
'The Entire Okada Collection of Rimpa: Hakone Joins the Rimpa 400 Year Celebration'
Sept. 5-March 31
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 1, 2015
'The Art of Bvlgari: 130 Years of Italian Masterpieces'
Sept. 8-Nov. 29
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 18, 2015
Postwar art: What's wrong with controversy?
If you like controversy with your contemporary art "Postwar Art in Close Up" at The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT) may be the wrong exhibition to visit. Though it is tentatively presented as a commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II — with all the pitfalls that may...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 18, 2015
Erik Satie: A 'gymnopedist' ahead of his time
Erik Satie (1866-1925) said and did a lot of memorable things, many remarkably outlandish. Brilliant and bonkers, he composed works that range from cabaret ditties to a "symphonic drama," from light music for educating children to complex parodies of the masters. And who can forget such composition titles...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 18, 2015
'Teamlab Exhibition: Walk Through the Crystal Universe'
Aug. 21-Sept. 27
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 18, 2015
'Kuriki Tatsusuke: Retrospective'
Aug. 28-Sept. 27
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE KIDS' TABLE
Aug 14, 2015
Organic meals and fine art are a panacea for parental guilt
In search of respite from the stifling heat and a place to burn off some overabundant preschooler energy, this month we headed to the charming Organic Cafe LuLu in Tokyo's Kiba neighborhood.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 11, 2015
There's a residual energy to Cai Guo-Qiang's explosive works
Japanese artist Taro Okamoto once said, "Art is an explosion." This was despite the fact that his own works were carefully planned and developed, as the exhibition "Taro Okamoto's Paintings: From Impulse to Realization" at the Taro Okamoto Museum of Art made clear back in 2006. Okamoto's famous dictum,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 11, 2015
The spooky side of Sanyutei Encho
For all sorts of reasons, summer is the season of ghosts in Japan. Accordingly, The University Art Museum in Tokyo is presenting an exhibition of work connected to Meiji Era (1867-1912) storyteller Sanyutei Encho (1839-1900). Encho practised the art of rakugo, a traditional and minimalist Japanese style...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 11, 2015
'Treasures of the Fujita Museum: The Japanese Conception of Beauty'
Aug. 5-Sept. 27
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 11, 2015
'Energy and Revival: The Art of Momoyama'
Aug. 8-Oct. 12
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 11, 2015
'Shimura Fukumi: Nature and Inheritance to Next Generation'
Aug. 8-Sept. 23
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Pope Francis, radical leader who broke the papal mold, dies at 88
Pope Francis blesses the faithful during the weekly general audience at the Vatican in August 2023.
Japan mulls reviewing car safety rules to strike deal with Trump
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's Economic Revitalization Minister and top tariff negotiator with the U.S., speaks to the press upon his arrival at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Friday.
Japan tariff negotiator rules out quick U.S. deal despite push by Trump
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's top tariff negotiator with the U.S., speaks to reporters upon his arrival at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Friday, a day after talks in Washington.
Shohei Ohtani announces birth of daughter
Shohei Ohtani and his wife Mamiko Tanaka attend a Lakers game in Los Angeles on Dec. 8, 2024.
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
The floor is art: Takuro Tamayama transforms mundanity
Takuro Tamayama’s sculpture “Models (Pair, 6 sets, 12 rings)” comes with a mathematical formation that scales it for different spaces.
Nothing sells like Shohei Ohtani, MLB’s marketing megastar
People walk past an advertisement featuring Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani outside Tokyo Dome on March 18.
Calling all Potterheads: ‘The Goblet of Fire’ comes to Tokyo
The Tokyo version of the globe-trotting exhibition features a Ministry of Magic set, which includes an imposing replica of the Magic Is Might monument representing magical fascism.
Tokyo stock picker advises Trump-proofing portfolios with Godzilla creator Toho
The head of Godzilla, a Japanese monster movie character, is seen on a building of Toho Cinema in Tokyo. Toho is one tariff-defensive stock being recommended by brokers.

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