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ON DESIGN

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.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / Japan Pulse
Nov 4, 2011
DesignTide Tokyo 2011
DesignTide Tokyo 2011
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / Japan Pulse
Aug 25, 2011
Pulp it up: new directions for paper design
Designers realize their ideas by applying creativity to paper.
Japan Times
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.
Japan Times
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....
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan will spend ¥325 million in government funds on Princess Yuriko's funeral
Princess Yuriko waves during the New Year's public greeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in January 2019.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
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By Kathryn Wortley

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