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ON DESIGN

Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
May 27, 2010
Smart, seasonal and celebratory
Nature is served
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Apr 29, 2010
Everything is not as it seems
Nendo gains weight in Milan
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Mar 25, 2010
Stationery players to watch
A handkerchief not to be sniffed at
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Feb 25, 2010
Warm hearts and home comforts
Niimi stand goes to pot
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Jan 28, 2010
Design for keeping everything warm and just so
Drastic desk changes Hopefully you're still keeping your New Year's resolutions, and if one of them was to pay more attention to the little things in life, such as your desk space, then the latest from Japanese stationery brand Craft Design Technology can help fulfill those good intentions. Released...
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Dec 24, 2009
Handy music, Eiffel Tower Jr., analog emoticons and peaceful weaponry
Music of the spheres
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Dec 24, 2009
Handy music, Eiffel Tower Jr., analog emoticons and peaceful weaponry
Music of the spheres
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / ON: DESIGN
Nov 26, 2009
Designer standouts perfect for holiday gifts
With another Tokyo Designers Week now behind us, this month we take a look at a few of our favorite items from the event, some of which might just make the perfect Christmas gift.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Oct 29, 2009
Now's the time to celebrate design
Don't miss Design Week This year, Tokyo Designers Week conveniently kicks off on a Friday — previous years have always seen a Wednesday start — ensuring visitors can make the most of the weekend and the national holiday on Tuesday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Sep 24, 2009
Designs about simplicity, shredding and shedding light
Back to basics When Naoto Fukasawa collaborated with furniture manufacturer Maruni earlier this year, they created two new series: the wood-based Hiroshima and Tradition, a modern take on some earlier Maruni collections. Both series present furniture that truly showcases Fukasawa's pared-down aesthetic....
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Aug 27, 2009
Having fun while keeping it tidy and practical
Animated cleaning
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Jul 30, 2009
Summertime designs run hot and cool
Recovered crests
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Jun 25, 2009
Almost everything's gone green
The minimalist
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
May 28, 2009
Design innovations that come naturally
A cool dry
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Apr 23, 2009
Stylish ways to organize clutter, keep time, track burned calories and send letters
A stylish plug
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Mar 26, 2009
Going Postalco, smashing smileys and sounding fuzzy
Material emoticons
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Feb 26, 2009
Lowdown Scandinavians, trashy bears and a natural rack
Lowdown Scandinavian cool If you're in the market for a modular sofa, check out Osaka-based Teruhiro Yanagihara's Grow (above). The designer, who also works under the name Isolation Unit, has created the attractive couch for interior brand OFFECCT, a Swedish company that's known for its collaborations...
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Feb 26, 2009
Lowdown Scandinavians, trashy bears and a natural rack
Lowdown Scandinavian cool If you're in the market for a modular sofa, check out Osaka-based Teruhiro Yanagihara's Grow (above). The designer, who also works under the name Isolation Unit, has created the attractive couch for interior brand OFFECCT, a Swedish company that's known for its collaborations...
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA / ON: DESIGN
Jan 29, 2009
Design for DIYers, globetrotters, timekeepers, flower-lovers and garbage collectors
Spot the bag
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Dec 23, 2008
PMZ pedals, the Memodesk, horned sockets, Issey Miyake watches and the perfect gift box
JEAN SNOW A pedal with pedigree
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
One dead, three missing as heavy rain batters Tohoku
Camera footage shows the Mogami River bursting its banks in Tozawa, Yamagata Prefecture, on Friday morning.
Brazil issues apology for persecuting Japan immigrants during WWII
Enea Almeida (right), chair of the Brazilian amnesty commission, shakes hands with the representative for Japanese immigrants on Thursday in Brasilia.
When did summer in Japan stop being fun?
Summer in Japan is now consistently brutal enough to drive you indoors and keep you there until autumn.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

Podcast

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

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Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
By Alex K.T. Martin

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