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Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 18, 2015
¡®Teamlab Exhibition: Walk Through the Crystal Universe¡¯
Aug. 21-Sept. 27
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
Apr 14, 2015
¡®Jim Lambie: Sun Rise Sun Ra Sun Set¡¯
April 11-June 21
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 2, 2014
¡®Theo Jansen: Strandbeest¡¯
Dutch artist Theo Jansen first started creating his signature ¡°Strandbeest¡± (¡°Beach Animal¡°) works in 1990. These huge objects, a combination of art and science, are made mostly out of plastic tubes and can walk by themselves using the power of the wind.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 21, 2014
¡®Playing with Sound: Yuri Suzuki¡¯
All of designer-artist Yuri Suzuki¡¯s works involve an element of play and focus on our relationship with sound, noises, music and electronics. As his first major solo exhibition in Japan, ¡°Playing with Sound¡± is an interactive show that offers visitors unusual aural experiences and introduces them to...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 3, 2014
Nothing is ordinary for Leandro Erlich
¡®Swimming pools, staircases and elevators are ordinary places that we never question, as we think that we know about them already. But is that true? Do we really know them?¡¯ — Leandro Erlich.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 7, 2014
¡®Leandro Erlich: The Ordinary?¡¯
¡°The Swimming Pool¡± by Leandro Erlich is not one you can dive into. From above it appears as a regular deep pool of shimmering water, but it is actually only 10 cm deep. Suspended over a glass sheet, the ¡°The Swimming Pool¡± can also be viewed from below. Such playfulness in interpretation turns an ordinary,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 19, 2014
¡®Hakone Meets Art: Tamatebako in the Forest¡¯
Odd things can happen in the forest, and at the Hakone Open Air Museum that includes the artistically strange. For this exhibition, artist Koji Kakuno dares to dangle himself from a tree in a wooden cocoonlike contraption for days at a time.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 26, 2014
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For children, going to a museum to look at art can seem boring, which is why ¡°Playmaking¡± takes an interactive approach to attract a young audience.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 5, 2014
Can nature solve humankind¡¯s errors?
Masato Kodama¡¯s sculptures are concerned with light, gravity and air. For him, light is a symbol of tomorrow and potential futures, gravity represents the present and the past, and air is associated with memory.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 5, 2014
¡®Prelude Exhibition ¡ª William Kentridge: The Refusal of Time¡¯
¡°The Refusal of Time¡± is a collaborative work between South-African artist William Kentridge and science historian Peter Galison. A five-channel video installation with a complex sound system, this large-scale installation presents Kentridge¡¯s innovative animation and a large ¡°breathing machine¡± sculpture...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 24, 2013
¡®Soya Asae Exhibition: Sora iro (color of the air)¡¯
An Art Ph.D. graduate of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Asae Soya¡¯s art takes many forms. Originally a painter, her body of work has grown over the years to include installations, video and public art.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 20, 2013
Are we all blinded by our sense of beauty?
Sophie Calle is an enigma. She is an artist, writer, photographer and filmmaker yet doesn¡¯t work exclusively in any of these areas. She has become famous for her work in photography but her objects and later films have drawn equal attention ¡ª work that carries with it the curiosity of a detective who...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 7, 2013
Tadasu Takamine¡¯s not so ¡®Cool Japan¡¯
In May 2011, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry promoted the idea of ¡°Cool Japan,¡± presenting Japanese culture as a product amid the confusing circumstances after the Great East Japan Earthquake. As Japan continues to suffer a declining population and weak economy, it was a government attempt...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 7, 2013
Is this the art of noise?
If art is something that you want to feel comfortable with in your home, then Haroon Mirza is probably not your man. As the winner of the 2012 Daiwa Foundation Art Prize, British-born, ethnic-Pakistani artist Mirza is being introduced to Tokyo¡¯s art connoisseurs with a show at SCAI THE BATHHOUSE.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Head of Swiss euthanasia firm dies after collapsing while ascending Mount Fuji
Around 200,000 people typically scale the 3,776 meter Mount Fuji each year.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

Longform

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan¡¯s landscape that they often go unnoticed.
Why Japan¡¯s utility poles won¡¯t be disappearing anytime soon
By Alex K.T. Martin

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