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The 2025 Aichi Triennale took place in several locations, including a former bathhouse where Rui Sasaki's ¡°Unforgettable Residues¡± was exhibited.
CULTURE / Art / 2025 IN REVIEW
Dec 29, 2025
A year of plenty: Endless art shows, subtle curation of themes
Japan¡¯s art scene was bursting with public enthusiasm, overflowing exhibition halls and more art festivals vying for attention.
Munakata Shiko's "Oshira-sama: The Flying Silkworm Deities" (1968)
CULTURE / Art
Oct 26, 2023
Major retrospective traces hero¡¯s journey of ¡®Japan¡¯s van Gogh¡¯
An exhibition of Shiko Munakata¡¯s works shows evidence of a charismatic character and a career that reflects Japan¡¯s changing relationship with the West.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 28, 2017
¡®Marcel Breuer¡¯s Furniture: Improvement for Good¡¯
March 3 -May 7
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 11, 2016
Thomas Ruff: in the grand scheme of things
Thomas Ruff is one of the key figures of photography in the postmodern era, and his retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, will probably already be pencilled into your calendar if you have any interest in contemporary art.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 6, 2016
¡®Craft Arts: Innovation of ¡°Tradition and Avant-Garde,¡± and the Present Day¡¯
Sept. 17-Dec. 4
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 16, 2016
¡®Thomas Ruff¡¯
Aug. 30-Nov. 13
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 15, 2016
¡®Kuniyoshi & Kunisada: From the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston¡¯
Ukiyo-e prints were once the equivalent of today¡¯s TV shows and magazines. During the Edo Period (1603- 1868), they often illustrated kabuki theater stars and portrayed the latest fashion trends, even at times serving as cosmetics catalogs or tourist guidebooks.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 5, 2016
¡®Onchi Koshiro¡¯
Jan. 13-Feb. 28
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 29, 2015
¡®Visit Japan: Tourism Promotion in the 1920s and 1930s¡¯
Jan. 9-Feb. 28
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 28, 2015
Things that changed photography
In the late 1960s, the mono-ha (school of things) movement arose from the Japanese art-school scene, with the Korean-born artist Lee Ufan ¡ª who went from the philosophy department at Nihon University to teaching at Tama Art University ¡ª as its most renowned proponent. Using raw materials and with...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 25, 2013
Best of the West tops this year¡¯s major shows
Japan occupies an odd niche in the art world. Its own indigenous artistic traditions are balanced against an almost fanboy fascination with certain aspects of the canon of Western art, while there is an often half-hearted attempt to stay plugged into the global contemporary art scene with its various...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 6, 2013
¡®Josef Koudelka Retrospective¡¯
Josef Koudelka is one of today¡¯s most well-respected photographers, known especially for the gritty and authentic depictions of everyday life in his two series documenting underprivileged classes: ¡°Gypsies¡± and ¡°Exiles.¡±
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 18, 2013
Nihonga: without the hand over the eye
At its essential level, art is a battle between the eye and the hand; the first representing sensory input, the second artistic habit and convention. When the hand outweighs the eye, art can become over-stylized, clich¨¦d, and eventually dead. Asian art has been particularly prone to this; with young...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 10, 2013
Surveying the city from a different viewpoint
Beside Stephan Balkenhol¡¯s sculpture ¡°Big Head with Three Part Relief¡± a note reads, ¡°Nothing here is as it should be.¡± This figureless ¡°head¡± set against a black void represents ¡°Mr. Everyman,¡± that common figure, detached from his surround and considering his place in the world.
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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