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MORI ART MUSEUM

Mai Endo is an artist and researcher who explores queer and feminist issues through her zine platform Multiple Spirits (also known as MaruSupi).
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jan 30, 2026
Mai Endo: ¡®Build networks that bridge generations¡¯
Publishing bilingual zines as Multiple Spirits (MaruSupi), Mai Endo explores queer feminism and intersectional histories in East Asia and beyond.
The exhibition of Fujimoto¡¯s architecture surveys his career to date, as well as looks ahead as shown in his proposal of a future floating city designed in collaboration with data scientist Hiroaki Miyata.
CULTURE / Art
Jul 4, 2025
The future is bright inside the visionary mind of architect Sou Fujimoto
From a model of the Grand Ring you can walk through to a futuristic city design, the architect¡¯s exhibition at Mori Art Museum is an invitation to engage with architecture.
Digital artist Polygon1993 revels in the physicality of nostalgic technology, making art out of materials such as miniature CDs, holographic prints layered with plexiglass shards and a giant custom-made floppy disk.
CULTURE / Art
Apr 8, 2025
Online art scene eager to go offline, at least for the moment
From Beeple exhibiting a physical version of an NFT artwork to Polygon1993¡¯s custom-made giant floppy disk, digital media artists are bringing their work into the physical world.
Bourgeois is perhaps best known among the general public for her giant steel spider sculptures, particularly in Tokyo, where a nearly 10-meter tall bronze cast of the original spider has loomed over the walkway in Roppongi Hills since 2003.
CULTURE / Art
Oct 4, 2024
Japan¡¯s biggest Louise Bourgeois exhibit yet leans into ambivalence
At Tokyo¡¯s Mori Art Museum, a large-scale retrospective of the visionary artist emphasizes her complex feelings toward femininity, memory, parenthood and the human body.
Theaster Gates' ¡°A Heavenly Chord¡± lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
CULTURE / Art
Apr 27, 2024
Theaster Gates¡¯ ambitious ¡®Afro-Mingei¡¯ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
The largest solo show ever of a Black artist in Japan is an absorbing history lesson that draws a line between Chicago and Aichi.
A colorful coral reef made out of wool to raise awareness about climate change, at a museum in Baden-Baden, Germany, in January 2022
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability / OUR PLANET
Dec 31, 2023
The art world¡¯s big planetary problem
Over the last five years, it¡¯s become increasingly clear to major art institutions in Japan and around the world that the sector has a sustainability issue.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Women at Work
Sep 20, 2022
Working with a belief that art has the power to change the world
First as curator and now as director of the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo, Mami Kataoka has aimed to shape a society that respects individuals by using contemporary art as her medium.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 12, 2017
Asia in the wings of Japan¡¯s art scene
¡°Tis the season to be jolly ... circumspect. As regards art, despite suggestions from some art professionals that biennials and other recurring art festivals are an exhausted format, 2017 offered up an embarrassment of riches, some more embarrassing than others as it turned out.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 30, 2017
Southeast Asian art gets its biggest showing in Japan
A few years ago, at the press conference for Taiwanese artist Lee Mingwei¡¯s solo show at the Mori Art Museum (MAM), Fumio Nanjo, the museum director, talked about the direction the museum would be taking from then on; they were no longer so interested in ¡°the West¡± and were aiming to focus more on Asia....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 28, 2017
Big impressions live in the details
Distracted by the frenzy of today¡¯s hyper-connected world, many of us can easily overlook the everyday incidents that encourage smiles or offer simple affirmations of life being lived.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 31, 2017
¡®N.S. Harsha: Charming Journey¡¯
Feb. 4-June 11
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 12, 2016
An exhibition of things that make you go ¡®hmm¡¯
The subtitle of the Mori Art Museum¡¯s triennial ¡°Roppongi Crossing¡± exhibition three years ago was ¡°Out of Doubt.¡± This year it¡¯s ¡°My Body, Your Voice.¡± In 2013, the group show was inflected by the destruction caused by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and scepticism about the handling...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 3, 2015
¡®Takashi Murakami: The 500 Arhats¡¯
Oct. 31-March 6
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 4, 2015
Dinh Q. Le¡¯s art of nuanced criticism
Dinh Q. Le says he¡¯s not angry about the American war in Vietnam anymore. This makes our interview a lot easier; we are both of Vietnamese descent and there is a chance that talking about the war could polarize us very quickly, even though we are one generation removed from those that fought.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 21, 2015
¡®Simple Forms: Contemplating Beauty¡¯
April 25-July 5
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 23, 2014
Lee Mingwei likes getting to know you
The secret to a good public relations interview? Switch on the voice recorder and ask questions ¡ª that is all you need to know. Except, of course, it¡¯s not. Usually the interviewee has a particular image to maintain and the interviewer is looking for something that hasn¡¯t already been said ¡ª incompatible...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 25, 2014
Kids¡¯ stuff that adults need to see
Perhaps in the wake of this attack on seriousness, many artists have since taken refuge in childishness, whimsy or playfulness, though these values have been carefully rationed in ¡®Go-Betweens: The World Seen through Children,¡¯ with the emphasis being more on showing childhood as a state of vulnerability and transformation.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Jun 6, 2014
Gallery proves a hit with young critic
The art critic wanders purposefully around the gallery, passing instant, scathing judgment on the surrounding artworks.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 28, 2014
¡®Go-Betweens: The World Seen Through Children¡¯
A pioneer of social-documentary photojournalism, Danish American social reformer Jacob Riis (1849-1914) used photography to help reveal the plight of impoverished immigrants in New York during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He used the term ¡°go-betweens¡± to describe the children of the immigrants,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 17, 2014
Roppongi Art Night 2014: Get ready for a 32-hour art marathon
Art needn¡¯t be strictly visual. That¡¯s how Katsuhiko Hibino sees things.
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.
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 weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Low-income families in Japan cut food and air conditioning during summer break
Yumiko Watanabe, the chairperson of nonprofit Kidsdoor, explains the results of a survey in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 1.
Iran strikes on CIA facilities prompt questions about possible Russian role
Iranian drones are displayed in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on Jan. 13, 2025.U.S. officials have acknowledged that Russia has ?provided targeting ?and other support for Iran in its drone strikes on U.S. targets in the Persian Gulf region.
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¡¯

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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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