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TAKASHI MURAKAMI

Takashi Murakami's collaboration with champagne maker Dom Perignon marks the artist's first-ever foray into wine label design.
LIFE / Food & Drink / Kanpai Culture
Dec 27, 2025
A Champagne with notes of peach, citrus and Takashi Murakami¡¯s flowers
The Japanese artist has lent his floral motif to two limited-edition bottles of Dom Perignon ¡ª just the kind of hip bubblies you¡¯ll want to pop at the year-end party.
A model wears items that are part of Takashi Murakami's collaboration with MLB.
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 28, 2025
Famed artist Takashi Murakami partners with MLB for Tokyo Series
The new collection includes t-shirts and sweatshirts adorned with Murakami¡¯s signature style, along with hats, baseballs and gloves.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 12, 2023
Takashi Murakami loves and fears AI
Speaking at an exhibition opening in France, Japanese artist Takashi Murakami offered his thoughts on the positives and negatives of AI.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 7, 2019
Art Basel Hong Kong: All the fun of the international art fair
As Hong Kong continues to rise as a hub of Asian contemporary art, Art Basel Hong Kong introduces a clutch of Japanese artists with plenty to say.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / Sound Off
Mar 28, 2019
Hip-hop¡¯s anime crush is beautiful
Takashi Murakami¡¯s work on Billie Eilish¡¯s new video for ¡°You Should See Me in a Crown¡± is the latest example of Western music¡¯s ongoing love affair with Japanese anime. And while it may seem obvious ¡ª American kids who like anime and grow up to be musicians are going to pay respect ¡ª it¡¯s still...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / Heisei Icons,Heisei Icons
Mar 13, 2019
Takashi Murakami: The face of Japanese contemporary art abroad, underappreciated at home
In Tokyo alone, Murakami¡¯s commercial work can be seen in the official mascots for the Roppongi Hills complex and Tokyo MX TV station.
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Oct 26, 2018
Yayoi Kusama and Takashi Murakami consider legal action against fake exhibitions in China
Exhibitions of works passed off as those by renowned Japanese artists Yayoi Kusama and Takashi Murakami have been held in China recently, and the two artists are considering legal action to seek criminal charges, their lawyers have said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 16, 2016
Takashi Murakami collects more than just his thoughts
¡°Takashi Murakami¡¯s Superflat Collection¡± is an exhibition of other people¡¯s work, amassed as the result of one man¡¯s phenomenally successful artistic career. It¡¯s evidence that Murakami must have done something right, or wrong, depending on your view of culture. He¡¯s sometimes portrayed as a kind of...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 19, 2016
¡®Takashi Murakami¡¯s Superflat Collection: From Shohaku and Rosanjin to Anselm Kiefer¡¯
Jan. 30-April 3
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 19, 2015
Takashi Murakami¡¯s reluctant homecoming
Ebisu Yokocho has never looked so fabulous. It¡¯s the night before Halloween and costumed women with talon-like nails and feathered eyelashes snake their way through a boisterous crowd crammed into this narrow alley of food stalls and bars. The smell of booze and grilled meat mingles with the scent of...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 3, 2015
¡®Takashi Murakami: The 500 Arhats¡¯
Oct. 31-March 6
CULTURE / Art / Japan Pulse
Mar 20, 2015
Takashi Murakami + Frisk = super-artsy breath
Pop art in your pocket ¡ªu00a0it sharpens it you up.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 18, 2014
Blum & Poe gets closer to its artists
Some people just can¡¯t help liking Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 26, 2013
Murakami¡¯s ¡®Jellyfish Eyes¡¯ blends kawaii and creepy into a postquake critique
In the West he¡¯s been referred to as ¡®the other Murakami.¡¯ To those in Japan, the difference is so prominent that very few would ever confuse artist-cum-filmmaker Takashi Murakami with novelist Haruki Murakami.
CULTURE / Books
Nov 18, 2012
¡®Cool Japan is over¡¯: a sociologist looks at Japan¡¯s art world
BEFORE AND AFTER SUPERFLAT: A Short History of Japanese Contemporary Art 1990-2011, by Adrian Favell. Blue Kingfisher, 2012, 246 pp., $24.95 (paper)
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
May 28, 2010
Takashi Murakami sets up shop in otaku heaven
Pop artist Takashi Murakami opens a gallery ... not in Aoyama or Daikanyama .. but in an otaku mecca: Nakano Broadway.
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.

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