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TOKYO METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 6, 2016
Japan¡¯s TOP museum sees the big picture
After being closed for two years for major renovations, Tokyo¡¯s best-known photography museum in Tokyo¡¯s fashionable Ebisu neighborhood reopened on Sept. 3, just in time to celebrate its 20-year anniversary. The venerable facility now boasts a new look, improved exhibition spaces and a new name in English:...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 6, 2016
It¡¯s the end of the world as we know it, and we still feel fine
Hiroshi Sugimoto¡¯s ¡°Lost Human Genetic Archive,¡± the inaugural exhibition for the reopening of the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (now the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum), is an erudite and elaborate exercise in gallows humor. The theme is the end of civilization and human life, but possibly...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 31, 2014
No words can describe Tan¡¯s ¡®Terminology¡¯
¡®As a visual artist it¡¯s very important to reach a point where I¡¯m going beyond words. In interviews I find myself struggling, because we¡¯re always talking around (the work), circumscribing it. A question that I hate is ¡®what does this work mean?¡¯¡¯ Fiona Tan
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 7, 2014
¡®Collection Exhibition 2014: Spiritual World¡¯
For this year¡¯s ¡°Collection Exhibition,¡± the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography reevaluates the relationship between Japanese religious culture and visual arts through a pilgrimage of photographs, videos and other works of the museum collection. In search of aspects of spirituality that have been...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 26, 2014
Shimooka Renjo, back in focus
It¡¯s not surprising that the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography has organized a retrospective on Shimooka Renjo, one of the first commercial photographers in Japan. What is surprising is that it didn¡¯t happen sooner.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 26, 2014
Japan¡¯s early masters of Alpine photography and their breathtaking views
¡®Valleys and Peaks¡¯ introduces the stunning alpine photography of Matsujiro Kanmuri (1883-1970), who broke new ground with his climbs in the Kurobe Gorge of Toyama Prefecture and Misuo Hokari (1891-1966), who worked to make mountaineering more accessible.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 5, 2014
¡®Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions 2014: True Colors¡¯
Using new imaging media, ¡°Yebisu International Festival for Art and Alternative Visions 2014: True Colors¡± assesses the effects and prospects of globalization, examining the problems it has caused, and still can cause, as well as the importance of preventing further damage.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 15, 2014
Two photographers in a state of play
In an intriguing double-header, two of photography¡¯s more colorful characters are exhibited together at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, providing an interesting glimpse of art form as play.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 4, 2013
¡®Every Stroller Can Change the World: Contemporary Japanese Photography vol.12¡¯
This is the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography¡¯s 12th annual show, which each year focuses on a new aspect or theme of contemporary Japanese photography.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 6, 2013
¡®World Press ¡± Photo 2013¡¯
Now in its 56th year, the World Press Photo Contest has expanded its categories to include sports and portraiture to reflect those growing trends in photojournalism. The competition attracted more than 5,000 applicants, and the winning photos are currently on world tour, now making its stop in Tokyo....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 9, 2013
¡®1968: Japanese Photography¡¯
The late 1960s was an important period for the development of Japanese photography, which helped pictorialise and document the era¡¯s significant political and social changes.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 18, 2013
Early photos of northern Japan capture a time of change
Although photography entered Japan in the mid-19th century, it took time to spread beyond the few port cities permitted to engage in trade with the West at that time. As a result, it was several decades before this imported Western technology reached outlying districts, and by then the Japanese concept...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 18, 2013
Smuggling art into fashion
In 1943, in the midst of World War II, a U.S. Army propaganda drop over Berlin distributed leaflets bearing gruesome images of Adolf Hitler¡¯s face partially obscured by a calf¡¯s skull. Those who dared to pick one up would never have guessed that the artist who created that foreboding picture was born...
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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

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