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TOKYO STATION GALLERY

One of Leonard Foujita¡¯s biggest muses was himself. He painted self-portraits, often with a cat on his side, looking back at the viewer. He posed for photographers throughout his life, the displayed photos showing he retained his signature bowl cut and round glasses.
CULTURE / Art
Jul 18, 2025
The self as a muse: Leonard Foujita¡¯s world in paintings and photos
¡°Foujita: Painting and Photography¡± at Tokyo Station Gallery is being billed as the first exploration of the artist as a photographer and has been a decade in the making.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 14, 2017
¡®Parody and Intertextuality: Visual Culture in Japan Around the 1970s¡¯
Feb. 18-April 16
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Nov 2, 2016
Tokyo Station Gallery celebrates Ken Takakura¡¯s traditional virtues
Ken Takakura (1931-2014) was a major film star for nearly five decades. He also became a national icon for embodying traditional virtues, especially in his dozens of gang films for the Toei studio in the 1960s and ¡®70s.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 12, 2016
Idem Paris: Worlds apart and yet so close
Before photography became a relatively affordable pastime at the beginning of the 20th century, lithographic prints were touted as the democratic image-making medium that could reach all classes of society. At the same time, because the design was drawn directly onto stone, it could be used as a platform...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 1, 2015
¡®Voices of 20 Contemporary Artists at Idem Paris: A Lithography Studio in Montparnasse¡¯
Dec. 5-Feb. 7
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 15, 2015
¡®°Õ²õ³Ü°ì³Ü³ó²¹±ð¡¯
Sept. 19-Nov. 3
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 2, 2015
¡®Rey Camoy: Retrospective: On the 30th Anniversary of His Death¡¯
May 30-July 20
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 7, 2015
Art¡¯s 20th-century identity crisis
The 20th century is rather like the teenager who never grew up ¡ª a century that saw itself as perpetually young, as the ¡°modernist¡± culmination of history rather than part of the historical process. In short, an age guilty of ¡°chronocentricism.¡± But, like all the other centuries, culled and packaged...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 11, 2014
¡®Discover, Discover Japan¡¯
In October 1970, Japanese National Railways launched its Discover Japan advertising campaign in the hopes of keeping and cultivating the increased number of railway users that it had gained during the Japan World Exposition, which had finished a month earlier.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 21, 2014
¡®Jean Fautrier¡¯
After being detained by the Gestapo for his involvement with the Resistance during World War II, Jean Fautrier (1898-1964) began working on the series ¡°Hostages¡± as a response to the horrors that took place in German-occupied France.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 19, 2014
¡®From Hakubakai to Kofukai: Aspects of Japanese Oil Painting¡¯
Kofukai, translated as ¡°Light and Wind Club,¡± was a group of oil painters established in Japan by seven young artists in 1912. The founding members were initially influenced by the Realist painters of Paris, whose aim in the absence of photography, was to depict the world as truthfully as possible.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 13, 2014
Making sense of cultural nonsense
In today¡¯s complicated world of mass media and communication, contemporary British artists are finding new means of expression.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 15, 2014
¡®Private Utopia: Contemporary Art from the British Council Collection¡¯
What happens when curators from various Japanese museums are given free rein to select works from the holdings of the London-based British Council Collection
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 28, 2013
¡®Shohachi Kimura¡¯
Shohachi Kimura (1893-1958) developed an early interest in foreign novels and other facets of Western culture. He first aspired to become a writer, but changed his mind at age 18 to pursue art and painting. Still interested in literature, however, he often contributed illustrations to novels.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Japan to set up expert working group on accepting foreign nationals
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (second from left) addresses a meeting of ministers responsible for policies concerning foreign residents, held at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
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.
Japan to set up expert working group on accepting foreign nationals
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (second from left) addresses a meeting of ministers responsible for policies concerning foreign residents, held at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Inside Toho Archive¡¯s mission to save Japan¡¯s cinematic memory
The goal of restoration is not to artificially upscale but to return the film to the condition it was in ¡°the very first day it appeared in the world,¡± says Nobushige Toshima, president and sales division manager of Toho Archive.
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.

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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