In his Olympic year, Oscar Pistorius steadily became an avid firearms collector, joining a gun-collecting club and purchasing a collection of firearms that included a .500 Magnum pistol and a civilian version of a military assault rifle.
When it comes to gender equality, Japan has never failed to disappoint.
Here's an open secret: Japanese men have a bad international reputation on the romance front.
SELLING WOMEN: Prostitution, Markets and the Household in Early Modern Japan, by Amy Stanley. University of California Press, 2012, 282 pp., $49.95 (hardcover) In the vast cultural landscape, Japan fascinates the mainstream with manga and anime, the martial arts, Zen and kimono. Of course, ...
Manchester United's Shinji Kagawa is back with a bang, becoming the first Asian player to score a hat trick in the English Premier League.
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Once you see the paintings of Paul Delvaux you are unlikely to forget them. The dreamlike mood and quaint atmosphere is unique and hypnotic. But where does the mysterious power of his art come from? The exhibition “Paul Delvaux: Dream Odyssey” at the Museum ...
Espace Louis Vuitton TokyoCloses Dec. 25 Whatever the motivations behind it, the synergy of luxury brands and art is definitely a good thing for art and its enthusiasts. In the case of Espace Louis Vuitton, the venue atop the luxury goods company’s flagship store ...
Mori Art Museum, Gallery One Closes Jan. 15, 2012 The notion that an infinite number of monkeys pounding on an infinite number of typewriters could recreate the complete works of Shakespeare is a well-known thought experiment. Recently, though, it was reported that a computer ...
Light is perhaps the commonest elemental force. We take it for granted, but it is the life-giving force that makes our planet different from all the others we know. As the definition of ultimate speed, it is also one of the parameters of the ...
