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		<title>Tadasu Takamine&#8217;s not so &#8216;Cool Japan&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In May 2011, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry promoted the idea of &#8220;Cool Japan,&#8221; presenting Japanese culture as a product amid the confusing circumstances after the Great East Japan Earthquake. As Japan continues to suffer a declining population and weak economy, it was a government attempt to create a branding strategy for recovery. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When the connections are as crucial as the art</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 06:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amid the hurry of daily life it is easy to forget what lies below our feet. To most of us, it may appear to be just cement or dirt, but to artist Kenji Yamada there are profound mysteries contained on the ground, in things as simple as our own footprints in the snow. His installation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy multiplies creative potential at Trans Arts Tokyo</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spanning seventeen floors of a building that was once part of Tokyo Denki University in Kanda, the Trans Arts Tokyo project is bursting with exhibitions, talk events and workshops, open laboratories and artists-in-residence studios. The massive temporary art space is the latest work by Masato Nakamura, the artist and art producer who created the Arts [...]]]></description>
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