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The consumption tax increase next April will hit every household in Japan hard, with many people's financial future hanging on whether their wages rise enough to offset the impact of the hike, experts say.
Every parent is all too familiar with The Tantrum. The screaming, the flailing arms, the angry head butting — and the timing (normally in the most inconvenient public place possible).
International events undermine Japan's democracy. Shame on the International Olympic Committee for being a party to it.
Tucked away behind the main museums in Ueno, the Tokyo University Art Museum may not be on most people’s radar, but it is definitely one of the city’s top museums in terms of curatorial quality. Whenever I go there, I am always delighted by ...
Francisco Liriano showed up at PNC Park on Tuesday afternoon in a suit with his suitcase packed for a trip St. Louis. The message reverberated through the Pittsburgh Pirates clubhouse. After 21 years away from the playoffs, it was time for the best story ...
Artist, architect, designer, photographer, curator, writer, editor, activist — Ai Weiwei is many things. This multiplicity of means all serve a united end that centers on the existential question: What does human freedom mean in China today? “According to What?” a major solo exhibition ...
“In Japan, the city consists of parts perfect in themselves, but lacking a sense of or connection to the whole,” observes curator Shino Nomura while discussing the work of Swiss architectural firm Diener & Diener. Nomura sees the larger goal of the exhibition he’s ...
‘Architecture is not building.” That’s the mildly provocative premise of this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale, “Out There: Architecture Beyond Building,” which runs till Nov. 23. Although outspent by the Venice Art Biennale and outshone by the Venice Film Festival, the architecture event in Venice ...
Photo Gallery International, Shibaura, Tokyo Closes July 4 Tokyo exists as much in its images as in its tangible reality. The challenge of distilling the polyphonic experience of the city into a potent scene, however, has beguiled generations of artists. This show, entitled “Tokyo,” ...
With climate change a tangible reality, environmental issues are climbing to the top of everyone’s agenda. Design is no exception. After a decade-long party accompanying their rising popular profile and commercial success, designers have begun to sober up. At Design Tide and 100% Design, ...
Hooray. Another high-rise office tower. Another five-star hotel. Another premium shopping mall. Another Starbucks. And don’t forget culture. With this new development, Tokyo will show the world the richness of Japan’s civilization and society. Such is the tone of the promotion for Mitsui Fudosan’s ...
The dominant image of contemporary architecture in Japan is one of serene simplicity: spaces that are light, bright and weightless, in which structure and materiality are reduced to the minimum. The ethereal works of the architectural firm SANAA, designed by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue ...
Tokyo Design Week brings together international and local designers, manufacturers, retailers and entrepreneurs for a raft of exhibitions, gatherings and design-related events, and, of course, parties — wherever designers get together, a party is not too far away. But apart from the civilized pleasure ...