Economy | ANALYSIS
Households to take hit from tax hike
by Tomoko Otake
The consumption tax increase will hit every household in Japan hard, with many people’s financial future hanging on whether their wages rise enough to offset the hike's impact.
Review Sep 28, 2013
New survey of art fosters discussion
by Rachel Cooke
It goes without saying that giving a book the title “100 Works of Art That Will Define Our Age” is a hostage to fortune. We lack the necessary perspective when it comes to judging what it is about our time that is most important ...
Openings in Tokyo Jul 10, 2013
'Why Not Live for Art? II: 9 Collectors Reveal Their Treasures'
by Natasha Vik
First held in 2004, this exhibition is the second by Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery to present works owned by individual collectors. In the past 10 years, art collecting has become more common and the network between collectors has expanded. As the gallery revisits ...
Art Apr 4, 2013
Exploring India's rapid urbanization, alienation
by J.M. Hammond
The art space now known as Espace Louis Vuitton Tokyo was originally part of the luxury brand’s store, designed by Jun Aoki and opened in 2002 in the fashionable Tokyo shopping district of Omotesando. It was reimagined in 2011 as a space for the ...
Review Nov 18, 2012
'Cool Japan is over': a sociologist looks at Japan's art world
by David Cozy
BEFORE AND AFTER SUPERFLAT: A Short History of Japanese Contemporary Art 1990-2011, by Adrian Favell. Blue Kingfisher, 2012, 246 pp., $24.95 (paper) A book about Japanese art with the word “Superflat” in the title may repel those of us who find much of the ...