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Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2021
Japanese wins top award at Venice architecture exhibition
Inspired by the salt flats of the UAE landscape, Kenichi Teramoto experimented with renewable architectural materials using condensed saline water.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2019
Aichi art festival won't receive state subsidy after controversy over 'comfort women' exhibit
The exhibit “After u2018Freedom of Expression?'” was closed three days after the Aug. 1 opening over security concerns due to multiple threats to the festival.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2018
Tokyo exhibition to portray bond between Helen Keller and Akita dogs
U.S. author and activist Helen Keller (1880-1968) treasured the companionship of dogs throughout her life, including two Akitas from Japan that in the 1930s became the first of their kind to enter the United States.
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2018
Japanese department store cancels photo exhibition on women's thighs amid kiddie porn concerns
Department store Marui has canceled a photo exhibition featuring women's thighs amid criticism some of the images appear to portray underage girls.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Sep 18, 2017
Nagoya teen brings 100 paper insects to life at an art exhibit
With just a pair of scissors and plain drawing paper, Shinichiro Ishikawa, a 15-year-old high school student from Nagoya, can quickly create lifelike cutouts of insects such as a pink mantis poised to take down its prey or a yellow swallowtail butterfly with its wings spread wide.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 17, 2016
Tokyo exhibition focuses on plight of sexually exploited girls
In Japan, teenage girls who turn to prostitution do so because they want to make easy money or fulfill their own pleasures.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 17, 2016
Issey Miyake invites us to see his material world
Issey Miyake, designer of some of the world's most distinctive clothing and international symbol of modern Japanese craftsmanship, received France's Legion of Honor on Tuesday at the opening of a major exhibition of his work at The National Art Center, Tokyo.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 17, 2016
It starts with 'a piece of cloth': Designer Taku Satoh explains what it's like to work with Issey Miyake
"A Piece Of Cloth." It is these four simple words that acclaimed graphic designer Taku Satoh cites when asked to summarize the essential appeal of Issey Miyake's creations.
JAPAN / History
Jan 29, 2016
Hiroshima, Nagasaki plan A-bomb exhibition near G-7 summit venue
Hiroshima and Nagasaki plan to hold an exhibition on the atomic bombings that destroyed the cities during the war in 1945 when the Group of Seven summit is held in Mie Prefecture in May, Hiroshima officials said Friday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 25, 2015
Exhibition of erotic Japanese art draws 200,000 visitors
Japan's first major exhibition of erotic art known as shunga, which ended earlier this week in Tokyo, drew more than 200,000 visitors during its three-month run, organizers said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 7, 2015
Exhibit of Nanking Massacre starts in China ahead of anniversary
A new exhibition started Monday at a museum dedicated to the 1937 massacre in Nanjing of Chinese citizens by the Japanese military, ahead of this weekend's anniversary of the incident.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 14, 2015
Nakatani to visit South Korea next week, sign of warming ties
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani is likely to visit South Korea next week to attend an international aerospace and defense exhibition, a South Korean Defense Ministry official said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2015
Tokyo Photo exhibition shows the many faces of children since World War II
A photo exhibition about postwar Japan opened at Tokyo International Forum on Saturday showcasing children at home and abroad from the end of World War II until the present day.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 17, 2015
JP Tower to host sumo exhibition bouts on Aug. 29
A glitzy skyscraper in front of JR Tokyo Station is set for an unlikely installation at its atrium — a genuine sumo ring.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 17, 2015
Gold Gundam replica highlights extensive exhibition on famed series
Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K. unveiled a pure gold replica of a Gundam robot at a press preview Thursday for an exhibition titled "The Art of Gundam."
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Jun 19, 2015
Wartime 'furoshiki' wrapping cloth pushing fighting spirit on display at Kyoto temple
An exhibition of furoshiki wrapping cloth designed to whip up people's fighting spirit during World War II will be held from Friday to Monday at Honen-in Temple in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2015
Manga exhibit promotes human rights awareness
Gender identity disorder, sexual orientation discrimination, death row, depression and physical abuse: these are just a few of the hard-hitting subjects being dealt with at a manga exhibition for the promotion of human rights.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 22, 2015
Tokyo museum to exhibit sex art, breaking 'shunga' taboo
The nation's first major exhibition of shunga (erotic art) will take place later this year at a museum in Tokyo following the success of a similar show recently held at the British Museum in London in late 2013, organizers said. Entry will be restricted to those 18 or older.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 20, 2015
Drone-makers say demand will take off in Japan
Despite a spate of headlines showing drone users to be reckless attention-seekers or outright dangerous, the industry believes the sky is the limit for demand for unmanned copters.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Mar 9, 2015
Items taken from persecuted Christians return to Nagasaki in rare exhibition
More than 500 items confiscated from Japanese Christians during their brutal persecution in the 19th century from the late Edo Period to the early Meiji Era are back in Nagasaki for the first time in about 150 years.
No link to Nankai Trough quake seen after temblor in Shikoku
Satoshi Harada from the Meteorological Agency explains about the magnitude 6.6 earthquake during a news conference early Thursday.
Thousands evacuated as Indonesia volcano erupts
Indonesia's Mount Ruang spews hot lava and smoke as seen from Sitaro, North Sulawesi, on Wednesday.
Why hasn't Japan moved to prop up the weak yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Snake on a train: Discovery of serpent delays Tokyo-Nagoya shinkansen
A Tokaido shinkansen. It is unclear whether the snake was venomous or how it ended up on the train, and there was no injury or panic among passengers.
'House of the Owl' brings Hollywood values to Japanese TV
In the new Disney+ series “House of the Owl,” Min Tanaka (left) plays a powerful political fixer, or “kuromaku,” who has a troubled relationship with his adult children, particularly his idealistic son, played by Mackenyu.
Benefits and risks: AUKUS looks to take gamble on Japan
U.S. President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British leader Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the AUKUS partnership, after a trilateral meeting, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego in March last year.
Kyoto’s demon night parade lives to haunt another day
In a Kyoto long past, the "hyakki yagyō" (100 demon night parade) haunted a sleepy corner of Kyoto. Now, one enterprising monster enthusiast has won a small batttle to keep the march alive.
U.S. deploys midrange missile system in Indo-Pacific for first time
A U.S. Army Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Launcher arrives as part of the capability’s first deployment into theater on Northern Luzon, Philippines, April 8.
Unpacking the chaotic by-election in a scandal-hit Tokyo district
People listen to a campaign speech in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Tuesday.

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