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.
Music | Strange Boutique Aug 28, 2013
Twenty years ago, Cornelius releases the track that defined Shibuya-kei
by Ian Martin
The song “The Sun is My Enemy,” released 20 years ago on Sept. 1, 1993, may have only reached No. 15 on the Japanese singles charts, but its importance lingers. This was the first single released by musician Keigo Oyamada under his nom de ...
Art Mar 14, 2013
On the ubiquity of great design
by Stuart Munro
Originally made as a program broadcast on NHK’s education channel, “Design Ah!” — led by graphic designer Taku Satoh, Interactive designer and artist Yugo Nakamura, and musician Keigo Oyamada — has gone one step further to become an interactive exhibition. Taking the films and ...