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Yukari Tanaka
For Yukari Tanaka's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 24, 2019
'Okayama Art Summit 2019: If the Snake'
Sept. 27-Nov. 24
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 24, 2019
'Craft for All of Us II: Shiseido's Philosophy Making Beauty Part of Everyday Life'
Sept. 25-Dec. 15
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 17, 2019
'Masterpieces from the Musee de L'Orangerie: Jean Walter and Paul Guillaume Collection'
Sept. 21-Jan. 13, 2020
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 17, 2019
'Shigeo Toya: Body of the Gaze'
Sept. 21-Oct. 19
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 17, 2019
'Shiga-kinbi Art Spot Project Vol.2: "Symbiosis"'
Sept. 21-Oct. 20
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 10, 2019
'Aki Inomata: Significant Otherness'
Sept. 14-Jan. 13, 2020
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 10, 2019
'Art Project Kobe 2019: Trans-'
Sept. 14-Nov. 10
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 10, 2019
'Star Guided Art Tour'
Sept. 14-Nov. 18
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 3, 2019
'Masterpieces of Impressionism: The Courtauld Collection'
Sept. 10-Dec. 15
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 3, 2019
'Soetsu Yanagi and Old Tamba'
Sept. 10-Nov. 24
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 3, 2019
'Kawabata Yasunari & Collection'
Sept. 14-Nov. 4
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 27, 2019
'Awakening Photographs: Michiko Kon + Tokihiro Sato'
Sept. 1-Dec. 27
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 27, 2019
'Utagawa Toyokuni: A Man Who Surpassed Sharaku'
Sept. 3-29
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 27, 2019
'Modern Architecture and Community Projects of the Bunpaku Neighborhood'
Aug. 31-Oct. 27
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 20, 2019
'Image Narratives: Literature in Japanese Contemporary Art'
Aug. 28-Nov. 11
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 20, 2019
'Flapping Colors'
Aug. 23-Sept. 29
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 20, 2019
'DeValence: Systems as Playgrounds'
Aug. 28-Oct. 23
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 13, 2019
'Her Own Way: Female Artists and the Moving Image in Art in Poland — From 1970s to the Present'
Aug. 14-Oct. 14
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 13, 2019
'Kishida Riusei: A Retrospective'
Aug. 31-Oct. 20
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 13, 2019
'Nana Furiya Original Picture Book Drawings'
Aug. 17-Sept. 22
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

Podcast

From easily navigable train stations to the helpfulness of its municipal staff, Tokyo has earned high praise for its commitment to accessibility for disabled travelers.
[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

Longform

When trying to trace your lineage in Japan, the "koseki" is the most important form of document you'll encounter.
Climbing the branches of a Japanese family tree
By Alex K.T. Martin

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