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Jae Lee
For Jae Lee's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / ART BRIEF
Jun 25, 2010
'Fergus Feehily: Inland'
Misako & Rosen
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / ART BRIEF
Jun 11, 2010
'Yoshitomo Nara: ceramic works'
Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Jun 4, 2010
The Seaside Mote
Director: Kentaro Moriya
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 28, 2010
Get squiddy
Squid are one of the sea creatures that feature most often in Japanese cuisine — whether as sashimi, squid-ink pasta or Hokkaido's renowned ika meshi (squid sausages filled with rice), to name but a few squiddy specialities.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 28, 2010
The goddesses are protecting Araki
"Is my shirt OK?" asks Nobuyoshi Araki as he straightens it to give me a good view. "I looked through my things, but this was the most newspaper-appropriate one I could find."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
May 14, 2010
Burma VJ
Director: Anders Ostergaard
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 14, 2010
Gelmatica
In 2001, Alexander Gelman was awarded the title of one of the "world's most famous modern and contemporary artists in all media" by New York's Museum of Modern Art. The artist has since chosen Tokyo as one of his bases and often works here on projects such as TV commercials, music videos, publications (Subtraction, RotoVision, 2001) and exhibitions. He collaborated with traditional lacquer artisans from Ishikawa Prefecture on a chess set for a 2009 exhibition.Another of Gelman's projects is Gelmatica, a festival that celebrates contemporary art and music. The artist often ventures into other media (as the $123,600 chess set shows), and the next Gelmatica will combine electronic music with noise, motion graphics and gallery installations. Following a successful first event, Gelman will hold Gelmatica-2 on May 15th at Unit in Daikanyama, Tokyo. As an artist, Gelman has exhibited works at the Nanzuka Underground gallery in Tokyo from time to time, and he hopes Gelmatica will "lure clubbers into visiting an art gallery and draw art gallery goers into going to a club" and create a new vehicle for communication. He believes fusing clubbing and art installations is a new kind of "night out." Gelmatica-2 is being sponsored by the Metamorphose music festival, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, and will feature guest DJs such as Alex Einz of Phonika; Reynold, aka Duplex 100 from Trenton Records; and Berlin and Lusine from Ghostly International.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
May 7, 2010
Righteous Kill
Director: Jon Avnet
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 23, 2010
Petit Louvre stresses art education for kids, which is no small feat
Volcanic ash might have put the kibosh on the family trip to Europe, but a piece of Paris awaits you in Nagano Prefecture.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Apr 23, 2010
Crossing
Director: Kim Tae Gyoon
Japan Times
LIFE
Apr 11, 2010
Talking with the iconic Mr. Scott
Kansas City-born fashion designer Jeremy Scott has become widely known for his iconic pop style, and celebrities from Bjork and Lady Gaga to Britney Spears have worn his designs. However, Western celebrities aside, this Missouri native has built an immense fan base in Asia as well.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / ART BRIEF
Apr 9, 2010
"A Requiem: An Another story"
Shugo ArtsCloses April 28
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 2, 2010
Exhibit illustrates the joy of reading
Parents looking to get their kids hooked on reading could benefit from an upcoming picture book event in Nagano.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 2, 2010
Festival promotes some clowning around
According to the organizers of The Clown Theater Festival in Tokyo (CTF), the declining population of clowns in Japan and overseas is just as concerning as the nation's declining birth rate.
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Mar 21, 2010
Kimono like never before
In 1974, Hideko Kariya represented Japan in the Miss Internationals finals, a beauty pageant that started in California in 1960 and moved to Japan in 1968. She placed fifth. Then, in 1981, she married into a family than ran an ever-expanding empire of more than 100 kimono stores across Japan. But as the economy boomed, and with it the family business, Kariya humbly remained at home, Cinderella-like, raising two sons.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / ART BRIEF
Mar 12, 2010
'Showa no Joseitachi'
Kiyokawa Taiji Memorial GalleryCloses March 22
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / ART BRIEF
Mar 12, 2010
'Story-Telling: Silesia'
Shyadai GalleryCloses March 31
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Feb 26, 2010
Art museum holds beastly exhibition
Atsuhiko Misawa, a Kyoto born artist, is packing Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts with animals.
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Feb 21, 2010
True love blooms eternal whatever life's obstacles
"Finding a life partner was like finding a light in a dark cave," writes Satoko Yoshida, describing that joy by the only means she can — a keyboard — due to the fact she was born with hearing problems and suffers paralysis on the right side of her body.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Feb 12, 2010
Tokyo troupe separates mice from men
The Tokyo International Players, an English-language theater group founded 113 years ago, will perform "Of Mice and Men" this month.
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.

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