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Jae Lee
For Jae Lee's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Feb 5, 2010
Design graduates catch a big break at Tokyo's Ozone showroom
The next generation of artists will get their chance in the spotlight when Living Design Center Ozone puts their work on display.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / ART BRIEF
Feb 5, 2010
Tsuyoshi Tane: 'sur-impression,' Teppei KANEUJI: 'Post-Something'
Taka Ishii Gallery and ShugoArts, both in the Kiyosumi warehouse complex
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 29, 2010
Bawdies, Lady Gaga win CD Shop Award
Tokyo-based rock band The Bawdies and U.S. singer Lady Gaga were praised by Japanese record-shop workers at last week's CD Shop Awards.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jan 22, 2010
Design Festa stages art show, workshops
Design Festa Gallery will be holding Creative Live! from Jan. 23-29. The event will feature art, music, workshops and live graffiti shows both inside and out. Design Festa Gallery, hidden in a back alley of Tokyo's Harajuku district, has become a mecca for aspiring young artists in Japan. The building itself is an old apartment complex renovated to provide exhibition spaces. The gallery provides affordable spaces ranging from a 1 1/2-sq. meter-bathroom to a larger tatami room. Artist applications are still being accepted.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jan 8, 2010
Aosando market set to cater to shoppers, features German electronic-music band
Hidden in between Aoyama Street and Omotesando, there is a back alley called Aosando that connects the Aoyama and Omotesando districts.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Dec 25, 2009
New Year's concerts held across Japan
If nightclubs aren't your thing, but you still want to hear live music over the New Year's holidays, classical music concerts might be just the ticket.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Dec 25, 2009
The decade's most influential
Last week, The Japan Times picked Hikaru Utada as the most influential artist of the past decade. This week, our writers ask various figures in Japan's music scene who they thought were the most influential artists of the noughties. We asked them to choose one Japanese artist and one non-Japanese artist, a task that proved to be difficult for some. Meanwhile, other musicians thought movements such as the Internet were the star of the decade rather than an actual performer. Here's what they said: CRYSTAL KAY Singer
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Dec 18, 2009
Kids sing holiday classics
When a concert bills itself as being "from age 0," you can be sure it'll be a family affair.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Dec 11, 2009
Rody exhibition offers holiday gift hints
When the Rody pony was first trotted out from an Italian toy company in 1990, its intention was to help children between the ages of 2-5 develop balance and coordination skills.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Dec 4, 2009
Market adds holiday cheer
Marche de Noel, a Christmas market with over 400 years of tradition, is coming to Tokyo from Dec. 11-25.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 27, 2009
Robots rule the world at iREX
Some of the world's most cutting-edge robotic technology is being displayed at the International Robot Exhibition 2009, running until Nov. 28 at Tokyo Big Sight.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 27, 2009
New National Theatre Tokyo presents Puccini's 'Tosca' opera
This December, the New National Theatre Tokyo (NNTT) will present Giacomo Puccini's opera "Tosca."
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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