For Yuki Takahashi's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
A growing number of museums in the country are looking to abandon their no-photos policy amid the rising popularity of smartphones and calls to conform to more liberal global practices. While many famous museums overseas allow visitors to take photos, museums in Japan have long ...
As the population shrinks and competition from overseas stiffens, even the most popular local theater troupes are finding it increasingly difficult to attract new fans at home. So now they're taking their shows abroad. For example, in April, the all-female Takarazuka Revue Company performed in ...
Yasuhiro Kawana, 52, exchanged high fives with American pop icon Cyndi Lauper when "Kinky Boots," a Broadway show he co-produced, was declared the winner of this year's Tony Award for Best Musical. "It was like a blue sky appeared on the ceiling" of Radio City ...
Saxophonist Nobuo Hara is set to bring his 57-year career as a big-band leader to an end with his last tour of the country. "Jazz is music that gives you an energetic feeling, but to play it means physical labor," the 82-year-old Hara said. "There's ...
In an idle rice field along the Tenryu River in Inadani, Nagano Prefecture, white filiform agar glittered on a reed screen under the rising February sun. The temperature was minus 8 degrees. February is the perfect time to harvest agar. Agar, a gelatinous substance made ...
