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CULTURE / Art
Dec 2, 2011

"Ben Shahn: Cross Media Artist/Photographs, Paintings and Graphic Arts"

This exhibition looks into the influence of cross-media artist Ben Shahn (1898-1969) on the development of Japanese art and design during the 20th century.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 2, 2011

"Collections III: Yasui Nakaji and His Age"

Hyogo Prefectural Museum presents the work of influential Japanese photographer, Nakaji Yasui (1903-1942), for its third exhibition in a series showcasing the museum's collection.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Dec 2, 2011

Lights mark a city's recovery

With December's arrival comes the season of illumination in Japan. Trees are decorated and most public places boast remarkable displays of light. However, an event in Kobe is not like the others when it comes to the motivations behind it.
EDITORIALS
Dec 2, 2011

Abominable remark over Futenma

Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa on Tuesday sacked Mr. Satoshi Tanaka, head of the Okinawa Defense Bureau, for making a contemptuous remark about women and the Okinawan people. The remark concerned the government plan to relocate U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from densely populated Ginowan City...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Dec 2, 2011

Holiday cocktails with a tower view

The Bay View Sky Lounge on the 28th floor of the Yokohama Bay Sheraton Hotel & Towers is running a Christmas Cocktail Fair through Dec. 25.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Nov 29, 2011

Readers' tales: Beginnings, terrifying journeys and terrible ends

We asked readers to share their scariest experience or top spooky tale for a chance to win a Haunted Tokyo Tour or book of short stories. Here are the winning entries:
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / BACKSTREET STORIES
Nov 27, 2011

Blazing trails in Chiyoda's gardens

With November drawing to a close, I head to the East Garden of the Imperial Palace and the adjacent Kitanomaru Koen park, hoping for fall colors and a mental breather before the season goes nutcrackers with parties and shopping.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2011

No-go zone a wasteland frozen in time

Eight months ago, people left the town of Namie in haste. Families raced from their homes without closing the front doors. They left half-finished wine bottles on their kitchen tables and sneakers in their foyers. They jumped in their cars without taking pets and left cows hitched to milking stanchions....
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 25, 2011

Balloons over Biwa make for beautiful pics

Sleep in and you'll miss it. Pilots are briefed at 6 a.m., and 30 minutes later, propane burners will blast and fabric will unfurl as hot-air-balloon teams soar above Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture this weekend.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Nov 25, 2011

Take in the view at a sky-high buffet

The Hotel New Otani Tokyo is offering an accommodation package featuring a buffet dinner at the hotel's international cuisine restaurant, The Sky, through Dec. 16.
JAPAN
Nov 23, 2011

Noda weighs public's nuclear fears, firms' export ambitions

Long dependent on domestic appetite, Japan's nuclear technology companies are increasingly looking to overseas markets, hopeful that foreign governments still trust in the reliability and safety of their technologies after the Fukushima nuclear accident.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / MIXED MATCHES
Nov 15, 2011

Musical couple's commitment helps husband beat addiction

American Mike Rogers and his wife, Yuka, of Kanagawa Prefecture, met at an HMV store in Toshima Ward, Tokyo, in 1992.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Nov 11, 2011

Back to business as usual for condominium developers?

High-rise condominiums are set to make a comeback.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 11, 2011

"Emerging Master 1: Makoto Aida "Be it Art or not Art"

Tokyo Wonder Site begins its "Emerging Master" series with Makoto Aida — the artist who famously goaded Disney lawyers with crazed and sexualized depictions of Mickey and Minnie Mouse, and who has garnered controversy as much as acclaim. But with his anti-establishment career and a number of challenges...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 11, 2011

"Exhibition as media 2011: Tetsuya Umeda"

"Exhibition as media" is a series of art projects planned and implemented by the Kobe Art Center in collaboration with Kansai-based artists.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Nov 11, 2011

A taste of home: Life after National Azabu

Ask local expats what they miss most from their homelands, and they might tell you about Fig Newton cookies (Americans), Shreddies breakfast cereal (Brits), fresh coriander (Thais) or morning congee (Chinese). In other words, an authentic taste of home.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 11, 2011

"Ways of Worldmaking"

This exhibition takes its title from American philosopher Nelson Goodman's book, "Ways of Worldmaking." Goodman argued that there is no "actual world" and that instead people make different versions of the world.
Reader Mail
Nov 6, 2011

Original sin of Futenma

When U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta came to Japan recently, the first thing he did was to urge Tokyo to move ahead with the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from overcrowded Ginowan City to Henoko in the northern part of Okinawa Island, as had been expected.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 4, 2011

"Passionate Men Challenging Iron: Keiji Uematsu, Jun Tsukawaki and Chu Enoki"

This show features three artists who use iron as the prime material for their works.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / BACKSTREET STORIES
Oct 30, 2011

Yea! As I walk through the valley of Todoroki . . .

Todoroki Valley Park, a protected green swath along Tokyo's only ravine, strikes me as an interesting and possibly quite sheltered destination on a brisk and breezy fall day.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 28, 2011

"Chu Enoki: Unleashing the Museum"

Chu Enoki (b. 1944), a native of Kagawa Prefecture, is a Kobe-based contemporary artist who started his artistic career in the 1960s. He is known for his avant-garde public performances and the use of controversial motifs, such as guns and cannons.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 28, 2011

"Honen and Shinran: Treasures Related to the Great Masters of the Kamakura Buddhism"

This year sees the 800th grand memorial of Honen and the 750th of Shinran, two of the most important figures in Kamakura Buddhism.
EDITORIALS
Oct 28, 2011

Reconsider Futenma relocation

Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa told U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in Tokyo on Oct. 25 that the Japanese government will take an official procedural step by the end of this year to push the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from Okinawa Island's densely populated Ginowan city...
CULTURE / Film
Oct 21, 2011

The best films come in 13s

The 13th anniversary of the death of celebrated filmmaker Juzo Itami seems as good a time as any for a retrospective — after all, his first name, Juzo, is written in Japanese with kanji that means "13." From Oct. 22 to 24, in conjunction with the Tokyo International Film Festival, just such a commemoration...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 21, 2011

"Nakanoshima Collections: Osaka City Museum of Modern Art & The National Museum of Art, Osaka"

Osaka City is in the process of building a new modern art museum — to be unveiled in 2017 — in Nakanoshima 4-chome, the same area as the National Museum of Art, Osaka. The two museums will face each other, giving them the opportunity to organize joint exhibitions and art events.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 21, 2011

"Oyamazaki Villa's Hospitality: Big Tea Ceremony with Mitate Used by Rikyu and Monet"

Since its relocation in the 16th century, Taian — the only known surviving tea room believed to have been built by tea master Sen no Rikyu — has been housed in Oyamazaki in Kyoto.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 21, 2011

"KAWAI Gyokudo: A Retrospective"

During the Meiji Era (1868-1912), nihonga (Japanese-style) artist Gyokudo Kawai (1873-1957) developed a new aesthetic of Japanese painting by mixing the styles of two popular schools of the time: the Kano school and the Maruyama-shijo school.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Oct 21, 2011

Brazil ties celebrated with song

Bossa Aoyama hopes to bring a soothing atmosphere and fresh sounds to Tokyo's Aoyama neighborhood this weekend.
EDITORIALS
Oct 20, 2011

Tokyo steps up pressure on Okinawa

Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa met with Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima in Naha on Monday and told him that Tokyo plans to submit to him by the end of this year a report of environmental impact assessment for relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from the densely populated Ginowan to...

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