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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...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Oct 16, 2011

The hills of Kotsubo hide the tombs of fallen samurai

No matter how warm and sunny the day, there's always a chill in Mandarado Yagura, a samurai graveyard in Kotsubo, right at the boundary between Kamakura and Zushi in Kanagawa Prefecture just south of Yokohama.
Reader Mail
Oct 16, 2011

Setting Futenma's record straight

Yoshio Shimoji makes a patently false claim in his Oct. 6 letter "Close the air station ... tomorrow" that "Futenma was constructed while area residents were herded into concentration camps during and after the Battle of Okinawa."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 14, 2011

"Toulouse-Lautrec: The Maurice Joyant Collection"

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) suffered a number of congenital health problems that led to the inability of his legs to heal properly after he fractured his thigh bones in his teens. Often mocked for his appearance, he chose to focus on his art and found comfort in the nightlife of Paris — his...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Oct 9, 2011

Setting a course for pirate isles in the Seto Inland Sea

A Portuguese Jesuit named Padre Louis Frois, who was one of the first Europeans to write extensively about Japan, described Murakami Takeyoshi as the most powerful pirate in Japan and a man feared by all.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 7, 2011

"Form in Art: Touch and Sense the Piece — Keiko Masumoto"

"Form in Art: Touch and Sense the Piece" is a series of exhibitions that began in 1989 with the aim of broadening the public's experience of art by focusing on works that don't rely simply on vision to be appreciated. This particular show introduces the work of Hyogo Prefecture-born rising ceramicist...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Oct 7, 2011

Festival caps off Asian month

Explore the Asian Pacific world this weekend at Marine Messe and Hakata Station Plaza in Fukuoka, where "all the charms of the Asian Pacific regions" will come together.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 7, 2011

"Hatakeyama Naoya: Natural Stories"

The Japanese globe-trotting photographer Naoya Hatakeyama explores our relationship with nature through images of mining sites and mountain landscapes related to the world's mineral resources.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Oct 4, 2011

Left-behind dads take desperate measures

"In September of 2010, The Japan Times published a two-part series by a man under the pen name Richard Cory telling the extraordinary tale of his divorce and custody battles over his three children with his Japanese ex-wife . . . essentially custody by capture." — "Divorce and the Welfare of the Child...
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Oct 2, 2011

Japan's leaders still don't get it — but whither that 'heretical' 1960s spirit?

Upwards of 2,000 demonstrators clash with riot police. Sections of trains are set alight, the fire spreads into the station and trains don't start running until late in the morning. In the middle of the night, some 450 people are arrested.
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Sep 26, 2011

Time favors Tepco rebound

As the crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station continues, there has been a mounting call in Japan to eliminate or reduce its reliance on nuclear power and to reform the regional monopoly enjoyed by the utilities, notably Tepco.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 23, 2011

"Painter Kazuo Ishii: Works 1989-2010"

Kazuo Ishii tried his hand at oil painting while attending a night course at Kansai University — but it didn't last. After that, he washed dishes and delivered newspapers to make his living. However, in his mid-40s — around the time when he became ill and often thought about death — he started...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 23, 2011

"Guerrino Tramonti, the Magician of Color Raised in Faenza, Italy: A Retrospective"

Guerrino Tramonti, one of Italy's most noted 20th-century artists, was born in the northern Italian town of Faenza, which is famed for its glazed majolica earthenware. It was only natural, therefore, that he chose to work with ceramics, including terracotta and earthenware and stoneware. His sculptures...
COMMENTARY
Sep 19, 2011

Stronger defense for region

Although the original version of this article was written for a Japanese daily, I initially had American readers in my mind as the main target of my argument.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 16, 2011

"A Portrait of Venice: A Story of a Thousand Years"

The many meandering canals of Venice and the city's history as the capital of the Venetian Republic, which existed for more than 1,000 years, are the subject of this exploration of the famous Italian city's past.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2011

Iwate survivors wonder, worry about future

The coastal town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, used to have a railway station, cafes, restaurants and medical clinics, but all that remains now are the foundations and twisted iron support bars of buildings.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 9, 2011

"Art Scope 2009-2011: Invisible Memories"

Sponsored by the Daimler Foundation Japan, Art Scope is an initiative to help support and promote young artists in Japan through cultural exchange programs in Europe.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Sep 6, 2011

Kang family takes fight for justice to Tokyo

Sung Won, the father of Hoon "Scott" Kang, the Korean-American tourist who died in mysterious circumstances in Shinjuku last year, arrived in Tokyo this week to continue his fight to seek justice for his son.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 2, 2011

Brazilian party brings Blitz

Yoyogi Park in central Tokyo hosts a number of internationally themed events, and this week the area will hoist the yellow, green and blue of the Brazilian flag overhead.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 2, 2011

Things get a little fishy in Meguro

Expect long lines and the smoky aroma of grilled fish to fill Tokyo's Meguro district as the Meguro Sanma (Pacific saury) Festival comes back to the streets on Sept. 4.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / BACKSTREET STORIES
Aug 28, 2011

Building excitement in Shirokanedai

Exiting the Nanboku Line at Shirokanedai Station in west-central Tokyo, my sandaled feet immediately start to sizzle. So instead of walking to Meguro's Institute of Nature Study as planned, I bolt down the first shaded slope I find.
Tsunami threat passes following magnitude 6.9 quake off Iwate
A tsunami advisory was issued for Iwate Prefecture on Sunday evening following a strong earthquake. The advisory was later called off, after waves measuring 20 centimeters were recorded in some areas.
The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan’s reforms
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Takaichi plans pay cuts for herself and her ministers
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi chats with her Cabinet members in parliament in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Mother of Thai girl forced into sex work in Tokyo detained in Taiwan
The Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo’s Spogomi world cup
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
Yokozuna duo Onosato and Hoshoryu poised for another clash of titans
Yokozuna duo Onosato (right) and Hoshoryu clash for the title on the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sept. 28 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.
A 40-year wait for ‘Mishima’ ends at TIFF
Made at a time when Japan was still grappling with Yukio Mishima’s legacy, Paul Schrader’s biopic “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters” was blocked from screening in the country for decades.

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