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Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 27, 2020

A cut above: Tokyo barber launches 'telecut' service as COVID-19 hits business

Mr. Brothers Cut Club of Harajuku has launched what could be the industry's first online haircut service.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 22, 2019

'The Beauty Between: East Asian Arts in an Age of Transition, 16th-17th Centuries'

Oct. 26-Dec.8
SATOYAMA CONSORTIUM
Nov 4, 2018

Snapshots celebrating Japan's rural beauty

The Japan Times Satoyama Consortium held a photo contest to further expand interest and awareness in satoyama — a Japanese term referring to woodlands in rural areas maintained by area residents. The general public and relevant parties, including local governments, submitted photos in hopes of capturing...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 18, 2018

'Beauty in the Yumeji Style'

Sept. 26-Dec. 16
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 8, 2018

'Legend of the Demon Cat' presents the multicolored beauty of Chen Kaige's China

The current decade has seen China's film market rise to heights exceeded only by Hollywood; in 2017, box-office earnings grew nearly 13.45 percent year-on-year to a splendiferous 55.9 billion yuan ($8.6 billion). This bonanza has spurred massive investment and fueled out-sized ambitions.
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Dec 23, 2017

'The Confessions of Lady Nijo': a memoir of timeless depth and beauty

In 1940, a scholar was going through the holdings of the Imperial Household when a manuscript in the geography section caught his eye. Seeing it titled "Towazugatari," meaning "Unrequested Tale," he took it home to inspect it more closely. It soon became clear that the work was not a treatise on geography...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 29, 2017

'And Then There Was Light': Moments of beauty engulfed in miserabilism

Tatsushi Omori's films have been pushing boundaries since his 2005 debut "The Whispering of the Gods," with its story of a young murderer's return to a Christian community presided over by the priest who abused him as a child.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Oct 30, 2016

Role model: black beauty Aoi becomes the Cooks' cat

Aoi, a cat first featured in this column in March, has now found a home in Yokohama with Norm and Sumiko Cook and their other cat, Cheetah.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 17, 2016

Japan's first Miss International, Ikumi Yoshimatsu, settles stalking lawsuit

Ikumi Yoshimatsu, who in 2012 became the first Japanese beauty queen to win the Miss International contest, has reached a settlement with a major talent agency executive she had sued for harassment and stalking.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Sep 26, 2015

'The Art of Setting Stones' reflects on the beauty and meaning in Japanese gardens

Appropriating the Japanese garden as a vehicle to explore nature, beauty, relationships and death, the author begins with the premise that people "form the world around them into the shape of their philosophies," taking "mass and space, material and void" as content for their social structures, spiritual...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 15, 2015

'Admiring Ancient Tamba in the Beauty of Autumn'

Sept. 19-Nov. 29
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Aug 18, 2015

South Korea to lure tourists with tax breaks on breast augmentation

South Korea is taking duty-free shopping to a whole new level, with plans to exclude face lifts, breast enlargements and liposuction from value-added tax for tourists.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 24, 2015

An ill-mannered hunt for fleeting beauty in Mike Leigh's 'Mr. Turner'

'Mr. Turner," a biopic of 19th-century English landscape painter J.M.W. Turner, came about when Mike Leigh, one of Britain's most-treasured filmmakers, teamed up with English actor Timothy Spall. The film is a grand testimonial to the alchemy that happens when two great artists get together to channel...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jun 4, 2015

Bra-maker's Cinderella Taxis aim to deliver the perfect fit

If you’re sick of waiting for your pumpkin to turn into a carriage, hail a Cinderella Taxi to get a little extra bibbidi-bobbidi-boo in your life.
CULTURE / Stage
Oct 15, 2014

'Polygraph' blurs realities in a dark blend of blood and beauty

The 1980s murder at the center of "Le Polygraphe" echoes that of an actress in the Canadian city of Quebec — a killing for which the chief suspect for a time was the renowned Quebecois dramatist Robert Lepage, who cowrote the play in 1987 with actress, author and theater director Marie Brassard. Postmodern...
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jul 19, 2014

Overheard in the newsroom

Editor #1: The best Disney song ever was 'Beauty and the Beast.' It had Celine Dion on it!
Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
May 4, 2014

Jewelry innovator Shiraki puts ethics at the heart of beauty

Natsuko Shiraki, a jewelry designer and CEO of Tokyo-based jeweler Hasuna Co., vividly remembers the shocking experience in southern India that changed her life.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 22, 2014

'The World of Beauty: 100 Years of Modern and Contemporary Japanese Art'

In celebration of its 40th anniversary, the Nara Prefectural Museum of Art is hosting a show of masterpieces by artists Shoen Uemura, Kenkichi Tomimoto, Ikko Tanaka and more. The exhibition reflects its theme of "The World of Beauty" through around 120 works that trace 100 years of art history, covering...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 8, 2014

'Jakuchu's Adorability and Shoen's Beauty: Kawaii in Japanese Art'

Appreciation in Japanese culture of that particular form of attractiveness now known as kawaii (cute) can be traced back in literature to the 10th-century collection of musings known as "Makura no Soshi" ("The Pillow Book"), in which author Sei Shonagan fetes the "beauty" of small children and sparrow...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 25, 2013

First lady scrutinizes blackballing of beauty queen

Ikumi Yoshimatsu's pursuit of stalking charges against powerful talent agency executives Genichi Taniguchi draws the attention of first lady Akie Abe.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 23, 2013

Shigeru Ban: between function and beauty

Architecture is rooted in the basic human need for shelter. But the profession today pays little attention to situations where the need for shelter is most urgent, such as after a disaster.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 8, 2012

"The Symbolists: Apostles of Visionary Beauty"

In the late 19th century, with the better part of the West in the grip of materialism, a group of artists united under the label Symbolism in an effort to counter the trend. Instead of staying within the realm of realism and possibility, Symbolists pursued an ideal beauty and tackled the raison d'etre...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Japan Pulse
Oct 26, 2012

The secret allure of the surgical mask

What started as a trend for the shy is growing into a style choice for some.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 3, 2012

"The Beauty of Kana"

Kana is a collective term for all the characters used in the Japanese language —hiragana, katakana and kanji.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 11, 2011

Sleeping Beauty

Director: Julia Leigh
BUSINESS / Japan Pulse
Aug 26, 2011

How about a hot bath ... in sawdust?

Bathing in sawdust joins a long menu of possible salon treatments available in Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 12, 2010

Ephemeral beauty in the lives of Edo women

The Ota Memorial Museum of Art, Tokyo, is currently hosting an exhibition of Edo Period (1603-1867) ukiyo-e woodblock prints from the Museum for Art and Craft Hamburg, Germany. The museum houses one of the finest ukiyo-e collections in Europe, and has lent 237 pieces from its 5,000 piece collection,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 24, 2010

Women of quiet strength

Female artists play a significant role in Japan's art world today, but a century ago, only a few women made a mark in the then male-dominated field. Shoen Uemura stands out as one of the most successful, a status she earned through the relentless study and perfection of her chosen theme of bijin-ga —...
Japan Times
LIFE
May 23, 2010

Mito's marvels span time, TV and beauty

Last, but not least, on this Ibaraki travel itinerary is Mito, the prefectural capital.
Trump’s wake-up call for India’s foreign policy
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Feb. 13. Trump’s coercive use of trade threats against India during the Pakistan military crisis has undermined trust in the U.S.-India partnership and exposed Washington as an unreliable security ally.
Toyota considers making tiny trucks for U.S. market as demand booms
Toyota executives say the automaker is listening to U.S. dealer requests for a truck smaller than the brand’s best-selling Tacoma midsize and Tundra full-size pickups.
Onosato’s march to yokozuna could usher in golden age for sumo
Onosato (left) battles Gonoyama on Day 6 of the Summer Basho. With Onosato on the cusp of promotion to yokozuna, there could soon be two titans at the top of the sport fighting for titles.
Shinjiro Koizumi takes farm ministry reins after predecessor's rice gaffe
Agriculture minister Taku Eto (left), who resigned on Wednesday, and former Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi
Railguns, missiles and lasers: Japan uses massive defense event to highlight shift
A mock-up of Japan's state-of-the-art railgun, which is currently undergoing testing, is displayed at the three-day DSEI Japan defense exhibition in the city of Chiba on Wednesday.
Ishiba doubles down on weapons cooperation, says no country can go it alone
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba walks past members of the Philippine Coast Guard at the coast guard's headquarters in Manila on April 30.
Nippon Ishin grapples with poor governance ahead of Upper House election
Nippon Ishin no Kai co-leader Seiji Maehara speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Friday.
Beware of dubious websites offering cheap rice, consumer watchdog warns
Questionable websites appear to be taking advantage of consumers looking for cheaper rice online amid the high prices of the staple grain in the nation.
Onosato’s march to yokozuna could usher in golden age for sumo
Onosato (left) battles Gonoyama on Day 6 of the Summer Basho. With Onosato on the cusp of promotion to yokozuna, there could soon be two titans at the top of the sport fighting for titles.
A window into the mind of Esperantist and political activist Teru Hasegawa
Teru Hasegawa, Esperanto name Verda Majo, wrote leftist political essays during WWII.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

A sinkhole in Yashio, which emerged in January, was triggered by a ruptured, aging sewer pipe. Authorities worry that similar sections of infrastructure across the country are also at risk of corrosion.
That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb
By Alex K.T. Martin

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