Author and Japan hand Alex Kerr remembers the "larger than life, outrageous, tall, skinny, blond" David Kidd and the "golden age."
The government is discussing plans to relax residency requirements for foreign students in Japan studying anime, design and culinary professions to make it easier for them to find jobs here after graduation.
A paternity test has disproved a Spanish woman's claim that she is the daughter of surrealist artist Salvador Dali, the deceased painter's foundation announced Wednesday. The Gala-Salvador Dali Foundation said in a written statement that the Madrid court that ordered the DNA test informed it ...
The America-Japan Society Inc. recognized on Thursday two people for their grassroots work to foster bilateral friendship between Japan and the United States, honoring the recipients — citizens from each of the two countries — with a new award launched this year. The honorees are ...
The bodies of dozens of female models were turned into living canvases at a festival in South Korea over the weekend, as delicate brush strokes and flamboyant illustrations covered up their bare skin. Near-naked women — wearing only panties and strategically placed pieces of tape ...
Prosecutors on Friday demanded that a tattooist in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, be slapped with a fine of ¥300,000 for operating without a medical doctor's license. In a case that has sparked nationwide debate over whether inking tattoos constitutes a medical act, 29-year-old Taiki Masuda is ...
An unguarded moment in an interview has renewed speculation over one of contemporary art's great mysteries: Could elusive graffiti activist Banksy be Robert Del Naja of the trip-hop band Massive Attack? Goldie, a well-known DJ who was a friend and competitor of Del Naja as ...
Two watercolor paintings of "The Little Prince," the world-famous golden-haired creation of French polymath Antoine de Saint-Exupery, fetched more than half a million euros at auction in Paris on Wednesday. The first work, an A4-sized image of the children's character watching a sunset, smashed its ...
A Japanese billionaire bought a Basquiat masterpiece for $110.5 million in New York on Thursday, setting a new auction record for the 20th century great nearly 30 years after his death, Sotheby's said. The 1982 "Untitled" of a skull-like head in oil-stick, acrylic and spray ...
For seven years North Korean artist Song Byeok painted propaganda posters glorifying the world's most secretive regime. Today, having defected to South Korea, he uses his talents to satirize his repressive homeland. Growing up, Song says he revered North Korean founder Kim Il Sung as ...
For the 50-year-old Chinese opera performer, every aspect of the dimly lit backstage room was a reminder that things had changed. The elaborate costumes carelessly thrown aside, the young troupe members playing with their smartphones, the half-eaten noodles abandoned in the corner — all were ...
