Culture Jul 30, 2020
The historic group has turned to crowdfunding to keep its animals fed and its equipment maintained.
Stage Aug 8, 2018
Could Japan have its own Cirque du Soleil?
by Nobuko Tanaka
When the circus comes to town in most parts of the world these days, you won't see elephants, tigers or clowns with big red noses. Since Canada's animal-less Cirque du Soleil took to the road in 1984 with its character-driven shows and nonstop live music, ...
World / Offbeat Nov 5, 2017
Paintings created by an Indian elephant who enjoys wielding a brush were auctioned off by a Hungarian traveling circus on Saturday. Three of 42-year-old elephant Sandra's abstract canvasses, with colored lines flowing across them resembling rivers, fetched about 40,000 forints ($150) each. A painting depicting Sandra ...
Editorials May 22, 2017
Circuses are made from the stuff of dreams, and one that lasted 146 years has come to an end.
National | CHUBU CONNECTION May 16, 2014
A circus troupe led by Keiichi Nishida, founder of a street performance and circus training institution in Midori, Gunma Prefecture, has embarked on a tour to call for a nuclear-free Japan. Nishida's school had to be shut down temporarily to avoid the radioactive fallout emitted ...