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TV | CULTURE NOTES Dec 6, 2019

Marie Kondo: The face of 2019

by Patrick St. Michel

With Marie Kondo's new online store garnering mixed reactions, the year ended almost as it began, with people arguing about the tidying consultant.

Culture | CULTURE NOTES Oct 17, 2019

Japan's 'Beyonce' makes her mark, as the nation's influencers are revealed

by Alyssa I. Smith

With a list of the top social media influencers in Japan having been released, it appears Cool Japan is making its mark on pop culture in the country

Entertainment News Jul 17, 2019

Emmy award nominations for Marie Kondo and her Netflix show may spark joy

Decluttering guru Marie Kondo and her Netflix program "Tidying Up With Marie Kondo" have been nominated for two Primetime Emmy awards, the television academy said Tuesday. She is among "the widest array of first-time performer nominees since 2011," according to the Academy of Television Arts ...

National / Media | BIG IN JAPAN May 18, 2019

Aging population spurs drive to tidy nation's cluttered homes

by Michael Hoffman

KonMari? Let's, by all means. If that's meaningless to you, you might want to ask yourself this question: Is my life clogged, cluttered? Marie Kondo is one of the world's most influential people. American weekly news magazine Time said so in 2015, conferring a rare distinction ...

Culture | CULTURE NOTES Mar 14, 2019

Marie Kondo and Momo: The new faces of Japanese culture

by Patrick St. Michel

Japanese soft power has seen two faces in 2019. One is that of tidying guru Marie Kondo. The other is the horrifying visage of Momo, an unsettling sculpture turned viral hoax. The two couldn't be more different — Kondo encourages viewers to de-clutter their closets, ...

National / Media | Japan Pulse Jan 19, 2019

Organizing guru Marie Kondo sparks plenty of joy on social media

by Tom Hanaway

A new year in Japan means it’s time for ōsōji, the annual cleaning of one’s home. And, right on schedule, Netflix has released “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo” to give us all some inspiration — or make us feel guilty for putting it off. The eight-episode ...

TV | Wide Angle Jan 17, 2019

Marie Kondo's new TV series cleans up

by Patrick St. Michel

Marie Kondo is the type of person you wouldn't initially expect lots of people to go crazy over. In the cleaning consultant and best-selling author's new Netflix show, "Tidying Up with Marie Kondo," she simply lays out the basics of her "KonMari" method of ...

Lifestyle Aug 13, 2017

Taking minimalism to the next level

by Kaori Shoji

Ever since the release of Marie Kondo's 2011 bible on the Japanese art of decluttering, much of the developed world has been somewhat fixated on tidying up. Kondo's "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up" has been so influential over the past six years or so ...

Business Mar 13, 2017

Japan's decluttering guru Kondo now has an app for tidying up

The newest tool for internationally acclaimed organizing guru Marie Kondo in her global battle against messy rooms is an app. "My goal is to have as many people as possible who can get the job done in tidying up," she said in an interview after ...

Language | COMMUNICATION CUES Mar 21, 2016

'Konmari' decluttering book finally tops U.S. best-seller list

The English version of a Japanese book on how to declutter rooms has topped U.S. newspaper USA Today's weekly best-seller list.

Books / Reviews Mar 19, 2016

There's just one problem with Marie Kondo's 'Spark Joy'

by J.J. O'Donoghue

In "Spark Joy" Marie Kondo, the decluttering guru and publishing phenomenon, looks to build on the success of her debut, "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up," by more or less repeating herself. The only noticeable additions are cute illustrations revealing how to fold panties ...