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PHOTO

Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Aug 8, 2016
Rio 2016 Olympics, Day 3
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Aug 7, 2016
Rio 2016 Olympics, Day 2
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Aug 6, 2016
Rio 2016 Olympics, Day 1
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / PHOTO ESSAY
Jul 9, 2016
Yuasa: The salty, fermented heart of Japan
Craftsmen from two regional factories — one makes miso; the other, shoyu — ponder the future of their little town and its centuries-old traditions
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Nov 2, 2015
University-affiliated startup revolutionizes the electron beam
A Nagoya University-affiliated venture firm has created a next-generation electron beam device, signaling a landmark shift in the way electron microscopes and 3-D printers operate.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2015
Tokyo Photo exhibition shows the many faces of children since World War II
A photo exhibition about postwar Japan opened at Tokyo International Forum on Saturday showcasing children at home and abroad from the end of World War II until the present day.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 28, 2015
Japan's clean aesthetic hid the ugly mess of war
Why would anybody want to go to war? For some of us it's incomprehensible. For others, there will be circumstances that make war justifiable — or even desirable.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 14, 2015
'War and Postwar: The Prism of the Times'
July 18-Jan. 31
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 12, 2015
'Ikko Narahara: Japanesque Zen'
May 11-July 4
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Apr 24, 2015
Photo possibly of John Manjiro, first Japanese to live in U.S., with skipper found in Massachusetts library
An unpublished photo of a man who could be Nakahama Manjiro (1827-1898), the first Japanese known to have lived in the United States, has been found at a public library in Massachusetts.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 19, 2015
The peak that can move mountains
The current show, 'Fuji Paradigms: Visions of Mt. Fuji,' at the Izu Photo Museum is in two parts. One is an amalgamation of images in varied formats that depict Mount Fuji as a national symbol, and the other is a tightly focused collection that documents the work of one man, Count Masanao Abe, who photographed Mount Fuji from the same spot for 18 years.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 15, 2015
'Fuji Paradigms: Visions of Mt. Fuji'
Mount Fuji, with its beautifully symmetrical ridge lines and snowy peak, has always attracted photographers from near and afar. With nearly 300 stills and posters from its collection, the Izu Photo Museum in Shizuoka celebrates this iconic landmark, charting its representation in the history of Japan.
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JAPAN
Nov 18, 2014
Japan helps too few refugees: UNHCR chief
The ongoing conflicts in Syria and Iraq have produced more than 12 million refugees and internally displaced people. They are flooding across borders in the region, and some neighboring states have reached their limit. One-third of Lebanon's population now comprises refugees.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 3, 2014
Photographer's book details time spent with Syrian Bedouin family
A photojournalist who has visited the Bedouin people in Syria for the past 17 years has published a new photo book, titled "Arab."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 23, 2014
What words alone cannot convey
"Can writing succeed as the subject of photography?" This is a question that troubles Paris-based artist Yuki Onodera.
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JAPAN
Sep 24, 2014
Nurse's photo exhibits give glimpse of life in Syria
A Japanese nurse has launched a series of photo exhibitions detailing the lives of ordinary people in Syria, hoping to expose a reality often hidden amid the daily footage of death and destruction emerging from the ongoing civil war.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 24, 2014
Photo sticker booth maker FuRyu considering IPO, president says
FuRyu Corp., a maker of photo sticker machines used in video game arcades, is considering an initial public offering, company president Yoshiro Tasaka said.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2014
Public security chief admits posing with anti-Korean activist
National Public Safety Commission Chairwoman Eriko Yamatani, who doubles as state minister in charge of the abduction issue, has acknowledged posing for a photograph in 2009 with a former member of the anti-Korean Zaitokukai rightist group who is accused of engaging in hate speech against ethnic Koreans.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 4, 2014
Between darkness and light
In the days just after the Great East Japan Earthquake, photographers, videographers and the mass media were, quite understandably, not that welcome inside the disaster zone. As time went on and survivors faced the task of dealing with the aftermath, contact with the outside world became increasingly important, not just in terms of emergency services, but also for communicating the reality of the situation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jul 11, 2014
Restorer in tsunami-hit Sendai reunites photos with owners
If a stray photo has an owner, Kaori Nose will try to reunite them.

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Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces