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VENICE

Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 4, 2015
Curator Okwui Enwezor tackles grim realities at Venice Biennale, while Japan sticks to tired festival formula
Ugly, joyless, aggressive, didactic, morose, self-righteous, unpleasant; these are just some of the words used in the press to describe the recently opened 56th Venice Biennale in Italy.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Sep 3, 2014
Violent Japanese anti-war film 'Nobi' remake is a contender at Venice festival
One of the most powerful and violent films to be shown at the Venice Film Festival this year, Japanese director Shinya Tsukamoto's "Nobi" ("Fires on the Plain"), delivers a stinging anti-war message bathed in blood.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Jun 16, 2014
Venice Biennale lays down the past
The Venice Architecture Biennale, first staged in 1980 and recurring every two years, has grown to become the world's largest and most influential gathering of architectural thought leaders. The event has come to be seen as providing a global snapshot of contemporary practice and as a weather vane of...
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: ARCHITECTURE
Apr 28, 2014
Japanese architecture on show in Venice, and the loss of a legend
Architects often claim to be deeply concerned about protecting the distinctive soul of places and regions, which would seem to imply that architects should stay close to their roots. Yet the export of architectural services and the global circulation of architects has never been higher. This paradox...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jan 15, 2014
Woman's-eye 'Merchant' duo reflects favorably on Shylock role
Since it was founded in 1990 by Shakespeare scholar, actor and director Kaoru Edo, Tokyo Shakespeare Company has been producing the Bard's plays translated by Edo in an adaptation series titled "Shakespeare on the other side of the mirror."

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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’