Interview: Hitomi Uchikura

Mirroring the Fundamental Life Force Nothing is more elemental or common than light. Although taken for granted, it is the life-giving forc...

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SUPERFLAT PAPER TIGER: THE ART OF TAKASHI MURAKAMI

Japanese art has two compartments. First, there is the art that exists largely within a Japanese context. Then there is the art that, s...

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Grumpy Geishas and Pheremone Comebacks

Illustration by Chip Boles When President Bill Clinton visited Japan in 1998, he attended an open town meeting where normal citizens...

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Japan at the Crossroads: 150 years of playing at being Western could be coming to an end

Like the hand of God, the political "butterfly effect" can work in dark and mysterious ways. In 2008, the ripples from Barack...

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Exposing the Expo

NORIHIKO DAN: EXPOSING THE EXPO Every few years, somewhere around the World, vast international Expos are held, aimed at stimulating inter...

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