Makoto Aida: Sorry For Being a Genius

For most of his career, Makoto Aida has been the enfant terrible of the Japanese art world. But now this exciting and iconoclastic art...

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Punning the Russian Fleet into Submission

"Gonbei who is picking up rubbish" In the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05, perhaps the climatic moment was the great Battle o...

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Photo: Mimicking Gaijin

Japan is very international: it welcomes stereotypes from all round the world! This is from a popular and regular rakugo show on Ja...

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