Snoopy Museum Tokyo currently has a special exhibit pegged to the 75th anniversary of the “Peanuts” comic strip.
Prized pieces held by the Okada Museum of Art in Japan are being auctioned to settle a $50 million legal bill owed by the ...
Imagine having one foot firmly in the modern world and the other planted deep in the realm of folklore and fantasy. A ...
6:52 p.m. - Some key quotes from Takaichi's post-victory press conference. - On rising prices and the government's relationship with the Bank of Japan: "Demand-pull inflation -- wage increases driving ...
These parachutes may be full of holes, but they really hit the mark. Inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, or paper cutting, scientists made parachutes that open automatically when dropped. And ...
“Prism of the Real,” on through Dec. 8, explores how artists challenged the structures of power by creating new spaces for dialogue and experimentation. Photo: Keizo Kioku When thinking about art in ...
Japan’s cultural treasure troves are scattered across the archipelago. These are regional art festivals, often tucked away in the mountains or found on the streets of rural villages. The festivals ...
Familiar faces and bold visual storytelling take center stage at the de Young Museum's latest exhibition, "The Art of Manga," which explores the depth and global influence of Japanese graphic ...
While temperatures remain high across the country, the evenings are starting to feel cooler. As dragonflies dance on the breeze and the sun’s rays feel a little less perilous, the typical scents and ...
Modern film has shown that it can breathe new life into traditional art forms, particularly in Japan, where live-action films have historically struggled to make a lasting cultural mark. Kokuho, which ...
The Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, a private museum created on the outskirts of Tokyo in 1990, is cashing in on its collection of canonical Western Modernism. The museum, which was owned by the ...
The Gregorian calendar is arbitrarily imposed yet shapes our lives nonetheless. This was the point made by Doryun Chong, chief curator of the Hong Kong contemporary visual culture museum M+ and ...