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Yoko Ono wins top Austrian prize
Japanese-American artist Yoko Ono (L) shakes hands with Austrian Minister of Science Karlheinz Toechterle AFP VIENNA — Yoko Ono, the widow of Beatle John Lennon, on Thursday won the 2012 more »
List of memorial events one year after the Tohoku Great Disaster
2011 3.11 * Tohoku Hope Festival 1) March 2, 2012 18:00~ 20:30 2) Marclh 3, 2012 16:00~18:30 3 )March 4, 2012 16*00~18:30 Place: Grandy 21, Sekisui Heim Supper Arena more »
Exhibition Yayoi Kusama
The National Museum of Art, Osaka Opening Hours 10:00–17:00, Fridays until 19:00 Admission until 30 minutes before closing Closed Mondays (Except for January 9(Mon.), 2012, January 10(Tue.) instead) Admission Fee more »
Sapporo Snow Festival 2012
Sapporo Snow Festival 2011 Brussels stock exchange, Snow Festival, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, photo The 63rd Sapporo Snow Festival will be held from February 6 (Mon.) through 12 (Sun.) in 2012. more »
Painting a picture of Yumeji Takehisa
By MATTHEW LARKING Special to The Japan Times A persistent and lingering myth is that Yumeji Takehisa (1884-1934), who forwent conventional art training at a sanctioned institution and earned widespread more »
Comic anthologies offer visions of hope after 3/11
Artists and writers in Japan and around the world offer graphic accounts of March 11 for fundraising books The cover art for “Aftershock: Artists Respond to Disaster in Japan” by more »
Michael Jackson Tokyo Tribute Concert With Jacksons, AI, New Song Set For Next Week
From left: Marlon Jackson, Japanese R&B singer AI, Jackie Jackson and Tito Jackson As Michael Jackson’s personal physician Conrad Murray appeals the verdict of involuntary manslaughter in the death of more »
Post-Apocalyptic Images of Japan
The ruins and haikyo aficionado in me couldn’t resist making a post about Tokyo Genso‘s fabulous art depicting post-apocalyptic Japan. The illustrations have a breathtaking otherworldly quality that perfectly capture more »
German Christmas Market Osaka
Nov 18 – Dec 25 Admission Free The “Christmas Market” from Germany is one of the largest events in winter in Osaka. You can feel the taste of Germany in more »
