ONLY IN JAPAN: YAMIBAITO - "DARK PART-TIME JOBS" Colin Liddell December 02, 2024 0 The new crime trend in Japan is "yamibaito" (literally “dark part-time jobs”). What happens is an anonymous employer advertises on... Read more »
TOKYO ART PICKS (DECEMBER-JANUARY) Colin Liddell November 30, 2024 0 "I Dreamt I was Raped" by Monoko Hanasaki Tokyo is the art capital of the World in terms of the number of eyeballs on artworks ... Read more »
ART REVIEW: KEIICHI TANAAMI: ADVENTURES IN MEMORY Colin Liddell November 05, 2024 0 It is hard to think of a more tragic story than the one surrounding this exhibition. A visit to "Keiichi Tanaami: Adventures in Memory... Read more »
TOKYO ART PICKS (NOVEMBER) Colin Liddell October 28, 2024 0 Tokyo is the art capital of the World in terms of the number of eyeballs on artworks , so what is on offer this November? TOKYO-MET offers ... Read more »
INTERVIEW: TADASHI YANAI ON "THE SMART GLOBALISATION OF JAPAN" Colin Liddell October 11, 2024 0 Japan is gonna headhunt you with manga, anime, and mellow fashion Tadashi Yanai is the guy behind Uniqlo, the low-key fashion phenomenon tha... Read more »
OH, F@&K, THEY CHANGED THE PRIME MINISTER AGAIN Colin Liddell September 29, 2024 0 New PM Shigeru Ishiba: Don't expect instant results Just when I had got used to the previous Prime Minister (enough to allow him to dr... Read more »
TOKYO GAME SHOW LOVELIES Colin Liddell September 28, 2024 0 It wouldn't be Tokyo Game Show without a bevy of young lovelies dressing up in LARPy costumes to sell the latest and greatest game title... Read more »
TOKYO ART PICKS (OCTOBER) Colin Liddell September 22, 2024 0 "Good-by Marilyn" (video, 1971) Keiichi Tanaami Tokyo is the art capital of the World in terms of the number of actual eyeballs o... Read more »