EXHIBITION REVIEW: ETTORE SOTTSASS AT THE ARTIZON
Colin Liddell
August 25, 2026
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Installation views, photos: Yuya Furukawa The Artizon Museum's decision to put on " Ettore Sottsass: Design Begins Where Magic Begi...
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Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Friday, August 21, 2026
RESTAURANT REVIEW: JINZA, SHIMBASHI
Colin Liddell
August 21, 2026
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In my view, the Japanese are a people who focus much more on quality than marketing. They seem to live in the not always naïve hope that wor...
Saturday, August 8, 2026
INTERVIEW: HIROSHI SUGIMOTO ON ART, A.I., & EXTINCTION
Colin Liddell
August 08, 2026
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The advent of Artificial Intelligence has put the idea of extinction into quite a few minds recently. For some it is the extinction of the h...
Friday, July 31, 2026
"RAPE MY EX": YAMI-BAITO TURNS UGLY
Colin Liddell
July 31, 2026
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12 years for the 100 kg Hitman In the latest chapter of Japan’s thriving yami-baito “dark part-time job” industry, the Tokyo District Cour...
Sunday, July 26, 2026
JAPAN SWEATS AND BLEATS IN RECORD-BREAKING HEAT
Colin Liddell
July 26, 2026
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Japan’s weather agency has given extreme Summer heat its own official badge of honour this summer, coining the term kokushobi ( 酷暑日 ), or ...
Monday, July 13, 2026
DEATH OF A LIVE-STREAMER: REVENGE OF THE PARASOCIAL PAY PIG
Colin Liddell
July 13, 2026
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Prosecutors have requested a 20-year prison sentence for Kenichi Takano, a 44-year-old man accused of f atally stabbing a 22-year-old live-s...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
SEX DOLLS BUSTED SMUGGLING A BILLION IN GOLD INTO JAPAN
Colin Liddell
June 23, 2026
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Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 46-year-old Chinese company executive and five accomplices for trying to sneak over ¥1 billion wor...
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
BOOK REVIEW: JAPANESE THINGS
Colin Liddell
June 16, 2026
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Before the internet era, the picture of Japan that was fed to the world came through books written by an elite class of highly educated peop...
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
JAPAN HAS AN ORGAN DONATION PROBLEM: AN INTERVIEW WITH CAMPAIGNER YOSHIKO KOBATA
Colin Liddell
May 26, 2026
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Kobota at Deathfes An ageing society like Japan faces many challenges, ranging from health care to dealing with senility and loneliness. But...
Saturday, May 16, 2026
EXHIBITION REVIEW: EUGENE BOUDIN AT THE SOMPO MUSEUM
Colin Liddell
May 16, 2026
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Troupeau s’abreuvant ( 1880) Reims, Musée des Beaux-Arts, C. Devleeschauwer © If you dared to visit the Artizon’s ongoing Monet exhibition, ...
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
IRAN WAR SUCKS COLOUR OUT OF JAPAN'S SNACKS
Colin Liddell
May 12, 2026
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"We fade to grey" — even the humble potato chip isn’t immune to geopolitics. Pass the black-and-white bag (at least until the co...
Thursday, May 7, 2026
JAPAN'S DEPENDENCE ON GULF REVEALED BY HYSTERICAL STOCK MARKET
Colin Liddell
May 07, 2026
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Japan's Nikkei has soared to its highest level ever. On Thursday it advanced 5.6% in one day to reach an all-time high of 62,833. This s...
