Design
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Samurai review: Japan’s lethal warrior class are shown in all their sexy, demonic glory
British Museum, London Extraordinary battle armour, complete with moustachioed masks, enlivens this scintillat…
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‘A true multi-sensory experience’: the Met celebrates Japanese poetry, calligraphy and painting
In an immersive and transporting new exhibition, three key areas of Japanese art are brought together and prai…
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‘If God is in everything, that includes toilets’: Kōji Yakusho on cleaning high-art loos in Wim Wenders’ Perfect Days
The star of Tampopo, Babel and The Eel reveals how it felt to share the screen with 17 stunning Tokyo lavatori…
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Lovingly reconstructed miniatures of Tokyo houses – in pictures
The Swedish artist Christopher Robin Nordström had wanted to visit Tokyo since he was a child and, when he fin…
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Lovingly reconstructed miniatures of Tokyo houses – in pictures
The Swedish artist Christopher Robin Nordström had wanted to visit Tokyo since he was a child and, when he fin…
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20th century Japanese poster art – in pictures
At a new exhibition at Poster House in New York, a range of wartime and postwar posters are being celebrated, …
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Issey Miyake obituary
Fashion designer whose innovative hi-tech creations were inspired by the ancient principles of Japanese clothi…
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Wood life: the soulful craft of George Nakashima
A new family-led documentary reveals the story of the US woodworker who, influenced by the philosophy of Japan…
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Tokyo’s public toilets may be transparent – but at least they’re building some
Going to the toilet used to be a public activity. Will Japan’s see-through stalls take us back to the days bef…