Art and design
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Rising sons: the radical photography of postwar Japan – in pictures
Between 1957 and 1972, Japanese photography was revolutionised ... twice! These images spotlight the Vivo arti…
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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…
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Zaido: the ancient Japanese ritual to bring good luck – in pictures
After the death of her father and the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Yukari Chikura found solace by trave…
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Imperial War Museum unveils film marking 75 years since Hiroshima bomb
Video by Es Devlin and Machiko Weston tells story of nuclear bombing in Hiroshima and NagasakiA powerful 10-mi…
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The soul of Tokyo: unseen shots from a Japanese master – in pictures
Issei Suda is regarded as one of the most important names in Japanese photography. The striking world he captu…
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Keeping the fire going: a visual response to coronavirus
In part three of our series commissioned in conjunction with the Prix Pictet, we present the work of photograp…
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Awakening a sense of wonder in ordinary life – in pictures
Super Ordinary Life challenges us to notice more. Yasumi Toyoda began the blog and instagram account in London…
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Tokyo’s state of emergency – in pictures
As Japan considers lifting state-of-emergency conditions in many regions this week and the country inches towa…
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Yayoi Kusama’s message to Covid-19: ‘Disappear from this earth’
The veteran Japanese avant-garde artist has issued a poem of defiance in the teeth of the ‘terrible monster’, …
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Harsh, blurred and brilliant: the great Daidō Moriyama – in pictures
He is one of Japan’s most renowned photographers, a giant of the Provoke movement whose compelling images take…
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Vibrant, progressive and bold: graphic designs of Japanese modernism – in pictures
Between the Great Kantō earthquake of 1923 and the calamities of the Pacific War (1942–45), Tokyo and Osaka de…
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Fluid and fashionable: V&A shakes up image of ‘traditional’ kimono
Exhibition shows off rich history of Japanese garment in all its three-dimensional gloryMore than 100 kimonos,…
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Minamata review – Johnny Depp attempts redemption in heartfelt look at disaster that struck Japanese town
Depp plays real-life US photojournalist W Eugene Smith who travels to cover the story of mercury poisoning tha…
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The kimono – from costume to catwalk
From the 17th to the 20th century the kimono was the principal piece of clothing in Japan for both men and wom…
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Proof of the pudding is in spotted dick | Brief letters
Oldest novels | Pre-Raphaelite female artists | Puddings and afters | Risky Brexit manoeuvreOn what basis is T…
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Small is beautiful in Tokyo’s Golden Gai – in pictures
Nearly 300 bars and restaurants are squeezed into an area about the size of half a football pitch in the Golde…
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‘The Lost Metropolis’: 1930s Tokyo street life – in pictures
Kineo Kuwabara captured these rich images of everyday life the city during the buildup to the second world war…
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The K-pop wannabes – a photo essay
An estimated 1 million wannabe stars of K-pop, from South Korea, Japan and beyond, are hoping to get a taste o…
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The K-pop wannabes – a photo essay
An estimated 1 million wannabe stars of K-pop, from South Korea, Japan and beyond, are hoping to get a taste o…
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Michael Wolf obituary
Photographer who concentrated on the high-density architecture of Hong KongAfter moving on from a successful c…