Written by In a new documentary, Shiori Ito recounts her yearslong crusade for justice in Japan after accusing a powerful journalist of rape. Source link
“Black Box Diaries,” a documentary about Shiori Ito’s fight against Japan’s patriarchal justice system, opens on Friday in the United States. Source link
Taking place in the relatively large Echigo Tsumari region in southern Niigata Prefecture, the Echigo Tsumari Art Field is an art festival that is held once every three years. The first Echigo Tsumari Art Triennale was held in 2000 with a goal to revitalise the region via art. This year’s art festival is the ninth […]
Kyushu, often passed over by international visitors, is rich in crafts, history and culture. Here are four destinations to consider. Source link
Tokyo Metro had raised over $2 billion in one of Japan’s largest initial public offerings in years. Source link
Haut is a 21-story timber-hybrid high-rise completed in Amsterdam in 2022. It was designed by the British engineering collective Arup and Team V, a Dutch architecture firm. Haut has 55 apartments, a bicycle parking area, an underground parking garage, and an urban garden. It was the first residential building in the Netherlands to receive certification […]
Shares in Tokyo Metro, one of the world’s busiest subways, soared almost 50 percent on its debut Wednesday after its government owners raised $2.3 billion in Japan’s biggest initial public offering in six years. Each day around 6.5 million people — more than the London Underground — ride Tokyo Metro’s nine lines, part of a vast […]
After nearly two decades of ownership, this Porsche 911 Carrera in 934 attire has finally hit the streets with a set of number plates. Yuki Matsumoto acquired the car in 2006 as a stock-standard 1986 930 3.2L Carrera featuring wide arches, a whale tail, and an aftermarket front bumper. Painted in a colour reminiscent of […]
Scientists in Japan are mining DNA to try to make the country’s famous Koshihikari rice resistant to heat, after a broiling summer ravaged the crop. Source link
Raina Ong Staff Writer,japan-guide.com About 1300 years ago, the area comprising of Nara City and its surrounds was established as Japan’s first permanent capital as opposed to previous capitals, which moved each time a new emperor was enthroned. Buddhism was the religion of the then ruling nobles, who embraced it when it was introduced to […]