Sunday, May 6, 2012
CLOSE-UP: Chanel president Japan, Richard Collasse
Richard Collasse: Sold on brand Japan
By ERIKO ARITA
In Tokyo's high-end Ginza district, the Chanel Building stands out among the luxury fashion boutiques and global brands' emporiums thanks ... |
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Sunday, April 29, 2012
SUNDAY TIMEOUT
Otosan, Japan's top dog
By EDAN CORKILL
Upper House election night, 2010. All over the country people are watching television and waiting to see if there will ... |
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Sunday, April 29, 2012
SUNDAY TIMEOUT
Konami staffer's victory not a game-changer
By TOMOKO OTAKE
There is no shortage of laws in Japan stating that working women should be given the same employment protection and ... |
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Sunday, April 22, 2012
SUNDAY TIMEOUT
Chernobyl expert takes a look at Tohoku's trees
By WINIFRED BIRD
Somewhere between downtown Utsunomiya in Tochigi Prefecture, and the village of Ogisu an hour's drive to the northeast, Dr. Tatsuhiro ... |
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Sunday, April 22, 2012
SUNDAY TIMEOUT
Fascinating facts along the way
By MARK SCHREIBER
One of the original long-distance paved U.S. Highways, Route 66 always had about it an aura of romance born of ... |
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Sunday, April 22, 2012
SUNDAY TIMEOUT
Past and present on Route 66
By MARK SCHREIBER
"Ah, there's nothing like a Polish sausage smothered with jalapenos to settle a queasy stomach," I said to my skeptical ... |
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Sunday, April 15, 2012
WEEK 3
Legendary Chigusa jazz cafe reborn
By ERIKO ARITA
Sunday, April 15, 2012
WEEK 3
Ballet students poised for giant leap abroad
By EDAN CORKILL
Sunday, April 15, 2012
WEEK 3
U.S. forces keep the world in their sights
By TOMOKO OTAKE
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
STYLE WISE
Issey Miyake's innovations beat the Brits to win the Design Museum of London fashion award
By MISHA JANETTE and SAMUEL THOMAS
Colloquially called "The Oscars of Design," the Design Museum of London Design Awards are prestigious accolades given in six categories ...
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 LIFE & STYLE
Tomio Koyama Gallery takes top artists to the shopping mall
By DANIELLE DEMETRIOU
From an industrial warehouse in Tokyo to a former dye factory in Kyoto, the exhibition spaces currently operated by the ...
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 LIFE & STYLE
Creativity shines in the new Hikarie building
By DANIELLE DEMETRIOU
Another day, another gleaming new tower. At least that's how it may sometimes feel in Tokyo, a city with one ...
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
HOME TRUTHS
Who you buy a home from can make a big difference in price
By PHILIP BRASOR and MASAKO TSUBUKU
We met the real estate agent at Honda Station on the Sotobo Line in Chiba Prefecture. As we drove to ...
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
LIFE & STYLE
Tommy Hilfiger settles in Tokyo, somewhere between luxury and street fashion
By SAMUEL THOMAS
One of the main attractions of the new Tokyu Plaza Omotesando Harajuku complex has to be the Tommy Hilfiger flagship, ...
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
LIFE & STYLE
Harajuku's new meeting place for fashionistas
By SAMUEL THOMAS
Jingumae crossing, where the Gap building once stood as an iconic meeting place in the heart of Tokyo's street-fashion mecca ...
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
WORDS TO LIVE BY
Polish journalist-designer-photographers Pawel Musialowski and Malgorzata Gajderowicz
By JUDIT KAWAGUCHI
Pawel "Mr. Jedi" Musialowski, 39, and Malgorzata Gajderowicz, 29, are a Polish journalist-designer-photographer, husband-and-wife team who video-blog exclusively about their ...
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
ON DESIGN
Rethinks that reboot familiar concepts
By JEAN SNOW
Offering new interpretations of traditional Japanese crafts has been a running trend these past few years, and Nosigner, one of ...
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
LIFE & STYLE
From the common cold to sleeping problems, kanpō can offer natural relief
By TOMOKO OTAKE
Hochūekikitō 補中益気湯 ...
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
LIFE & STYLE
Medicinal direction from both the East and West
By TOMOKO OTAKE
Once shunned as outdated and unproven, kanpō (Chinese herbal therapy) is currently making a vibrant comeback in Japan. ...
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
STYLE WISE
Mixing and matching wardrobes for Japan's The Reality Show
By MISHA JANETTE and SAMUEL THOMAS
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
HOME TRUTHS
Little houses crammed in a big city
By PHILIP BRASOR and MASAKO TSUBUKU
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
LIFE & STYLE
TED offers everyone the chance to speak or perform
By JULIAN LITTLER
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
LIFE & STYLE
Dover Street Market Ginza: a bazaar concept
By DANIELLE DEMETRIOU
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
WORDS TO LIVE BY
Yasuo Sasano, manager of Kurumi Mansion
By JUDIT KAWAGUCHI
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