CULTURE

‘The Moon Has Risen’, Post-War Sisterhood

The Minamata Health Disaster, from Dancing Cats to Johnny Depp

‘Shoplifters’, Imagining Love

‘Junk Head’, Humanity in Danger

‘Nobody Knows’, a Life Hidden from View

Motoyuki Daifu and Michel Houellebecq, an Artistic Alliance

Traces of Samurai, from Engravings to Pop Culture

Everything There Is to Know About Tea

‘Children of the Whales’, an Odyssey in the Desert

Old Age Unveiled in the Illustrated Book ‘Otoshiyori’

Dub Store, Japan’s Reggae Emporium

Kitaro, Exponent of the New Age

‘Japanoise – Extremism and Entropy’, the Sound of Noise

Arca and Ryuichi Sakamoto’s ‘Sanctuary’, an Unexpected Utopia

‘Animal Emotions’, Hiro Ama’s Warm Electronics

The Minamata Health Disaster, from Dancing Cats to Johnny Depp

How Lily Deakin Rediscovered the Carefree Spirit of Childhood Through Pole Dancing

‘Me and the Cult Leader’, an Account About the Aum Sect Told Through Film

The Statue of Hachiko, a Symbol of Loyalty to Humans

‘The Prostitute’, Helplessness in Squalor

Traces of Samurai, from Engravings to Pop Culture

Gazing at the Moon During ‘O-tsukimi’

‘Kokoro’, Harmony Between the Heart and Mind

‘The Beauty of Boundaries’, the Japanese Aesthetic of Limits

An Encounter with the Last Shamans in Japan

Kodo Nishimura, or How Buddhism Is Supporting the LGBTQ+ Community

When Nikko Inspired Paul Claudel

Japan as Read and Dreamt About by Emilie Papatheodorou

Anticipating Fashion, the Vision of Tetsuya Okada

Japan, the Country of Suicide?