His artistic turning point came when he began working with Japanese artist Seizo Sougawara in the early 20th century, who taught Dunand lacquer techniques previously unknown in the West. Over time, ...
Shozo Shimamoto was a Japanese artist and co-founder of the post-WWII avant-garde movement Gutai. The Gutai group sought to utilize the ideas of cathartic performance and Abstract Expressionism to ...
Relevance: As the world's third largest economy and one of the United States' most important allies and trading partners, Japan is critical to an understanding of global issues. Japan also exerts ...
What is a Japanese spider crab? They may look like something from a 1950s sci-fi film, but Japanese spider crabs are gentle giants. And giants they are. Of the 60,000 species of crustaceans on ...
An anti-obesity drug, the first such medicine to become available in Japan, has been approved for manufacturing and sales by an expert panel of the health ministry. The decision, made Nov.
(Photo by Alessandro Di Ciommo/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Japan is set to criminalize the recreational use of cannabis while legalizing medical use. The decision, announced last week, will take ...
The initial phase of the over-the-counter sale in Japan will cover only 0.2% of the 60,000 pharmacies in the country, which rights groups say is insufficient. The campaign group Emergency ...
The Japanese electorate appeared to punish the ... Democratic lawmakers were accused of taking kickbacks from the sale of tickets to political fund-raisers. Although more than 45 politicians ...