... in August elections, had earmarked 11.7 billion yen (128 million dollars) for a museum on Japanese cartoon art and pop culture to be built in Tokyo. ...full story

The project is the brainchild of Tokyo-born artist Migiwa Orimo, who had to search high and low for a phone booth before finding one in Chicago. ...full story

Extra/Ordinary: Video Art from Asia , investigates new ways of transforming familiar experiences and daily routines into moments of expanded meaning, ...full story

It will be in February in Tokyo. Harwell has a studio at Artspace in Raleigh. The passing of such a force as Maxine Swalin -- who with her husband rescued ...full story

... Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. During the 150th anniversary year of the Yokohama port opening, the city is hosting the International Festival for Arts and Media ...full story

Asia's Largest, Independent Art Festival Celebrates 15 Years of Artistic Chaos! * October 24th & 25th, 2009 * Tokyo Big Sight Convention Center, ...full story

Drawings and art creations by death row inmates in Japan are displayed near the venue of a rally opposing to death penalty that was held in Tokyo on Oct. 10 ...full story

TOKYO—The Japan Art Association is honoring Zaha Hadid with its Praemium Imperiale arts award for architecture, which will be bestowed Oct. 22 in a ceremony ...full story

The studies, made with a felt-tip pen and India ink on tracing paper, depict various areas of Japan, ranging from Tokyo to the entire country, ...full story

“Distance,'' based on the sarin gas incident in the Tokyo subway in the mid-'90s, explores the grief and shame of relatives of the perpetrators. ...full story