Ji-biiru – Japan’s Own Craft Beer Revolution
Order a Japanese beer in the UK and you’re unlikely to be presented with much in the way of choice, either in brand name or flavour profile. Japan’s post-war beer …
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Ann Demeulemeester’s Walking Paradox
Playing with paradoxes, the highly acclaimed European designer, Ann Demeulemeester provoked an image of duality as she mixed light and dark, the beautiful and the deadly in her Spring/Summer Ready-to-Wear …
Read MoreThe Historical Divide That Underlies Current Tensions in East Asia
The tit for tat demonstrations by Chinese and Japanese activists over the ongoing sovereignty dispute of the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands are representative of a deeper historical and ideological divide between the …
Read MoreTempers Flare Over Disputed Island Chain
A long running territorial territorial dispute has raised its head once again with two incidents of opposing Chinese and Japanese activists making unauthorized landings on Uotsuri island, between the Japanese …
Read MoreIrezumi – Japan’s hidden treasure
Since 1929, in an effort to preserve pre-modern art forms, the Japanese government has bestowed the title ‘Living National Treasure’ upon practitioners of traditional crafts perceived as under threat from …
Read MoreThe Rise of Japan’s Nationalist Agitator
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto has become an increasingly frequent presence on television screens across Japan in recent years. Possessed of a celebrity charisma …
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Japanese Technology Turns Images into Holograms
A new gizmo from Japan promises to liven up presentations by turning flat images into 3D projections. he device, named Hakoani, is made up of a pyramid of semitransparent mirrors, …
Read MoreSpirit of Social Protest Blooms in Japan’s Hydrangea Revolution
Whilst Japan has a reputation for being a harmonious nation where people passively accept the governmental line, the past century has seen vociferous social activism. Born of frustration at lack …
Read MoreAsian Growth
Whenever the old order yields place to the new there is turbulence in the interim. oday a tottering Euro zone and the fragile US recovery have left Asia shaken and stirred …
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