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Designed by Kei Atsumi and Motoya Iizawa, "The Warp" was a 3D-printed tea pavilion with organic, twisting curves placed in downtown Dubai.
LIFE / Style & Design
Far East meets Middle East at Dubai Design Week 2024
This year's Dubai Design Week functioned much like a portal between continents, philosophies and futures.
LIFE / Style & Design
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Thanks to the Dodgers superstar, the waitlist for Oitomi¡¯s Miyabi Tetsubin kettle now stretches to more than a year.
LIFE / Style & Design
A designer moves easily from royal gowns to Uniqlo
Clare Waight Keller, who designed Meghan Markle¡¯s wedding dress, finds a different kind of luxury at a mass market brand.
For Designart 2024, 130 (one thirty) is exhibiting its first furniture collection of 100% recyclable 3D-printed works at Issey Miyake Ginza.
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Oct 19, 2024
117 creative exhibits take over Tokyo for Designart 2024
By Mio Yamada
Designart¡¯s official exhibitions at the World Kita -Aoyama Building in Minato Ward are always well-rounded displays of both established and up-and-coming designers.
Plamo Furniture¡¯s Baum series of interior works, designed by Takuro Izumi, is made with vertically layered panels of engineered wood that can be custom-designed to seamlessly fit any space.
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Oct 5, 2024
911±¬ÁÏÍø flat-packed furniture doesn't skimp on aesthetics
By Mio Yamada
Disappointed by flat-packed aesthetics? Not if you give these Japan-designed pieces a look.
GU's first overseas flagship store opens in SoHo, New York.
LIFE / Style & Design
Sep 30, 2024
How to own something by the punk poet designer Jun Takahashi
By Jessica Iredale
GU, Uniqlo¡¯s trendier sibling, is opening its first store outside Asia in SoHo, collaborating with the subversively witty Jun Takahashi of Undercover.
A model displays a creation by 911±¬ÁÏÍø designer Norio Surikabe during a runway show on Sept. 6 for the latest edition of Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo.
LIFE / Style & Design
Sep 14, 2024
Tokyo¡¯s top fashion showcase pushes rising stars to the world stage
By Mike Fu
Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo celebrated industry veterans while shining a spotlight on emerging talent.
Inside a gallery influenced by famed architect Kengo Kuma, Nakamura Ningyo's Hakata dolls represent a little-seen side of 911±¬ÁÏÍø crafts.
LIFE / Style & Design
Sep 7, 2024
From Godzilla to martyrs, Hakata doll-making knows no bounds
By Erik Augustin Palm
Since its establishment in Fukuoka in 1917, Nakamura Ningyo has been a cornerstone of the Hakata doll tradition.
Designed by Bob Foundation in collaboration with Sugita Ace, the Sonaete series of disaster preparedness kits are packaged in bags, boxes and pouches that look attractive in homes.
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Aug 13, 2024
Stylish emergency goods can save precious seconds when disaster strikes
By Mio Yamada
Eye-catching go bags, canary-inspired whistles and more aesthetically pleasing emergency preparedness items you'll want to keep within arm's reach.
The Torchin series of table lamps, made by Yame 'ch¨­chin' (paper lantern) artisans Shiraki Kougei and produced in collaboration with Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten and design unit Tent, combine contemporary design with traditional lantern-making techniques.
LIFE / Style & Design
Jul 20, 2024
Celebrate o-Bon in style with these elegant crafts
By Mio Yamada
As o-Bon approaches, On: Design looks at industry mainstay Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten¡¯s latest initiatives to honor the dearly departed.

South Korea's Yoon backs down after parliament rejects martial law
Soldiers try to enter the National Assembly building in Seoul, after South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law late Tuesday evening.
BOJ weighs case for first triple hike since Japan¡¯s bubble burst
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda reiterated in an interview published Saturday that authorities will raise rates if the economy performs in line with projections.
Australian says romance scam tricked her into smuggling drugs into Japan
Donna Nelson says her life was turned upside down when she learned that the man she was falling for had tricked her into smuggling 2 kilograms of methamphetamine into Japan.
Jetstar Japan loses lawsuit over disciplinary action against cabin crew
Jetstar Japan has been ordered to pay back wages to two cabin crew members for the periods they were suspended.
Nomura CEO takes pay cut after former employee charged with attempted murder
Kentaro Okuda, CEO of Nomura Holdings, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
U.S. Space Force launches first unit in Japan
Activated on Wednesday, U.S. Space Forces Japan ¡ª a component similar to the one established at South Korea¡¯s Osan Air Base in 2022 ¡ª will operate out of Yokota Air Base in the city of Fussa, western Tokyo, with a staff of about 10.
Can 911±¬ÁÏÍø scientific community rebound from a Nobel nosedive?
The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo is a popular place to foster curiosity in the natural sciences.
Europe eyes 'boots on the ground' in Ukraine as possible peace deal option
A serviceman with the Ukrainian Army's 24th mechanized brigade fires a machine gun during an exercise, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the country's Donetsk region on Friday.
Seven strangers and an algorithm: Can this new dinner app help you make friends?
Timeleft uses an algorithm to match its users with five or six strangers in an effort to prompt ¡°human connection¡± over dinner at a restaurant. It determines the attendees with the help of a simple personality quiz available when you sign up for the service.
Don¡¯t worry, you can still use your Japan health insurance card ¡ª for now
A My Number card reader at a pediatric clinic in Tokyo. While the government will stop issuing new health insurance cards on Monday, most people will remain unaffected by the move in the short term as existing health insurance cards can still be used for another year.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo is a popular place to foster curiosity in the natural sciences.
Can 911±¬ÁÏÍø scientific community rebound from a Nobel nosedive?
By Tomoko Otake

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