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  • PauseTalk Vol. 21

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    We had a smaller group at this month’s edition of PauseTalk (Vol. 21), but it still made for a pleasant gathering. Talk revolved around a few specific projects this time, and thanks to James for his harrowing account of his work on a reality series currently being shot in Tokyo. The next edition will be…

  • Yuichi Higashionna

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    Designboom posts a few images covering the works of Yuichi Higashionna. He has a new show, “Refract,” that will run from May 16 to June 5 at Calm & Punk Gallery.

  • PauseTalk Tonight

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    Just a reminder that due to the Golden Week holiday, tonight (May 12) marks this month’s edition of PauseTalk at Cafe Pause in Ikebukuro. Start time is 20:00, as always.

  • New Art Space Tokyo Site Offers Art Maps

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    Chin Music Press has made a major update to the promotional site for ART SPACE TOKYO, now including a section that will offer the art maps found in the book as downloadable PDFs (a new one every two weeks or so). The maps are absolutely beautiful, and it’s great that they’re offering them for download…

  • Can MUJI Make It in the US?

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    Japan Today has a piece (from Kyodo News) that looks at the challenges MUJI faces in trying to expand in the US (“the company […] is committed to opening 30 to 40 stores across the United States in the next five years”).

  • Tokyology

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    The latest episode of Boing Boing TV covers TOKYOLOGY, a documentary that explores a few aspects of contemporary Japanese pop culture. The full documentary can be purchased online here.

  • Golgo 13 Canned Coffee

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    Move over BOSS, Golgo’s taking over the canned coffee racket! I don’t much care for the world of canned coffee anymore (it’s gotten to a point where I just can’t drink it — too sweet), but I absolutely love these cans featuring Golgo 13 art on them. The Mainichi has a gallery of all the…

  • Animal Behavior

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    Last week I was at the Shin-Marunouchi Building to have lunch at Rigoletto with my wife, and checked out Nagi Noda, Shinji Konishi, and Asami Nemoto’s “Animal Behavior” hair hat exhibition (it’s on the Marunouchi House floor). It runs until May 6. Pictured above, a tote bag being sold featuring Nagi Noda’s Hanpanda.

  • Happening in Tokyo

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    The end of May brings the Thai Film Festival (May 31 – July 11) to Tokyo at Cinemart Roppongi. Two of the films will be shown with English subtitles: MYSTERIOUS OBJECT AT NOON and TOTAL BANGKOK. Tickets for the screenings are already on sale at the theater, and through PIA. Gelman’s “Minimal Tokyo” series returns…

  • PauseTalk Vol. 20

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    It’s been very late in coming, and I apologize for that, but here’s the list of participants from the April edition of PauseTalk (Vol. 20). I’m missing a few names from some new people, so if you don’t see your name there, please let me know. It was probably the biggest PauseTalk to date (not…