A Play Is Born: 'Our Planet' Emerges From Beyond The Fourth Wall

Japan Society's reflecting pool: garnering primordial oohs since 1971. An actor steps into the reflecting pool near the back of the lobby of Japan Society’s Read more

Cosmic Womb With A View: Mariko Mori's 'White Hole'

Video teaser of Mariko Mori's  From the absence of light, energy is reborn into the universe, though maybe not this one. So goes the poetic, circular and interdimensional theory of white holes, the astrophysical yang to black holes' yin.

White holes have never been observed and may not even exist (though you can make an Earth-bound approximation Read more

Distributing Cures To The Developing World: Japan's Barrier Breaking Global Health Coalition

You won’t hear of a Walk for Chagas Disease. There is no Leprosy Awareness Month. Malaria is the distant scourge of adventurers and jungle explorers.

While almost relics of a bygone time to many in the first world, these di...Read more

Once a Thing of the West, These Dishes Are Now As Japanese As Sushi

Mmm: Matcha Marble Castella Cake (plus recipe)! Via. Few bite into a Taco Bell burrito under the impression they are...Read more

Once a Thing of the West, These Dishes Are Now As Japanese As Sushi

Mmm: Matcha Marble Castella Cake (plus recipe)! Via. Few bite into a Taco Bell burrito under the impression they are...Read more

Once a Thing of the West, These Dishes Are Now As Japanese As Sushi

Flirting With Japan, Donald Richie's Mistress Muse

Richie smitten in Tokyo in the 50s. Via. Donald Richie, the noted critic of Japanese culture and film, compare...Read more

Flirting With Japan, Donald Richie's Mistress Muse

Richie smitten in Tokyo in the 50s. Via. Donald Richie, the noted critic of Japanese culture and film, compare...Read more

Flirting With Japan, Donald Richie's Mistress Muse

Swallowing The "Disney Of Japan": Osamu Tezuka's Dark Descent

Tezuka's post-Astro Boy stamp of approval. Via. The year was 1968. Faced with the Read more