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Society 5.0 Expo in Tokyo Showcases Japan’s Latest Innovations

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TOKYO — Japan is showcasing its latest scientific achievements, ranging from sea and air to space, as the government aims to boost and propagate cutting-edge technologies despite the country’s decline in international competitiveness in such fields. The Cabinet Office is co-hosting an event dedicated to “Society 5.0,” a future society the government believes Japan should […]

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TeamLab and TikTok’s immersive sauna exhibition in Tokyo

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teamLab & TikTok, teamLab Reconnect: Art with Rinkan Sauna Roppongi Staff members walk past “Ephemeral Solidified Light,” one of the installations at teamLab and TikTok’s “Reconnect: Art with Rinkan Sauna” in Tokyo. | AFP-JIJI It’s the hottest new exhibition in town: an immersive digital art experience filled with futuristic light installations that doubles up as

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Taking on Tokyo Like a Local

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Midnight trains packed with spent salarymen. Tangled streets snaking through canyons of neon light. Alleys wall-to-wall with shops hawking bowls of ramen and electronic parts. And of course, the world’s busiest crossing, where pedestrians glued to their cell-phone screens fire like pinballs every time the walk signal turns green. Images like these have branded Tokyo

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Catch Banksy in Japan in 2020

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Japan’s first Banksy exhibition will be held in 2020! The UK-based anonymous artist, Banksy is famous worldwide for his graffiti street art. He has created quite a few notable artworks with dark humors by his stenciling technique, and his street art works can be spotted at numbers of locations throughout the world. Banksy and his

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