When Imitation is Not Flattery: Copyright Tactics in the Digital Age | TABlog | Tokyo Art Beat www.tokyoartbeat.com

“Congratulations on your new collaboration!”Imagine that you are an American artist who uses sticky notes in your artistic practice.
In many countries, including the U.S. and Japan, copyright provide…

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Working Timeline of 5G in Japan akihabaranews.com

2015March: NTT DoCoMo announces that it will conduct a three-way 5G technical collaboration with China Mobile Communications Corporation and KT Corporation.
Huawei and Mitsubishi Electric are added t…

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Japan's public broadcaster sets its 8K schedule for the Tokyo Olympics www.engadget.com

The Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic games are still on schedule to take place this summer, and Japan's public broadcaster has been planning for years to make sure its an 8K showcase event.
Specific even…

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Japan prefecture to stop hiring female 'tea squad' for meetings www.theguardian.com

A local government assembly is attempting to shake up Japan’s conservative workplace culture by ending the custom of employing women to serve tea at meetings.
Few official gatherings in Japan have pr…

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Wild and Mythical New Bricolage Paintings by Yusuke Asai www.spoon-tamago.com

Installation view at Wulong Lanba Art Festival, ChinaBorn in Tokyo in 1981, the artist Yusuke Asai (previously) continues to travel the world, creating wild and unrestrained art with whatever canvas …

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What the kimono's wide-reaching influence tells us about cultural appropriation cnn.com

Allyssia Alleyne , CNN Written byRecently, the conversation around cultural appropriation in fashion has been unavoidable.
They were the antithesis of the garments that defined European fashion, whic…

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The Sake Master Reviving a Long-Forgotten Local Rice atlasobscura.com

Every year for decades, scientists at the Hiroshima Prefectural Agriculture Gene Bank have planted a small patch of hattanso rice.
Hiroshima’s rice fields are fecund with Hattanso’s descendants, whic…

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Hideo Kojima’s Strange, Unforgettable Video-Game Worlds www.nytimes.com

In Death Stranding, you assume the role of Sam Porter Bridges (Reedus), a delivery man working in a postapocalyptic America that has dissolved into scattered communities in underground bunkers and ci…

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Japan’s intriguing love of paper www.bbc.com

Transaction charges and a lack of customer demand mean few shops in his area accept cashless payments, he says.
Part of the reason it’s so stubbornly prevalent, he thinks, is Japan’s tradition of lif…

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People in the Tokyo sky, and with no CGI! Photographer’s amazing photo tricks are all in-lens soranews24.com

But one of the 46-story building’s biggest draws is on the roof, where you’ll find the Shibuya Sky outdoor garden and observation deck.
While Shibuya Sky is open-air, it does have glass walls set up …

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