These days I'm often grateful to my parents. I grew up in a small seaside town called Ohka in Karatsu, Saga in Japan. The ocean was in...

I still had not announced here yet, but I was planning to have my first exhibition in Japan in April. However, I will no longer...

What I know is important while working on art is not to think. For me, thinking limits my possibilities. Great ideas always fall on me at...

It's been difficult to have a conversation with people who criticize somebody or something. However I myself was criticizing before. For...

Someone I’ve known passed away about a week ago. I was meeting him every three months or so to feel his compassionate and supportive...

Over 10 days have already passed this year. My impression of 2020 is extremely light. It is as light as if I can flow anywhere I want to....

Sometimes I hear people say 'Everyone is not perfect.' But when you focus on imperfection, you may feel something is lacking about you,...

A happy new year! We've finally come to 2020. Last year was tumultuous and I experienced incredible change in me. I feel 2020 is going to...

On July 14, 2017, destiny manifest. In a bright room in the offices of ABKCO Music & Records in New York City, I sat with maestro...

One of Japan’s most well-known film directors Nobuhiko Obayashi visited New York City’s Japan Society to attend the largest retrospective...

In his work as a filmmaker Portuguese director Miguel Gomes strives to discover the film, and by this approach he exposes its...

Every July, Japan Society hosts the much-awaited festival of new Japanese films Japan Cuts! Actors and directors visit the festival to...