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Fujifilm unveils new QuickSnap cameras with Gen Z in mind | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
2+ hour, 19+ min ago (408+ words) By AZUSA USHIO/ Staff Writer August 5, 2026 at 07:00 JST Fujifilm Corp.‛s new QuickSnap Black and White (black-and-white film model), left, and QuickSnap Active (waterproof model) in Tokyo‛s Minato Ward on July 1 (Nobuo Fujiwara) Fujifilm Corp. is releasing two new…...
Student opens museum showing his mechanical pencils in Kyoto | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
1+ week, 4+ day ago (91+ words) By YOSHIAKI ARAI/ Staff Writer July 21, 2026 at 07:00 JST The “Propelling Pencil,” left, and the “Twist Pencil,” Hirose Teppitsudo’s original mechanical pencil products, in Kyoto’s Nakagyo Ward on June 27 (Yoshiaki Arai) KYOTO--When he was in the third grade, Kengo Hirose…...
WWII Japanese engineer’s art on show for 1st time in Philippines | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
4+ week, 1+ day ago (88+ words) By MASAHIKO OHTA/ Staff Writer July 2, 2026 at 17:30 JST A sketch by Shinichi Komatsu depicting a scene at a prisoner-of-war camp (Provided by the Prisoner’s Diary Museum) Rare sketches by a Japanese civilian offering a personal and complex perspective of wartime…...
Monet’s Garden in Japan looking more like one of his masterpieces | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
4+ week, 1+ day ago (113+ words) June 21, 2026 at 07:00 JST Water lilies in the Water Garden of Monet’s Garden Marmottan in Kitagawa village, Kochi Prefecture, in May. An arched bridge modeled after one in Claude Monet’s garden in Giverny is in the back. (Hiyori Uchiumi) KITAGAWA, Kochi…...
Kyoto exhibition to feature Kano school painters’ masterpieces | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (115+ words) By SACHI MATSUMOTO/ Staff Writer June 22, 2026 at 07:00 JST A part of Kano Tanyu’s “Peacock and Pine,” an important cultural property created in 1626 and housed at the Kyoto city government’s Nijo Castle Office (Provided by the Kyoto National Museum) KYOTO--A…...
Tokyo’s ‘Sagrada Familia’ stands defiant after 20 years of building | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (103+ words) By MANABU UEDA/ Staff Writer May 16, 2026 at 07:00 JST Crimson glory vine patterns molded into the ceiling of the building's basement in the capital’s Minato Ward on March 18 (Manabu Ueda) In the shadow of the sleek glass-and-steel towers that dot the…...
VOX POPULI: Teru Ando, the original sculptor of Hachiko who died in air raid | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (629+ words) August 13, 2025 at 12:06 JST The most famous dog in Japan is surely Hachiko (1923-1935), the faithful Akita Inu who sits enshrined in front of Shibuya Station, Tokyo’s bustling rail and subway hub. His true story of lifelong devotion to his owner, professor…...