Art, architecture and travel in Japan

La vie magnifique: a trio of artists celebrate the banal at Palais de Tokyo

Ugo Rondinone, Ragnar Kjartansson and Mélanie Matranga take over Paris' Palais de Tokyo with a trio of shows that celebrate the beauty of the everyday

By Ali Morris Last updated 21 October 22

Carsten Höller curates JapanCongo in Grenoble

By Malaika Byng Last updated 21 October 22

Cultural connection: Mono Japan celebrates Eastern craft in Amsterdam

By Sujata Burman Last updated 21 October 22

Ambiente 2014: the Frankfurt design fair casts a spotlight on Japan amid its new launches

By Rosa Bertoli Last updated 21 October 22

Seeing red: a new monograph gets under the skin of installation artist Chiharu Shiota

By Charlotte Jansen Last updated 21 October 22

Block party: a new book explores Tokyo’s unique family homes

By Gordon Knight Last updated 21 October 22

After shock: New York’s Japan Society presents work on the 3/11 tragedy

By Olivia Martin Last updated 21 October 22

Pettanco House is a live/work space that showcases fine Japanese carpentry

By Sara Sturges Last updated 21 October 22

Ahead of the curve: we visit D House, Ron Arad's latest project in Tokyo

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 20 October 22

The outsider's view: W* catches up with Japanese architect Yo Shimada

By Gordon Knight Last updated 20 October 22

Interactive floorplan: Base Valley House, Japan

By Cathelijne Nuijsink Last updated 20 October 22

A timber house in a Japanese forest brings a couple closer to their family

A couple's new home in a forest in Okayama, next door to their family, has been designed by Osaka based architect Tsubasa Iwahashi with equal parts of togetherness and independence

By Harriet Thorpe Last updated 20 October 22

Hiroshi Sambuichi reveals Cisternerne extension in Denmark

Japanese architect Hiroshi Sambuichi and Cisternerne director Astrid la Cour reveal plans for a new exhibition space in Denmark 

By Jens H Jensen Last updated 20 October 22

Katagiri Architecture and Design

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 20 October 22

Adam Nathaniel Furman’s colourful vision for a Tokyo apartment

By Ali Morris Last updated 20 October 22

Hayakawa/Kowalczyk

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 20 October 22

Shuhei Goto Architects

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 20 October 22

Collecting memories: Shinro Ohtake debuts his first UK solo multimedia show at Parasol Unit

By Nick Compton Last updated 19 October 22

Shingo Masuda + Katsuhisa Otsubo Architects

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 19 October 22

What lies beneath: a swirling installation in light by TeamLab is pulling us in

By Elly Parsons Last updated 18 October 22

Nobuyoshi Araki explores the beauty of Japanese bondage and flower arranging

By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated 18 October 22

Need-to-know technology news from Salone del Mobile 2018

By Elly Parsons Last updated 18 October 22

Lexus RC F swaps the marque’s tech-first attitude for pure power

By Jonathan Bell Last updated 18 October 22

Sex, death and toy dinosaurs collide in Nobuyoshi Araki's latest exhibition

By Nick Compton Last updated 18 October 22