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玄関 – Genkan (Recommended)


INTERVIEW BY JOHN EINARSEN Over the past eight years, Ryuta and Chieko Kobayashi have resided in shelters made of cardboard and wood, crafted with their own hands, under the Kojinguchi Bridge on the Kamo River…


BY GAIL GUTRADT I have come as a volunteer from the United States, to live with children orphaned by the AIDS epidemic that has raged in Cambodia since the 1990s…


BY ISAAC S. BLACKSIN The story of Mes Aynak is perfect for mass media. It has controversy, violence, and an exotic locale. It includes the promise of national wealth and the consequences of corporate greed…


BY ALLAN G. GRAPARD Japanese cultural tradition hides a vast storehouse of notions and practices that may be helpful in establishing a culturally-grounded eco-philosophy…


 

ONLINE FEATURE
BY DR. KENJIRO SETOUE, TRANS. BY JEFFREY S. IRISH

NEW! Excerpts from Doctor Stories, a translation of the island journals of Dr. Kenjiro Setoue, the legendary "Dr. Koto"...
Women In-Between

Asian Women Artists 1984-2012


What does it mean to connect the fifty women artists of sixteen different Asian countries and regions represented in this exhibition by calling them “Women In-Between”?

ODA MAYUMI

Interview by ALICE MIYAGAWA

The Energy of Change, Feminization and the New Birth of Japan

FRESH CURRENTS

The consequences of Japan’s decision to go nuclear — and the path forward in a post-Fukushima world to a renewable-energy-based future. In print and digital editions Read an excerpt:

GROW YOUR OWN ENERGY

BY WINIFRED BIRD