An Upstate Home Where Japanese Handicraft Meets ‘British Whimsy’

- The artist Ida Ekblad’s fortresslike concrete space in Oslo where the imagination can run wild.

Japan's shifting strategy on rare earths could be a model for the U.S.

Japan is racing to reduce its reliance on Chinese rare earths — from dredging the seabed to inventing new magnets — as its prime minister visits the White House this week.
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8 vintage cookie jars to look for at the thrift store

These valuable vintage cookie jars make for rare and exciting finds at thrift stores.

Kimono upcycling art ‘ikasu’ at sequence MIYASHITA PARK, Shibuya (Mar 20–Apr 19)

Meet Japan’s heritage in modern interiors—ikasu’s kimono art appears in a Shibuya lifestyle hotel SETAGAYA-KU, TOKYO, ...

The Man in the High Castle is now on Netflix, but just watch the first two seasons

If you’re a completionist, you can watch all of The Man in the High Castle, but for the best experience you can just enjoy ...
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Ideology and Libraries: California, Diplomacy, and Occupied Japan, 1945–1952

In 1950 Robert L. Gitler went to Japan to found the first college-level school of library science in that country. His mission, an improbable success, was documented in an assisted autobiography as ...