Japan
The quest for artificial eggs
Lab-grown gametes could transform fertility treatment – but biology is proving far harder to hack than technology
Japan
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Why Japan fell in love with jazz
The country’s love of detail and discipline finds its purest expression in Tokyo’s tiny clubs and vinyl cafes
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Junko Tabei, the first woman to conquer Everest
Discouraged by the sexism she’d suffered in mountain climbing circles, Tabei took matters into her own hands
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Utagawa Hiroshige, master of fire and water
The elemental works of the Japanese ukiyo-e artist are celebrated in a new book and exhibition at the British Museum
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Multicultural Man: On Hokusai
Putting up pictures in a new home leads to considerable pondering
Japan
It’s Worst Side Story, it’s The Book of Moron.. yes, it’s Rishi the musical!
Featuring the hit show tunes Don’t Cry for Me, Richmond (Yorkshire), Suella, If I Were a Poor Man, and many more!
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Can the G7 deliver for Gen Z?
Young people will spend their lives in the shadow of the problems discussed at the G7 summit. Is real help at hand?
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Ryuichi Sakamoto: Sayonara to a great outernationalist
The Japanese composer’s work
was imbued with a healthy
disregard for musical and
national boundaries
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Discovering a hidden dialect
A brand of English made it all the way to Iwo Jima – but linguists only found out thanks to a travel show on Japanese TV
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Multicultural Man: On useless relics
How a disastrously expensive baseball signing gave his name to a new form of aleatoric art