Shibari, or kinbaku, is the art of Japanese rope tying. It falls under the “B” in BDSM—bondage. Kinbaku actually means “tight binding” and shibari means “tying.” It’s a true art form that takes great ...

Pace Gallery, one of the largest art galleries in the world, has an ambitious mission in Japan: turning the country into a leading regional art market. And for Pace’s Japan branch, having more ...

Nigel first entered the world of automotive journalism in the mid-80s, working for what was then the “bible” of weekly automotive content - Motoring News. Those were the days of tip-tap typewriters, ...

These parachutes may be full of holes, but they really hit the mark. Inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, or paper cutting, scientists made parachutes that open automatically when dropped. And ...

“Prism of the Real,” on through Dec. 8, explores how artists challenged the structures of power by creating new spaces for dialogue and experimentation. Photo: Keizo Kioku When thinking about art in ...

The Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, a private museum created on the outskirts of Tokyo in 1990, is cashing in on its collection of canonical Western Modernism. The museum, which was owned by the ...

While Japan’s art scene never stops buzzing, this fall brings a confluence of major art events not just to the capital but across the country, with a wealth of art installations in far-flung locations ...

Sept 10 (Reuters) - Video platform Vimeo, whose popularity surged during the pandemic, said on Wednesday it will be acquired by Italian app developer Bending Spoons for about $1.38 billion, a deal ...

Vimeo is going private: The video platform, at one time a would-be competitor to YouTube, has agreed to be acquired by European tech company Bending Spoons, in an all-cash deal valued at approximately ...

Vimeo, the online video platform that has struggled to compete against the likes of YouTube and TikTok, agreed to a $1.38 billion, all-cash takeover by European mobile app developer Bending Spoons.

Graphic depictions of enormous phalluses and acrobatic sex positions have long rendered centuries-old Japanese “shunga” art taboo, but a rare exhibition aims to prove the genre is a world apart from ...

"Instead of women just being an object that men look at... this is really showing female power through pleasure", Singmann, a spokesperson for a sex toy brand, told AFP. Her colleague Miyu Ozawa, 30, ...