The interview explores the current posture of O.N.O, a music producer and DJ as well as a member of THA BLUE HERB, a hip-hop group based in Sapporo, Hokkaido who is active both locally and globally.

We interviewed Black Country, New Road, who played in Japan for the first time at Fuji Rock Festival ’22.

This series introduces J-Beauty brands in Europe from the perspective of Keiko Suyama, whose company Dessigne consults in the entry of Japanese beauty brands to the European market. For the sixth installment of this series, we feature REY TOKYO, helmed by Rey Nakajima.

Documenta 15 is the 15th installment of Documenta, an art exhibition held in Kassel, Germany. This year, Ruangrupa, an Indonesian collective, curated Documenta 15. Hiroyoshi Tomite reports on the artworks exhibited in Mitte.

DJ Kenji Takimi speaks on Primal Scream’s sound and transformation during the Second Summer of Love era.

We asked Taiwanese manga artist/illustrator Gao Yan about her first serialized work, The Song About Green – Gather the Wind, which was published as a book in May. She spoke on the backstory of her work and her first encounters with Japanese culture.

A column by Rishi , editor-in-chief of the music zine 痙攣, about the manga artist Tatsuki Fujimoto.

Taku Obata, an artist passing down the tradition of B BOYism returns with his large-scale sculpture “B BOY REVENGE 2022.” We approached him about his perspective in an interview.

California Store is a souvenir shop in Nakameguro, Tokyo, with an eye-catching assortment of products that can’t be found anywhere else. The owner Takahiro Akiyama speaks on the meaning behind the store’s theme, “cheerful and fun eroticism” and his signature T-shirts.

Skateboarding can be viewed from multiple angles in this age of diversity. What does it look like to you? What exactly is skateboarding? There is probably more than one answer to these questions. Obviously, the answers varies depending on the times and the way it appeals to society. This time, we’ll focus on people who continue to look at and record the most universal aspects of skateboarding.

Part two of our interview with Kazuki Arima of OTOGIVANASHI, who have released their new album, Us.

1972-2022 TOMMAX and Osamu Nagahama: Two Mens’s Okinawa and America, an exhibition of work by the photographer Osamu Nagahama and the contemporary artist Tsutomu Makishi (TOMMAX), was held this year in Okinawa, Japan. We interviewed Osamu Nagahama in Okinawa. This second part focuses on the work exhibited in the show.

Part one of our interview with Kazuki Arima of OTOGIVANASHI, who have released their new album, Us.

Fujii Kaze just released his sophomore album, Love All Serve All, and is currently on tour. We investigate what makes his music attract so many people.

Born in 2000, Joshua Nishimiya is a skater leading the way for the next generation. We spoke to him about his thoughts on the skate scene and vision for the future.

The interview explores architect Hiroshi Nakamura’s plan and concept of the Shinpujuyo-sho and Seishin-sho at Toshogu Shrine in Ueno, Tokyo.

An interview with artist SHUN SUDO, whose solo exhibition “Blowin’ in the Wind” was held at elephant studio in Tokyo until July 24.

1972-2022 TOMMAX and Osamu Nagahama: Two Mens’s Okinawa and America, an exhibition of work by the photographer Osamu Nagahama and the contemporary artist Tsutomu Makishi (TOMMAX), was held this year in Okinawa, Japan. We interviewed Osamu Nagahama in Okinawa. In this first part, Nagahama tells us about how the two met, and details his own career as a photographer.

Peppe introduces his first encounter with Japanese culture through his manga. The fourth installment is on his visit to the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum in Koganei, Tokyo.

Tomo Kosuga, an art producer living in Amsterdam, explores photography around the world today in this series of columns. In his seventh installment, he reveals the long-veiled, unknown lifetime of Dutch photographer Paul Blanca.

Stefan Dotter, founder of Berlin-and-Tokyo-based publisher Whitelies, talks about what goes on behind its creative process.

Kuunatic is a band that makes tribal, shamanistic music based on mythologies and moon-worshipping. They released their first LP last October through German label Glitterbeat Records and successfully played at 30 venues for their European tour this summer. We explore who Kuunatic is.

Fumito Takekura, author of the bestseller 土偶を読む (Reading Dogū), which won both the Suntory Prize for Social Science and Humanities and the Jun Miura Prize, discusses the Jomon culture and contemporary social issues.

SELF 07 is the latest iteration of an art series held in six different international cities, curated by Saint Laurent’s Anthony Vaccarello. We spoke to Takashi Homma, a Magnum Photos guest photographer, about what went into exhibiting his photographs in Tokyo.

This project asks creators about the allure of made-in-Japan brands and products. The eighth instalment introduces comi, a designer who thinks about sustainable manufacturing through her brand “cycles.”

What Nao Tokuda, a Japanese architectural designer who started his own business in Tbilisi, is aiming for in the country known as the last unexplored region of Europe.