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In what turns out to be Son’s Tottenham farewell tour, Spurs beat Arsenal in Hong Kong
05 August 2025 4:59 AM | No CommentsSon Heung-min leaves Tottenham Hotspur having made 333 appearances for the club over 10 seasons.
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“A Samurai in Time” – 2025 Japan Cuts Film Review
16 July 2025 12:42 PM | No CommentsTime travel is a well-worn trope, but there is a reason that the low-budget “A Samurai in Time” managed to win Best Film honors at the Japan Academy Film Prize.
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Takashi Murakami was everywhere at Art Basel Hong Kong 2025
29 June 2025 11:58 AM | No CommentsThe Japanese artist, both in physical presence and in spirit, seamlessly crossed over to the worlds of art, fashion, sports and even food.
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Paris 2024: Gymnastics – U.S. women victorious in “Redemption Tour”
29 June 2025 2:46 AM | No CommentsThere should have been no doubt: the U.S. women were the favorites to win the Olympic gold. And yet there was, stemming from what happened in Tokyo.
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Paris 2024: U.S. women hang on to win eighth straight Olympic basketball gold
23 June 2025 11:54 AM | No CommentsThe U.S. women's team held off France, 67-66, at Bercy Arena.
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Books & Literature Archive
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Comiket 99 Zine Reviews: The Illustrators
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on August 12, 2022 | No CommentsA few illustrators decided to feature food and fashion in visually creative ways. -
Comiket 99 Zine Reviews: The Travelogues
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on August 10, 2022 | No CommentsPersonal travel diaries were aplenty at Comiket 99. Some were straightforward, detailing a destination(s) and daily random musings. Others, however, went a step further. Our recommendations follow that latter approach. -
Your Guide to Surviving* Comiket
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on August 4, 2022 | No Comments(* = there is really no way to survive Comiket, but hopefully this advice on how to tackle the semi-annual fan convention in Tokyo will help) -
Nanako Hirose’s “book-paper-scissors” – 2019 Busan Film Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 6, 2019 | No CommentsDirected and shot over a period of three years, the documentary examines book designer Nobuyoshi Kikuchi’s meticulous process across seven chapters. -
Kenzo launches biography at the Azzedine Alaïa Association in Paris
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on March 25, 2019 | No CommentsDays after turning 80, the legendary fashion designer appeared at the Association to sign copies of his book, Kenzo Takada, published by Editions du Chêne. -
Graphic Novel Review: Paper Girls, Vols. 1-2
Rex BaylonPosted on June 17, 2017 | No CommentsPaper Girls is a work of unparalleled beauty that plumbs the depths of teenage ennui to present us with a story of four girls. -
Graphic Novel Review: Monstress, Vol. 1
Rex BaylonPosted on June 17, 2017 | No CommentsMonstress, Vol. 1, is a mature work of fantasy and the steampunk genre. It takes the historical and makes it mythic. -
Singapore Contemporary 2017 / PHOTO17: Daido Moriyama
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on May 14, 2017 | No CommentsDaido Moriyama made his mark after capturing scenes of post-war Japan, searching for the sinister and the haunting in a teetering urban landscape. -
Art Stage Singapore 2017: Sai Hashizume – Beautiful Stranger
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on May 13, 2017 | No CommentsThe book examines a decade of work by Sai Hashizume, who places her viewers as uncomfortable near-participants in hyperreal pieces resembling photography. -
Graphic Novel Review: Bitch Planet, Vol. 1
Rex BaylonPosted on May 12, 2017 | No CommentsKelly Sue DeConnick’s graphic novel Bitch Planet (2014-ongoing), is an unabashed celebration to the harridan, hellcat vixens of the female sex.