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New teamLab Borderless museum opens in central Tokyo

STORY: New teamLab Borderless museum opens in central Tokyo SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 1, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 9, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:14 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: CULTURE/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the museum 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): TAKASHI KUDO, Communications director at teamLab 3. various of the museum STORYLINE: A museum showcasing the works of the Japanese digital art collective teamLab opened Friday in Tokyo's new landmark Azabudai Hills complex. TeamLab Borderless: Mori Building Digital Art Museum, located in Japan's newly-opened Azabudai Hills, houses around 50 works that make full use of projectors and various lights, featuring a "world of artworks without boundaries." At a recent sneak peek event showcasing the new works, Takashi Kudo, communications director at teamLab, told Xinhua that teamLab tried to make this new home even more borderless and interactive where visitors will become part of the exhibition as their presence will affect the artworks. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): TAKASHI KUDO, Communi

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Agency meets press after Himawari 8 launch

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - Takashi Mori (C), director of the satellite program division at the Japan Meteorological Agency, speaks during a press conference at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 7, 2014, after the day's successful launch of the Himawari 8 weather satellite.

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Putin asks Keidanren to send economic mission to Russia

TOKYO, Japan - Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shares a toast with Takashi Imai, chairman of the Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren), on Sept. 5 at a welcome luncheon hosted by the influential business group. Putin asked Keidanren to send an economic mission to Russia after he completed two days of summit talks with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori without a breakthrough in a long-standing bilateral territorial row.

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Opposition tables censure motion against Mori

TOKYO, Japan - Three opposition parties submit a nonbinding resolution of censure against Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori to the House of Councillors on May 30 over the premier's controversial remark that Japan is a divine country centered on the emperor. The photo shows Takashi Tanimoto (far L) of the Social Democratic Party, Yoshiki Yamashita (2nd from L) of the Japanese Communist Party, and Toshimi Kitazawa (3rd from L) of the Democratic Party of Japan -- all chairmen of the parties' Diet Affairs committees, submitting the resolution of censure to upper house President Juro Saito (R).

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Top spokesman heads list for acting premier

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (C) and his cabinet members decide April 14 to designate Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki (1) as acting premier in the event the premier becomes unable to carry out his duties. Mori said Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (2) would be second in line for the post, followed by Construction Minister Masaaki Nakayama (3), International Trade and Industry Minister Takashi Fukaya (4) and Defense Agency Chief Tsutomu Kawara (5). The arrangement stands only for Mori's cabinet. Successive prime ministers will draw up their own list when they launch their cabinets.

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Mori takes LDP's No. 2 post

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on July 25 appoints Yoshiro Mori (L), chairman of the party's decision-making General Council, as the new party secretary general. The LDP also appointed former posts minister Takashi Fukaya (2nd from R) chairman of the General Council and former Foreign Minister Yukihiko Ikeda (R) chairman of the Policy Research Council.

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Putin asks Keidanren to send economic mission to Russia

TOKYO, Japan - Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shares a toast with Takashi Imai, chairman of the Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren), on Sept. 5 at a welcome luncheon hosted by the influential business group. Putin asked Keidanren to send an economic mission to Russia after he completed two days of summit talks with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori without a breakthrough in a long-standing bilateral territorial row.

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Opposition tables censure motion against Mori

TOKYO, Japan - Three opposition parties submit a nonbinding resolution of censure against Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori to the House of Councillors on May 30 over the premier's controversial remark that Japan is a divine country centered on the emperor. The photo shows Takashi Tanimoto (far L) of the Social Democratic Party, Yoshiki Yamashita (2nd from L) of the Japanese Communist Party, and Toshimi Kitazawa (3rd from L) of the Democratic Party of Japan -- all chairmen of the parties' Diet Affairs committees, submitting the resolution of censure to upper house President Juro Saito (R).

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Top spokesman heads list for acting premier

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (C) and his cabinet members decide April 14 to designate Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki (1) as acting premier in the event the premier becomes unable to carry out his duties. Mori said Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (2) would be second in line for the post, followed by Construction Minister Masaaki Nakayama (3), International Trade and Industry Minister Takashi Fukaya (4) and Defense Agency Chief Tsutomu Kawara (5). The arrangement stands only for Mori's cabinet. Successive prime ministers will draw up their own list when they launch their cabinets.

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Mori takes LDP's No. 2 post

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on July 25 appoints Yoshiro Mori (L), chairman of the party's decision-making General Council, as the new party secretary general. The LDP also appointed former posts minister Takashi Fukaya (2nd from R) chairman of the General Council and former Foreign Minister Yukihiko Ikeda (R) chairman of the Policy Research Council. ==Kyodo