Dive into gritty basement raves, step inside obsessive fashion obsessive’ bedrooms, or lose yourself in mountain romance – here are eight of this month’s photography highlights...
Sep 05, 2025
From porn scripts to cult slashers, Takashi Ishii carved out a singular vision of crime, desire and neon-lit melancholy
Aug 21, 2025
As Kyoichi Tsuzuki’s cult book is reissued by Apartamento, the Japanese photographer takes us back to the heady days of early 00s fashion
Aug 12, 2025
A new tome composes four key early publications by the great Japanese photographer, tracing the evolution of his unique and radical vision
Aug 04, 2025
jajaja…瞑想散歩 is inspired by the Japanese belief that at the moment of death, your memories play back like a revolving lantern
Jul 23, 2025
A new book, Manga Corps, chronicles the hidden world of the country’s underground hardcore techno scene in the 1990s
Jul 15, 2025
Fresh off their first world tour, the seven-piece are ushering in a new era for Japanese pop music, in which all artists rise up together
As anime viewership reaches an all-time high globally, we list ten essential series for any new fan of the Japanese animated medium
Jul 11, 2025
80 years after the atomic bomb decimated Hiroshima, Kawada’s new exhibition, Endless Map: Invisible, plots the story of post-WW2 Japan and delves into the mysteries of the cosmos
In a city of widening wealth gaps where the future feels precarious, how do global perceptions stack up against lived reality?
Jun 16, 2025
As the iconic artist’s retrospective opens at London’s Hayward Gallery, he speaks to Dazed about his earliest influences, his mischievous approach to art-making, and why he looks in the mirror and sees a ‘weird, old man’
Jun 12, 2025
Born in Tokyo with Nigerian heritage, the rapper draws inspiration from Nicki Minaj, Lil Uzi Vert and vocaloid artist Hatsune Miku
Ellie Aoki and Erika Fujiwara’s photo series, The World’s Playtoy, looks beyond the Western notion of Japan as a ‘neon-lit fever dream’ to depict the more serene experience of growing up in Osaka
May 23, 2025
In view of their sophomore album, Stay True Forever, the 19-year old internet sensation breaks down their online obsessions, from Japanese math rock and JRPG Yume 2kki to Gossip Girl
Or is he?
May 22, 2025