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The NTT ICC’s annual multi-media exhibition showcases art works with technological themes.

Genichiro Inokuma’s “Inokuma-san” retrospective at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery.

An introduction to Monoqueen Ritsuko Yamashita

Seiichi Furuya “Mémoires.” exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography.

Pawel Jaszcuk’s seedy photographs of Tokyo in an exhibition at Zen Foto Gallery.

“Where Is Architecture? Seven Installations by Japanese Architects” at the National Museum of Modern Art.

“Aleksandr Rodchenko & Varvara Stepanova: Visions of Constructivism” at the Teien Art Museum.

The “Post-Fossil” exhibition excavates twenty-first century architecture.

The NADiff gallery building is completely taken over for Mika Ninagawa’s abundant exhibition.

The “Roppongi Crossings” exhibition at the Mori Art Museum asks a brave question.

…was the slogan and rallying cry raised by one speaker at a recent satellite talk event to the “Roppongi Crossing 2010″ exhibition at Mori Art Museum.

Ryoko Kimura’s playful Sugoroku print exhibition examines marriage and images of the Japanese modern male.

Musician, actor and painter John Lurie’s works are exhibited at Watari-um, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art.

Yasumasa Morimura’s major exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography.

21_21 DESIGN SIGHT reflects the achievements of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s epic public art projects.

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo’s annual show this year introduces artists who the self through the “ornament”.

We review Chise Shimomura’s “sightseeing room” installation.

A peek at the jewelry box of Her Royal Highness Victoria’s Empire.

The artist Yukihiro Taguchi is active in Japan and overseas in creating video and installation works that re-evaluate our sense of space.

Tomoaki Suzuki’s sculptures of London people reveal realistic detail but also historical techniques.

The National Film Center screens a major retrospective of Nagisa Oshima, one of the most challenging postwar Japanese filmmakers.

A photography exhibition juxtaposes Ihee Kimura and Henri Cartier-Bresson’s works.

Haruo Mitsuta’s extraordinary miniature sculptures bring an insect world to Tokyo.

Motohiko Odani’s stunning new exhibition mixes gothic images of angels and myths.

An emerging new talent moves seamlessly from sculpture to dance and hip hop.

A new exhibition examines how luxury, status and fashion co-exist.

New works feature heavily in an exhibition at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Tokyo.

A video exhibition explores a virtual Chinese world.

Tokyo FILMeX 2009 offers another enticing lineup of new Asian films, independent works from around the world, and some rare pre-war gems from the vaults of Shochiku.

Titillation in a pine wood setting?