As Japanese culture seeps into the American mainstream, a key US institution devoted to Japan has crossed a threshold -- its new head is Japanese. And he is out to make sure Japan's influence gets noticed. Motoatsu Sakurai, a former executive and ambassador, took over last month as president of the Japan Society -- founded in 1907 by members of New ...

“Five days’ sex at the same place. They just stay there and have an enormous number of making love.” Now that Japan Society’s artistic director Yoko Shioya had our attention, we took notes about Five Days in March, a play in which two urban Japanese hipsters embark on a many-night one-night stand. “We Japanese say ‘love hotel,’ which is ...

9:30 a.m. Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Convention Center Development Corporation; Offices of the Empire State Development Corporation, 633 Third Ave., 37th Floor Conference Room. 11:30 a.m. Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum urges more access to immigrant crime victim visas; Children's Aid Society, 105 East 22nd St., 9th Floor Conference Room. 1 to ...