Leong Minyi is a Singaporean textile artist specializing in traditional Japanese dyeing techniques. Her Yukata design was displayed alongside works...
The Japanese University Graduates Association of Singapore (JUGAS) marks its 50th Anniversary this year. The association has been active in...
Books transport us to a different realm when we allow them to. This rings true especially when writers seek to draw us into a time past, where elements that would normally be entrenched in history are brought to life with a clever injection of fictional prose. Enter “The Punkhawala and...
It has been a couple of years since some of us at Akadot TV has been able to visit Japan, no thanks to the pandemic, so picture our delight when we found out that Nissin was going to provide us with their newly-launched frozen pastas for our year-end get together!
Foreign media have raised questions about Japan’s COVID-19 measures, such as the non-legally binding requests for closures of facilities and...
Where is home, truly? Mika Tan and Yuki Takeda, a Singaporean-Japanese couple, talk to us over tea about the joys and struggles they face while building a home with each other and thriving in their cross-cultural marriage. Yuki and Mika met as international students in the US, and in Mika’s...
In my previous article, I've talked about my struggles of getting to know people in Japan. Fortunately, I think I've cracked the formula on how to be part of Japanese society, which is actually pretty common sense.
Japanese paper arts are world-famous, as are the raw materials themselves. Think delicate origami figurines and exquisite sheets of washi, or Japanese paper. Paper quilling, on the other hand, has its origins in the convents of medieval France and Italy where resourceful nuns tried to come up with ways to...
Most Japanese expats would be intimately familiar with MBS, the Merlion, and the glitz and glam a la Crazy Rich...
Despite my eager efforts to forge friendships and integrate into the Japanese society, why weren't things working? One major takeaway from my university experience in Japan is that friendly people do not mean friends.
Meet Yuki Takeda and Mika Tan, a Japanese-Singaporean couple! Yuki is a world whistling champion who performs around the world, and Mika works for the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity in the Philippines. They dated for 6 years, with long periods of long distance, before getting hitched in 2018. Akadot TV...
Seijo Ishii, a Tokyo-based supermarket chain specializing in imported and specialty foods, is known for its “ethnic” bento boxes based on various international cuisines. For its 3rd Singapore Fair this month, Seijo Ishii has released takeaway bento versions of four classic Peranakan delights: ayam sio (Peranakan-style braised chicken), beef rendang, dry mee siam and dry laksa.
Prof. Chong Tow Chong, president of SUTD, is a graduate of the Tokyo Institute of Technology (1974-1978). He reminisces about...
Miki Makiura, who is married to a Singaporean Chinese, went through the traditional Singaporean Chinese postpartum practices after giving birth to her son. What was her greatest culture shock? What was her favourite confinement dish?...
