Japanese mathematician who pioneered new computer methods for calculating the value of π to unprecedented levels of precision. Prior to Kanada's work,π had been calculated to 2,037 places using computers while, calculating by hand,...

Yasumasa Kanada (金田 康正, Kanada Yasumasa?) is a Japanese mathematician most known for his numerous world records over the past two decades for calculating digits of π. He has set the record 9 of the past 11 times. Kanada is a professor in the...

YOKOHAMA Yasumasa Morimura YOKOHAMA MUSEUM OF ART This midcareer survey, curated by Mayumi Otsuka and Eriko Kimura and originally presented at the Kumamoto Museum of Art, showed Yasumasa Morimura's major works from 1985 through 2007 in a theatrical framework: The museum...

Yasumasa Morimura's performance piece 'Mother (Judith II)' is an Oriental portrait based on the biblical story of Judith and Holofernes. While the costumes and general concept are Western, similar to Delacroix, Ingres and Gerome, the radical Orientalism shocks the viewer. Morimura plays with the...