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“We have been waiting for a Tokyo-Barcelona flight for many years”

2 weeks ago | cataloniatoday.cat | Josep Solano

They were the pioneers in laying the foundations for stable economic and social relations between Catalonia and Japan. Founded in 1985, this year marks the 40th anniversary of the Japanese Association of Friendship with Catalonia, consolidating it as one of the fundamental pillars of cultural exchange between the two countries. The general secretary of the association, Asami Miotani, reflects on the progress made and the future challenges in the promotion of Catalan culture in Japan.
Catalan declines as a choice for readers

1 month ago | cataloniatoday.cat | Lluís Llort

In 2024, books in Catalan regained the level of readers they had enjoyed before the Covid pandemic in Catalonia, at eight out of ten people. This is the most positive conclusion to come out of the latest Barometer of Reading and Book Purchasing Habits in Spain, which also found that last year the number of book readers with Catalan as their preferred language fell to 26.8%, as reported by the Catalan News Agency.
“We have lost the art of conversation and we no longer talk to each other”

1 month ago | cataloniatoday.cat | Carina Filella

The arts are a unique expression of humanity and a key driver for our growth David Bueno argues in his book L’art de ser humans (The Art of Being Human), which won the Josep Pla Prize 2025. Are the arts what differentiates us from other animals? Yes, this is the book’s starting point. We call ourselves an intelligent species and there are other species of different degrees of intelligence but one thing no other species has is the ability to generate art.
Making perfumes drop by drop

Jun 8, 2024 | cataloniatoday.cat | Mireia Rourera

Esperança Casas has rarely repeated a perfume. Only in very exceptional cases has she decided not to destroy a formula and make it a second time, and from each of the perfumes she has repeated she remembers the reason why.
The best meat in the world

Jun 8, 2024 | cataloniatoday.cat | Mireia Rourera

Incredible things happen in Barcelona. Proof of that is Hiroki Ito’s recent visit from Japan. Ito represents the third generation of the Ito Ranch, located in Mie Prefecture, the only farm to supply Japan and the world’s most valuable meat: Matsusaka beef. Many people have heard of Kobe beef, which was first exported in 2014 and can only be found in seven restaurants in the entire Spanish state and few others around the world, but Matsusaka beef has remained relatively unknown until now.
Miró and Matisse, a relationship never explored

Feb 3, 2024 | cataloniatoday.cat | Maria Palau

The Miró Foundation will continue with its exhibitions focusing on contemporaries of the Catalan artist who also have their own dedicated museums. Paul Klee was the first in autumn 2022, in a joint project with the artist’s museum in Bern. The next be Henri Matisse this autumn in what will be one of the highlights of the season, not only because of the importance of the Matisse name but also because the relationship the French artist had with Miró has never before been explored in any exhibition.
BCNegra returns with lifetime award for Jo Nesbo

Feb 3, 2024 | cataloniatoday.cat | Lluís Llort

The news conference to announce this year’s BCNegra provided some clues about the focus of this year’s edition of Barcelona’s annual literary festival dedicated to noir and crime fiction. The venue for the event in the city’s historic Born neighbourhood was half-hidden amid dim alleyways in a clandestine atmosphere reminiscent of the prohibition era of the United States.
L'FMI baixa a l'1,5% el creixement d'Espanya en 2024, l'economia més sòlida d'eurozona

Jan 30, 2024 | cataloniatoday.cat | J. Guillamon

El Fons Monetari Internacional (FMI) ha rebaixat aquest dimarts dues dècimes les estimacions de creixement d’Espanya per a aquest 2024 i les ha situat en l’1,5%, encara que el país continua sent l’economia més sòlida de l’eurozona, que creixerà només el 0,9%. La xifra és lleugerament inferior a l’última estimació del Banc d’Espanya, que assenyala que l’economia creixerà l’1,6% aquest 2024 i l’1,9% en 2025.
“This climate crisis affects all living organisms on the planet, not just us”

Jan 6, 2024 | cataloniatoday.cat | Xavi Aguilar

UAB Department of Genetics and Microbiology researcher Jaime Martínez-Urtaza is one of the experts who participated in the Lancet Countdown 2023, the annual report on the impact of climate change on health published in prestigious scientific journal, The Lancet. The molecular epidemiologist and genomics specialist has spent the last few years studying how organisms of different biological complexity can adapt to the changes caused by climate change and survive.
Tourism’s dark side

Jan 6, 2024 | cataloniatoday.cat | Mercè Miralles

Let’s shine a light on the darkness is the well-known slogan of TV3’s true crime programme Crims. The success of the series reflects the public’s appetite for the grisly details of crimes and the darker side of life. Along with TV programmes and podcasts, there have also been a spate of books on the subject, such as True crime. La fascinación del mal (Ariel, 2021), by the Valencian criminologist Vicente Garrido.