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MUSEUMS

Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 12, 2023
Takashi Murakami loves and fears AI
Speaking at an exhibition opening in France, Japanese artist Takashi Murakami offered his thoughts on the positives and negatives of AI.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 1, 2023
Ainu culture at the heart of Hokkaido’s mindful tourism pivot
As Hokkaido looks to promote responsible, community-based tourism centered on Ainu culture and traditions, questions remain as to who stands to gain.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / Longform
Feb 13, 2023
Museums in Japan adjust to life after COVID-19
The country’s cultural spaces are looking to rethink their role in society as they face an uncertain future due to increased competition and an aging population.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Jan 16, 2023
After 40 years, work to return Okinawa's cultural assets continues
Many artifacts were taken to the U.S. after World War II, and the Ryukyu America Historical Research Society has been working to find and retrieve them.
JAPAN
Jan 11, 2023
Samurai swords and ancient scrolls hit by global energy crisis
The Tokyo National Museum expects utility costs to more than double the budget allocated for this year ending in March.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 29, 2022
Matsuo Basho's lost travelogue finds its way to Kyoto
A new joint exhibition at two museums complement the poet's travel manuscript, which went missing for half a century, with paintings by Yosa Buson and Ito Jakuchu.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jun 15, 2022
Net-zero Picasso: Museums rethink art shows to cut climate impact
While there is little museums can do to reduce the carbon footprint made by the air travel of tourists, they can cut back on the flights a Warhol or Picasso makes.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 3, 2022
In a museum show, Ukraine tells the story of a war still in progress
The effort to chronicle the war even as battles continue to rage in Ukraine is one of several ways that the government is highlighting the devastation its people have endured.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 27, 2022
Online army deploys to save Ukraine's art and heritage
Historians, librarians and IT specialists from around the world have joined forces since the invasion began to form an online army to back up everything from websites to libraries.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Mar 8, 2022
A 'gateway to Japanese culture’ celebrates its 150th anniversary
From the Meiji Era to the modern day, the Tokyo National Museum's story sheds light on Japan's global ties over the years.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 11, 2021
Hong Kong opens new modern art museum under national security cloud
The imposition of a sweeping national security law by China last year on its once freest city is casting a pall over the opening of Hong Kong's M+ contemporary art museum.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 22, 2021
One year into pandemic, the art world adapts to survive
The art community is reeling from the impact of lockdowns, travel bans and social distancing, but buying by the ultrawealthy has held up.
Japan's biggest beef bowl chain Sukiya to shut nearly 2,000 stores after rat and bug contamination
Zensho Holdings, operator of fast-food chain Sukiya, said it will close all of its stores in Japan, except for a small number in shopping centers, between Monday and Friday following recent contamination incidents.
Alert raised for volcano in southwestern Japan
Shinmoedake, a volcano located between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, in November 2019
Japan considers all possible options as Trump threatens new auto tariffs
Subaru cars awaiting export at a port in Yokohama on Thursday.
Nankai Trough earthquake could kill 298,000 people, government says
Residents participate in an evacuation drill held with West Japan Railway in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, in January 2024 to prepare for a Nankai Trough earthquake and a possible tsunami following the quake.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.
Tokyo tech failures lean into misfortune, mistakes and missteps
Tsuyoshi Domoto in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on March 28. As an entrepreneur, Domoto experienced plenty of setbacks but maintains a positive attitude and continues to pursue his dreams.
Who among the opposition would join the ruling coalition?
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba enters his office in Tokyo on Friday.
Traveling the Three-Star Road, the tourist route made from thin air
Scenes like this snow-covered bridge leading to the village of Shirakawa-go are what make the Three-Star Road worth traveling — its name notwithstanding.
Recent spate of wildfires in Japan and South Korea linked to climate change
Smoke and flames rise from a wildfire in Andong, South Korea, on Tuesday.

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