Editor's Note: This is the written contribution of Ambassador Kazuya Endo on the occasion of the 69th Japan-Philippines ...

These cities have deep roots in jazz culture—New York, of course, being the birthplace of bebop, and Chicago having its own storied history with the blues and early jazz. Internationally, Japan stands ...

Japan’s art market has outperformed the global industry over the past five years, according to a new report from art economist Clare McAndrew. While global sales ticked up just 1 percent from ...

After a difficult couple of years, Japan’s festivals are back and this year the Reborn-Art Festival takes centre stage. This special event uses the power of art to regenerate communities in the ...

The figures on market growth might be rosy but as the world’s third largest economy with a population of 125.7 million, Japan’s share of the global art market remains disproportionately small ...

Japan’s art-market domination peaked with the 1990 sale of van Gogh’s “Portrait of Dr. Gachet” for $82.5 million. Credit... Peter Morgan/Associated Press.

The exhibition “Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan” is at the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago. By Lori Waxman. PUBLISHED: May 7, 2024 at 5:30 AM CDT.

The Museum of Fine Arts has what may well be the pre-eminent collection of Japanese art in the world outside Japan itself, with 100,000-plus pieces spanning more than a millennium.