Art Week Tokyo’s Atsuko Ninagawa wants to connect the city’s scattered art scene
The fifth edition brings together 56 venues and international participants for five days of exhibitions, conversations and creative exchange.
Summary by The Tokyo Editorial Desk · As published by The Japan Times · · 1 min read
The fifth edition brings together 56 venues and international participants for five days of exhibitions, conversations and creative exchange.

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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks opened lower Wednesday amid a wait-and-see mood ahead of the results of the U.S. midterm elections.In the first 15 minut
The Mainichi (English) · Nov 4, 2026

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TOYAMA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Ryoshin Takagi, who was the last surviving plaintiff in the landmark "itai-itai" disease lawsuit against a major Japanese com
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Asian Football Confederation announced Tuesday the Asian Cup originally scheduled for early next year in Saudi Arabia has been po
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MAEBASHI(Kyodo) -- From traditional folk songs to modern pop hits, Japan is turning stretches of ordinary road into unlikely tourist attractions, with
The Mainichi (English) · Nov 4, 2026

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NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Social media is changing the face of juvenile delinquency in Japan, allowing teenagers to form groups beyond their schools and organ
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ALMATY, Kazakhstan (Mainichi) -- Japan Centers for Human Resources Development are seeing their roles change after being opened in various countries u
The Mainichi (English) · Nov 4, 2026

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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- After winning his first Winter Olympic gold medal four years ago, a seventh place finish this February in northern Italy ended snowbo
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OSAKA (Kyodo) -- Veterinary hospitals in Japan are struggling to secure enough blood for life-saving transfusions for dogs, prompting researchers to e
The Mainichi (English) · Nov 4, 2026

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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan on Nov. 3 marked 80 years since the promulgation of its postwar Constitution, with the path toward a first-ever amendment uncer
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KOFU (Kyodo) -- Nearly eight decades after Japanese novelist Osamu Dazai's death, his troubled characters and portrayals of human insecurity are strik
The Mainichi (English) · Nov 4, 2026

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A guide to Japan’s forests, from Hokkaido’s taiga to Okinawa’s jungle, with ancient beech, sacred cedar and rare wildlife. The post Wild Roots: A tour of Japan’s forests appeared first on Metropolis Japan ....
Metropolis Japan · Nov 4, 2026

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The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has announced that the nation's underlying inflation rate, which excludes temporary fluctuations, has reached its 2% target. I
The Mainichi (English) · Nov 3, 2026