Japan is eager to get back into the global art world with the expanded editions of Art Week Tokyo and Art Collaboration Kyoto. At the launch of AWT Focus, Art Week Tokyo's new curated sales platform, ...

While the forecast of economic growth has dimmed and the yen is likely weakening, Japan’s disproportionately small art market may yet be finding its way. Data from the Artnet Price Database show that ...

The art market may have softened some, but the wobble hasn’t curbed art dealers’ ambitions. Veteran and first-time gallerists alike continue to dream big, whether they’re venturing into new ...

The start of the year is always a time of intense anticipation for art fans in Tokyo, with the city’s numerous superb museums revealing their exhibition schedules for the coming 12 months. And with ...

Roughly one-third of the exhibitors were new to the fair, signaling growing interest in reaching Japanese collectors. Still, some galleries chose not to return, underscoring the challenges the market ...

Exterior view of Art Week Tokyo Focus, Earth, Wind, and Fire: Visions of the Future from Asia, at the Okura Museum of Art, Tokyo, 2024 Photo by Kei Okano. Courtesy Art Week Tokyo. Not much about ...

TOKYO – Japan art fair Tokyo Gendai officially opened its second edition on July 5, building on the momentum it started in 2023 when it was hailed as the country’s first truly international art fair ...

Located in an old area of Tokyo called Torigoe, CC4441 is surrounded by small factories producing leather products, paper crafts and ornaments. It was designed for a husband who needed a small office ...

Hirohiko Araki began serialising JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure in Weekly Shonen Jump in 1986, launching a saga that has since spanned decades, generations of protagonists and shifting aesthetic paradigms.

Based in Scotland, Finn has been writing about Japanese pop culture for nine years now. He is also a gamer, hiker, and proud vegan. His passion is bringing news straight from Japan to you, in English, ...