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Retro Japan: Historic Nagoya water tower reborn as theater center gains cultural status
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (194+ words) September 13, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) NAGOYA -- Resembling an imposing ancient Greek temple, the Nagoya City Performing Arts Studio towers over a park in a residential neighborhood in the city's Nakamura Ward. The cylindrical water tank at the top of the tower measures…...
Is tourism 'bubble' turning Japan's sacred Mount Koya into a 'theme park'?
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (515+ words) September 11, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) KOYA, Wakayama -- On the solemn mountaintop in Koya, Wakayama Prefecture, a sacred Buddhist site popular with inbound visitors to Japan, a walk through the area reveals a changed landscape. "Were temples supposed to pursue profit?" In early…...
Japan temple lodgings on foreign tourist hotspot Mt. Koya underreported income: sources
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (336+ words) September 10, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) KOYA, Wakayama -- The Osaka Regional Taxation Bureau identified widespread income underreporting by religious corporations operating temple lodgings on Japan's popular tourist spot Mount Koya during tax investigations in fiscal 2025. The monk Kukai founded a sacred site of…...
Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum opens a major Yayoi Kusama exhibition after her death last month
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (480+ words) September 10, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) The installation -- specially created for an exhibition of the work of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who died Aug. 14 at age 97 -- is titled "Infinity Mirrored Room -- The Hope Of The Polka Dots Buried In Infinity Will Eternally Cover…...
Easy Japanese news in translation: Japan to nominate Hikone Castle for World Heritage status
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (253+ words) 毎日新聞 Please view the main text area of the page by skipping the main menu. The page may not be displayed properly if the JavaScript is deactivated on your browser. The Japanese government has decided to nominate Hikone Castle in…...
Rising costs threaten Japan's book distribution system
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (526+ words) September 7, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) TOKYO -- Japan's publishing distributors are under severe strain due to rising labor and fuel costs, as well as new trucking industry reform legislation that is expected to sharply increase delivery expenses. If distributors can no longer transport…...
Retro Japan in Photos: Univ. hall in Nishinomiya an architectural legacy of landmark hotel
1+ week, 1+ day ago (50+ words) ［写真特集2/10］ 毎日新聞 Please view the main text area of the page by skipping the main menu. The page may not be displayed properly if the JavaScript is deactivated on your browser. Also in The Mainichi...
Late artist Yayoi Kusama's A-bomb-themed anti-war work on exhibit at Hiroshima museum
1+ week, 5+ day ago (127+ words) September 2, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) HIROSHIMA -- A Hiroshima museum is showing an artwork about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima by Yayoi Kusama, the world-renowned avant-garde artist who died in August at 97. The work, commissioned by the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art…...
From 'Kasai' to 'Kitty,' Japanese-style 'sparkling' names gaining popularity overseas
2+ week, 1+ day ago (339+ words) August 30, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) BERLIN (Mainichi) -- "Ikea," "Fanta" and "Chanel." These names of a major furniture retailer, a soft drink and a famous brand, respectively, have all also been given to babies in Germany. But joining this brand lineup, names drawn…...
Retro Japan: Welfare facility in Tokyo marks century of beauty and strength
2+ week, 1+ day ago (191+ words) August 30, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) TOKYO -- The main building of Yokufukai, a social welfare corporation, has stood for a century amid a vast expanse of greenery in the capital's Suginami Ward. It was designed by architects Yoshikazu Uchida and Tatsundo Toki and…...