While South Korea’s art scene has been stealing the spotlight in recent years, Japan is staging a quiet yet deliberate comeback. A recently published study by Dr. Clare McAndrew (the brains behind the ...

Japanese collectors spent billions on European paintings during the bubble economy of the 1980s. Officials today hope to inspire a new generation of art lovers. The artist Yuko Mohri in her studio ...

An array of recent initiatives have drawn international notice. Officials say they are taking the long view. Into Art display at the Tokyo Gendai fair earlier this month. Courtesy of Tokyo Gendai.

When Art Week Tokyo first welcomed international visitors in 2022 as travel restrictions eased, it was considered to be flipping the art world’s usual script by bussing VIPs directly to galleries ...

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 ...

Tucked away in the attic of a Massachusetts home was not one, not two — but 22 pieces of stolen Japanese antiques, including a hand-drawn map, ceramics and portraits of Okinawan kings, some dating ...