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November 20, 2025

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Sebastien Raineri

Japan’s treasured traditional arts, such as lacquerware, the tea ceremony and noh theater, face a widening gap between veteran masters and too few successors.

COMMENTARY / Japan

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Japan’s cultural heritage and its aging guardians

Living national treasures are revered. But without reform, the risk of cultural attrition grows.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.

A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo

By Kathryn Wortley

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