Japan’s fumbling National Theater grasps for relevance

  • January 4, 2024

Mainichi Shimbun, one of Japan’s largest dailies, recently published my article on the government’s scandalous mismanagement of the nation’s soon-to-be-rebuilt National Theater, dedicated to Kabuki and other traditional performing arts. The theater’s travails have been widely noted in the Japanese press, but there has been little analysis of why the troubles have arisen or how to resolve them. I offer my view below.

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20231228/p2a/00m/0op/003000c

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