Japanese Market News

Modern art in Japan reached a new level when Takashi Murakami and Yoshimoto Nara artwork were sold in the millions at an auction held in New York early this year. Pricing in the art world was once controlled by the western world but now Asian art dealers have more of a presence and voice in order to achieve their goal of promoting modern Asian art to the world. With the rising number of wealthy potential clients willing to purchase modern art for investment, this is a perfect time for the Japanese art industry to flourish.

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These past few years zoos and aquariums have experienced a surge in popularity which all began with the country’s new found fascination with Asahiyama Zoo located in a rural area in northern Japan. There is no secret magical formula to what the zoo did to increase visitors. The core reason behind its popularity lies in the zoo’s layout which was redeveloped so the animals were not just caged and displayed but redesigned so visitors can interact with the animals. Other changes include increase in number of animals and the addition of night time hours which was unexpectedly popular among the public. Zoos and aquariums across Japan followed suit and as a result have experienced its share of popularity.

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