Japanese collectors spent billions on European paintings during the bubble economy of the 1980s. Officials today hope to ...

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Japan's century-old Mingei, or folk art, movement celebrates the everyday work of anonymous artists. It stands in contrast to both fine arts and industrially mass-produced goods. And it's having a yet ...