Comment by ISVD's Representative Director Naoya Yokota Published in the Tokyo Shimbun's Kochira Tokuhobu Section
The Tokyo Shimbun's morning edition of 25 September 2026 carried a comment by Naoya Yokota, representative director of ISVD, in its Kochira Tokuhobu section. The article covers the fee rise at Japan's national art museums and the government's call for exhibitions that earn money. The interview related to a column ISVD published in March.
On 25 September 2026, the Tokyo Shimbun's morning edition ran a Kochira Tokuhobu feature on the fee rise at Japan's national art museums and the government's call for exhibitions that earn money. The article carries a comment by Naoya Yokota, representative director of ISVD, on the medium-term objectives the government set for the museums.
The purpose of art is becoming a question of business, of whether it can make money, rather than one of shaping culture. I wonder whether only people with money will be able to go, and whether art will drift away from shaping culture. (translated from Japanese)
The article is in Japanese and is for Tokyo Shimbun Digital members. It is at the page below.
- 国立美術館が入館料を大幅値上げ…「稼げる展示」求める国の姿勢に「文化軽視の国は先進国じゃない」の声 (National art museums raise admission fees sharply; critics of the government's push for "exhibitions that earn money" say "a country that neglects culture is not an advanced country")（外部サイト、新しいタブで開きます） (Tokyo Shimbun, 25 September 2026)
The interview related to a column ISVD published in March 2026 on museums and public funding（このサイトの記事）.
