Norio Takahashi, director of the Association of Japanese Ballet Companies. Several theaters and concert halls in the Tokyo metropolitan area have closed or are being rebuilt due to aging, leaving the entertainment industry facing a serious shortage of performance space. (Yomiuri Shimbun)
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shonanbb
Kodomo no Shiro lost the big Aoyama theater recently. Such is life and too bad it happens.
shallots
Societal decline in progress. All work and no play. Build shopping malls. Tear down the theaters.