The Yomiuri Shimbun

1:00 JST, August 22, 2025

A committee of representatives from the public and private sectors has compiled a basic plan for establishing a facility to train young people to carry on the tradition of Wajima-nuri lacquerware, as the Wajima area has been hit hard in recent years by the Noto Peninsula Earthquake and other disasters.

The plan was agreed to on Wednesday during a meeting of the committee in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture. The committee, which is called the “basic concept formulation committee,” is chaired by Masanori Aoyagi, the director of the Ishikawa........

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