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Security personnel install barriers near the glass Pyramid of the Louvre Museum the day after a spectacular jewel heist by thieves who broke into the landmark by using a crane, in Paris on Oct. 20.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 26, 2025
France arrests four more people over Louvre heist, prosecutor says
Three men and a woman have already been charged over the spectacular daylight heist.
French police officers stand next to a furniture elevator used by robbers to enter the Louvre Museum in Paris on Oct. 19.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 3, 2025
Louvre heist work of petty criminals, not organized crime, prosecutor says
The profiles of the four people under arrest so far are not typical of organized crime professionals capable of executing complex operations, the Paris prosecutor said.
A French CRS riot police officer patrols near the glass Pyramid of the Louvre Museum in Paris on Monday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 30, 2025
Inside the heist that shocked the world
More than a week after thieves stole over $100 million worth of jewels from the Louvre, details of the burglary and security lapses are coming to light.
Officers stand guard near the Louvre Pyramid after French police arrested suspects in a heist case in Paris on Sunday.
WORLD
Oct 27, 2025
Suspects in Louvre heist in custody after weeklong search
Two of the suspects, already known for burglaries, appear to be experienced criminals in their thirties and may have been acting on orders, Le Parisien reported.
The "parure de la reine Marie-Amelie et de la Reine Hortense" (set of jewelry of Queen Marie-Amelie and Queen Hortense) displayed at Apollon's Gallery in January of 2020 at the Louvre museum in Paris
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 26, 2025
Two suspects arrested in Louvre jewel heist
The two men were taken into police custody on suspicion of organized theft and criminal conspiracy. They could be held up to 96 hours.
French police officers stand in front of the Louvre museum in Paris on Sunday after a robbery.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 21, 2025
French cops may nab Louvre thieves but they¡¯re unlikely to recover the loot
Valuable jewels and gold can be quickly broken down into component parts and sold on.
Members of a forensic team inspect a window believed to have been used in what the French Interior Ministry said was a robbery at the Louvre museum during which jewellery was stolen, in Paris on Sunday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 20, 2025
Thieves steal French crown jewels from Louvre in daytime raid
The spectacular heist, one of several to target French museums in recent months, forced the closure of the Louvre, the world¡¯s most-visited museum and home to the Mona Lisa.
France's President Emmanuel Macron gives a speech at the Louvre Museum, which he referred to as a "source of French pride."
CULTURE / Art
Feb 1, 2025
Louvre opens first fashion exhibition after shock memo about decay
In leaked correspondence with Culture Minister Rachida Dati, director Laurence des Cars said the museum was falling below international standards.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
Oct 26, 2019
¡®Cats of the Louvre¡¯: A storied museum reveals its secrets
In this surreal work by Taiyo Matsumoto, a small band of stray cats take refuge inside the attic of the Louvre. Their adventures and interactions with the humans of the Louvre unfold in connected chapters of ¡®secrets.¡¯
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 28, 2018
The Louvre has a new seat of power
Kohei Nawa talks about his 3-ton golden ¡®Throne,¡¯ which takes a seat of honor at the Louvre as one of the works for Japonismes 2018, Paris¡¯ large-scale event celebrating 160 years of France-Japan relations.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Oct 18, 2017
Too racy for Louvre, sex sculpture ¡®Domestikator¡¯ finds home at Pompidou Centre
In the end it was just too kinky for the Louvre.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 2, 2016
¡®Louvre Museum Exhibition: Louvre No. 9 ¡ª Manga, the 9th Art¡¯
July 22-Sept. 25
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 3, 2016
Two dead, thousands evacuated in France flood emergency
Torrential rain forced thousands of people from their homes south of Paris while the River Seine surged to its highest level for over 30 years in the French capital, shutting down the famed Louvre and Orsay museums and a metro line.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 12, 2015
The Louvre¡¯s spin on art history
The futuristic-looking National Art Center Tokyo (NACT) seems like a rather unusual venue for an exhibition of mainly 17th- and 18th-century European art sourced from Paris¡¯s famous Louvre Museum. But while the Louvre¡¯s collections are very much rooted in the past, the French institution has also had...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 19, 2015
¡®Louvre Museum: Genre Painting ¡ª Scenes from Daily Life¡¯
Feb. 21-June 1
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 13, 2014
¡®La Chalcographie du Musee du Louvre¡¯
As the largest museum in the world, the Louvre houses some of the greatest masterpieces ¡ª Leonardo da Vinci¡¯s ¡°Mona Lisa¡± and the ancient Greek statue ¡°Venus de Milo¡± to name a couple. This show focuses on chalcographic works, such as lithographic prints, from the museum¡¯s extensive yet less well-known...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 17, 2013
¡®The Mediterranean World: The Collections from the Louvre¡¯
In a special exhibition, the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum is showcasing masterpieces of Mediterranean art from all eight curatorial departments of the Louvre. Some 200 works from the collection of the world-famous museum in Paris will be on display, including items from ancient Greece and Rome, spanning...
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Mexican man arrested over attempt to smuggle some 200 lizards into Japan
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Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
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Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
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The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
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People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

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