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2010

No.270 (10-06) * Ueno Gakuen University's Ishibashi Memorial Hall, the Legacy and the New Hall * Bamberg, Germany Concert Hall Renovation
No.269 (10-05) * Gero Synergy Center "Active" Opens in Gero Hot Springs Resort Town * "Acoustical Building Materials from Around the World: Part 1 - "Sound Absorbing Glass" * Iwaki Alios Wins USITT 2010 Architecture Commission's Merit Award * Casals Hall's Last Day -- March 31, 2010
No.268 (10-04) * Kyoto Municipal Kyoto Horikawa Senior High School of MUSIC Building Completed * "Alios Annex" - "Bonus" Facilities at Iwaki Performing Arts Center "Alios" * Taichung Metropolitan Opera House Complex Begins Construction
No.267 (10-03) * The Seinan Gakuin University Chapel's Pipe Organ * Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall Unveils Its New Pipe Organ * Understanding Stage Sound Reflection Panels - Part 3
No.266 (10-02) * The New "Artebell" Cultural Center Opens in Sakai City's Mihara Ward * Listening to Acoustic Control Systems B.V.'s Multi-channel "ACS" System * Listen to the Loudspeakers! - Discerning Choices from a Thicket of Possibilities
No.265 (10-01) * The New "AYu:M" Shirataka-machi Cultural Exchange Center Opens * A ground-breaking ceremony for Radio France's new concert hall in headquarter renovation * Comparing the Acoustics of Different Ceiling Heights -- The Acoustical Society of Japan's Musical Acoustics and Architectural Acoustics Technical Committees Meeting * Theatre Consultant Masaji Ito Gives Informal Talk at Nagata Acoustics

2009

No.264 (09-12) * Curtains and Room Acoustics * The Effects of Diffusion on Room Acoustics - 3
No.263 (09-11) * Inagi City's " i " Plaza Cultural Center Opens * Understanding Stage Sound Reflection Panels - Part 2
No.262 (09-10) * "Obihiro no Mori" New Ice Rink * A Look at Anti-vibration and Sound Isolation Structures from "the Bottom Up" -- How countries without earthquake concerns build to mitigate vibration -- * The Center for Shanghai Symphony Orchestra with Concert Halls Project
No.261 (09-09) * Sound Environments in Primary School Buildings: The Sakurayama Primary School, Takasaki City Project * 16th Aichi Performing Arts Technical Professionals Seminar * Stockhausen's "Gruppen" Performed at Suntory Hall
No.260 (09-08) * Iwaki Performing Arts Center "Alios" Celebrates Its Grand Opening * Understanding Stage Sound Reflection Panels - Part 1
No.259 (09-07) * "Suzu no Né" Hall Opens in Shinshu's Azumino, Japan's Snow Country * The Effects of Diffusion on Room Acoustics -2 * Stockhausen's "Gruppen" at Suntory Hall this August
No.258 (09-06) * Za-Koenji Public Theatre-Tokyo's Lively New Venue Opens in Koenji * The Effects of Diffusion on Room Acoustics -1
No.257 (09-05) * Hiroshi Fujiwara Memorial Hall Opens in Keio Univ. "Collaboration Complex" * Yokosuka Arts Theatre Stages Baroque Opera in its 15th Anniversary Year * Nagata Acoustics Hosts a Talk by Architecture Prof. Shozo Motosugi
No.256 (09-04) * Ofunato Municipal Cultural Center, "Rias Hall," Opens in Northeastern Japan * Sanctuary Acoustics at Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church Miyazaki * Israel's Frederic R. Mann Auditorium Renovation Project
No.255 (09-03) * Copenhagen's New Concert Hall Opens * Installed Sound Systems Series, Part 5: Preventing Noise Infiltration in Hall Sound Systems
No.254 (09-02) * Acoustics for Sapporo Kiboh no Oka Church * Observation Tour of the Salzburg Festival Venues * Bidding Sayonara and Thank-you, for Now, to Osaka Festival Hall
No.253 (09-01) * Cybele Arena and Chihitsudo Library Open in Yamagata City * Progress on the Taichung Metropolitan Opera House Project * A History of Broadcasting Microphone Invention and Development Part 4: The Design of Sanken's First 2-Way Unidirectional Condenser Microphone

2008

No.252 (08-12) * Seinan Gakuin University's New Chapel-a Space for Organ Music and More * The 37th INTER-NOISE 2008 Congress in Shanghai * Visiting the Updated Vienna Musikverein's Main Hall
No.251 (08-11) * Hokkoku Shimbun Akabane Hall * A History of Broadcasting Microphone Invention and Development Part 3: Reducing the Size of Mid-side Stereo Condenser Microphones * Nagata Acoustics' Intern from Brazil - Luis Enrique Tachibana * Nagata Acoustics Paris Office Opens
No.250 (08-10) * Akasaka Sacas' Two New Performance Spaces: ACT Theater and Akasaka BLITZ * Acoustics'08 Paris * Kabuki Revivals: Heisei Nakamura-za and a New Kabuki DVD Series
No.249 (08-09) * Saitama City "Plaza North" Private Finance Initiative (PFI) Development Project * A History of Broadcasting Microphone Invention and Development Part 2: The Compact Unidirectional Condenser Desktop Microphone
No.248 (08-08) * Alumni Stage "Pianists' Dream Recitals" Concert at Hitotsubashi University's Kanematsu Hall * New Concert Hall Project in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
No.247 (08-07) * J.F. Oberlin University's New Chapel and Pipe Organ * Introducing the NHK Laboratories' Achievements to Our Readers * A History of Broadcasting Microphone Invention and Development Part 1: Close-talking Microphones
No.246 (08-06) * Sound Systems for Iwaki Alios' Large Hall and Small Theater * Sound Isolation Design-Part 5: Sound Causes the Walls to Shake -Some Sound Isolation Structure Design Fundamentals
No.245 (08-05) * Iwaki Performing Arts Center Special Issue
  · Overview and Room Acoustics of Iwaki "Alios" Phase 1
  · Sound Isolation at Iwaki "Alios"
No.244 (08-04) * Nagoya University's Toyoda Auditorium Renovation Project * Four New Small Halls at Vienna's Musikverein * Installed Sound Systems/ Part 4: Current Constraints and Challenges of Speaker Installation Planning and Fine-tuning
No.243 (08-03) * Mihara Performing Arts Center "Popolo," the New Hall that's Fun to Use—and to View * Nagata Acoustics to Design Stanford University's New Concert Hall Acoustics
No.242 (08-02) * Hita City's "Patria" Cultural Center Opens in Oita Prefecture * A Gala Ground-breaking Event in Miami for New World Symphony's New Hall
No.241 (08-01) * Nagata Acoustics Monthly Newsletter Reaches 20th Year * Kuwana City's Civic Hall Renewal Project

2007

No.240 (07-12) * Kansas City's New Concert Hall Specifications Tested in 1/10 Scale Model * Retrospective on Ueno Gakuen University's Ishibashi Memorial Hall
No.239 (07-11) * China's New Shenzhen Concert Hall * Sound Isolation Design - Part 4 of a Series: - Placement studies for auditorium facilities
No.238 (07-10) * The Birth of a New Hi-rise Home for Ueno Gakuen University and Schools * Articles on Sound Isolation Design, Supplement 2:- What is the M' Curve? * Reports on the ICA 2007 and ISRA 2007 Events
No.237 (07-09) * Suntory Hall Re-opens After Its Renewal Project * Chiba City's Mihama Culture Hall
No.236 (07-08) * "Closed-while-Open Space" at Tokyo College of Music's New Centennial Hall Building * AOSSA Building Opens in Fukui Pref.'s Teyose Redevelopment District * Sound Isolation Design - Supplement 1: Noise Legislation and Regulations
No.235 (07-07) * Sanda City's "Sato-no-Ne Hall" Cultural Center Celebrates a Gala Opening * On Reading Hiroshi Isaka's On a Single Disc, the Work of a Record Producer * Metropolitan Opera's General Manager, Peter Gelb, Speaks in Japan
No.234 (07-06) * Structure Honoring Dr. Teiyu Amano Opens at Dokkyo U., Saitama Pref. * The Telex Academy Asia Pacific Event and China's New Dalian Theater * Symposium on "Entertainment Industry Worker Safety"
No.233 (07-05) * Sonorium Hall Opens in the Tokyo Suburb of Eifukucho * Installed Sound Systems/ Part 3: Loudspeakers and the Total Hall Environment * Jean Nouvel and Team Win Paris Concert Hall Design Competition
No.232 (07-04) * An Authentic Opera House for Showa University of Music's New Campus * FBSR Holds 18th Annual Technical Workshop on Digital Multi-channel Audio Transport System
No.231 (07-03) * Komazawa University Music Practice Facility Completes * Iwaki Diamond Project Graduation Event "Live Yazzo!2" * Sapporo Shimin Hall's Closure and the Sapporo Symphony's Sayonara Concert
No.230 (07-02) * Scale Model Testing for Two European Projects * Sound Isolation Design - Part 3 of a Series: Applying Sun Tzu's "If You Know Your Opponent and You Know Yourself..."
No.229 (07-01) * Mariinsky Concert Hall Opens * Inter-Noise 2006 Congress * Out-of-print Book Review: Grand Opera, The Story of the World's Leading Opera Houses and Personalities, edited by Anthony Gishford

2006

No.228 (06-12) * Grand Opening of Miyakonojo General Cultural Hall's "MJ Hall" * A Rare Sound and Acoustical Encounter in Japan's Tsugaru Region * Demonstration & Evaluation Event for Theater Surround-sound Reproductions
No.227 (06-11) * Shibuya C.C. Lemon Hall -- Renovated Shibuya Kokaido Reopens with a New Name * Suntory Hall at Age 20 - Three Reasons that Make this Hall a Success * Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts Breaks Ground
No.226 (06-10) * Recalling Prof. Yasuo Makita's Contributions to the Discipline of Acoustics * Aomori Museum of Art - Contrasts of White and Clay * The Institute of Noise Control Engineering/Japan Celebrates 30 Years
No.225 (06-09) * "Coupled Room" Acoustics - the Stage, Fly Tower, and Hall Connection * Listening to Classical Music with 5.1 Multi-channel Equipment * The 151st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) in Providence
No.224 (06-08) * Iwate Prefecture's Multifunctional Cultural and Activities Center -- "Aiina" * Installed Sound Systems / Part 2: Desirable Qualities of Sound Amplification Performance and the Important Role of Loudspeakers
No.223 (06-07) * Sennen-no-Mori Hall Opens in Senju Chuo Community Center * Tono City's New Miyamori Hall - and a Real Trip to the Milky Way Platform * UK's Institute of Acoustics Hosts "Auditorium Acoustics, Copenhagen 2006" * A Tribute to the Late Professor Yasuo Makita
No.222 (06-06) * Suginami Koukaidou's Rebirth -The New Hub of a Town's Cultural Life * Mitigating Building Equipment Noise and Vibration Part 2 of a Series: Addressing Lavatory Noise * A Visit to Two FIFA World Cup Arenas
No.221 (06-05) * Yamagata Prefectural Community Hall Renovation Project - Asbestos Abatement, Seismic Retrofit and Acoustical Improvements * Sound Isolation Design - Part 2 of a Series: Isolating the Sound of Japanese Taiko Really Is Difficult!
No.220 (06-04) * The Shonai Region's New Hall Builds University - Town Interaction * Ishinomaki Monoucho Town Hall and Community Center * NSCA Systems Integration Expo 2006
No.219 (06-03) * Nagata Acoustics Awarded Radio France Concert Hall Project * Salon Tessera
No.218 (06-02) * Kitagata Community Center "Kirari" Opens * Changing Regulations for Public Hall Management and Operations - Hopes, Expectations and Considerations * Dr. Hidaka and Dr. Nagata Contribute to Japanese Edition of Dr. Beranek's "Concert Halls and Opera Houses"
No.217 (06-01) * Architect Kunio Mayekawa Exhibit, 100 Years from His Birth *Nanto City's Johana Hall Opens for Traditional Performing Arts * Mitigating Building Equipment Noise and Vibration - Part 1

2005

No.216 (05-12) * Hyogo Performing Arts Center Opens * Installed Sound Systems / Part 1: Common Causes of Client Complaints
No.215 (05-11) * Chino City Celebrates the "Birth" of its New Cultural Complex * Danish Radio Concert Hall Project Enters Construction Phase
No.214 (05-10) * Marlboro Music Festival Auditorium Gets an Acoustical Renovation * Sound Isolation Design - Part 1 of a Series: Ask about Sound Isolation Considerations in Your Initial Design Plans!
No.213 (05-09) * Ono City's New Cultural Center - An "Incubator of Dreams" * Whining Ribbed Wall Treatments? Studying into this Sound Phenomenon
No.212 (05-08) * Zushi Bunka Plaza Hall Opens * EXPO 2005 Aichi, Japan "Polish Pavilion" * Organ Concert Series Finale
No.211 (05-07) * Kichijoji Theatre Opens * A Symposium on: "Do Concert Halls Have a Future?" * Advances in Perforated Panels - Part 2: Microperforated Panels
No.210 (05-06) * Karuizawa Ohga Hall - A Resort Town Concert Hall * Auditorium Seating and Room Acoustics * U.S. Office Moves to New Address
No.209 (05-05) * The Science, Uses and Advances in Perforated Panels - Part 1 * St.Petersburg's New Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall
No.208 (05-04) * Horibata Hall Opens at Akinada Kouryukan on a "Mikan"-famous Island * Nasunogahara Harmony Hall Celebrates 10 Years of Innovative Programming * NSCA Systems Integration Expo 2005
No.207 (05-03) * A Two-Day, Multidisciplinary "Basic Training" Seminar for Stagecraft Professionals * Thoughts on the Acoustical Design of Home Theaters - Part III
No.206 (05-02) * Tomioka Cultural Center "Manabi no Mori" Opens * Thoughts on the Acoustical Design of Home Theaters - Part II * Nagata Acoustics To Design Acoustics of Mariinsky Theatre's New Opera House
No.205 (05-01) * Gyotoku Cultural Hall "I&I" Opens *Thoughts on the Acoustical Design of Home Theaters - Part I

2004

No.204 (04-12) * Tokyo's Shinanomachi Church Dedicates New Building * Sony Chairman Emeritus Donates Karuizawa Ohga Hall to Town * Nagata Acoustics Will Design the Acoustics of Hamburg's New Concert Hall
No.203 (04-11) * Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre Opens * Nagata Acoustics Celebrates 30th Anniversary
No.202 (04-10) * "Mahoroba" Kunimi Cultural Center Opens (Nagasaki Prefecture) * Sapporo Art Park's New Outdoor Stage * Fall 2004 Acoustical Society of Japan Conference
No.201 (04-09) * "MUZA" Kawasaki Symphony Hall Opens * MUZA Kawasaki Symphony Hall's Sound System * Acoustical Design of Ceremore Concert Hall Musashino
No.200 (04-08) * Sakata City's New Civic Auditorium: "Kibou Hall" *Harmony Hall Fukui Completes Pipe Organ Installation * Nagata Acoustics Publishes Issue 200 of Our "News & Opinions"
No.199 (04-07) * Meiji University Academy Common's Academy Hall * Wing Wing Takaoka's Lifelong Learning Center Hall * On Attending the Acoustical Society of America 147th Meeting
No.198 (04-06) * Fukagawa City's "Mi-Rai" Cultural Exchange Hall * An Acoustician's Return Visit to Nara Centennial Hall * Sound System Observation Tour of the 2004 Athens Olympics
No.197 (04-05) * Toho College of Music's New Glanz Saal Concert Hall * The New Kashima Town Lifelong Learning Center's "Sakura Hall" * Two Professional Association Meetings in Japan: ICA 2004 and RADS 2004
No.196 (04-04) * New Cultural Center Opens in Haramachi City * Hitotsubashi University's Kanematsu Hall Restoration Completes
No.195 (04-03) * Kitakami City Cultural Exchange Center, "Sakura Hall," Open * International Christian University Chapel's Sound System Renovation Project * ASA Publishes "Halls for Music Performance - Another Two Decades of Experience 1982-2002"
No.194 (04-02) * "Premiere Shisui" Cultural Hall Opens * Sensing, Verbalizing What We Sense and Quantification Trends -Comments on the use of numbers to evaluate a hall's acoustics-
No.193 (04-01) * Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media (YCAM) Opens * Recent Trends in Assisted Hearing Systems

2003

No.192 (03-12) * Walt Disney Concert Hall Opens! * Our New Audio Speakers for Acoustical Scale Model Test
No.191 (03-11) * Takaishi City's New Appla Hall and Cultural Center * Toyota City Concert Hall's New Pipe Organ * Eulogy for One Small, Variable Configuration Hall, Now Gone from Tokyo
No.190 (03-10) * Yayoi-no-kaze Hall Opens in Izumi City Plaza * Nagata Acoustics' New Project: Metropolitan Kansas City Performing Arts Center (Kansas City, Missouri)
No.189 (03-09) * Kitakyushu Performing Arts Center Opens at River Walk Kitakyushu * Hall Loudspeakers -- The Past, the Present and Some Manufacturers
No.188 (03-08) * "Toki Messe" Convention Center Opens on Japan Sea Waterfront in Niigata * The Value of Industry Group Training Tours and the Invaluableness of People
No.187 (03-07) * Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts Opens at Bard College (New York) * Sapporo Convention Center Opens
No.186 (03-06) * Tobata Civic Center Opens at Kitakyushu's "Wel Tobata" Campus * A Return Visit to Akiyoshidai International Art Village
No.185 (03-05) * Fujimi Culture Hall "Kirari Fujimi" Opens in Saitama Prefecture * Reviews of Two New Pipe Organ-related Books
No.184 (03-04) * Toka Music Hall Opens in Kurashiki's "Creative Town Okayama" * Sound Absorption System of Perforated Panels with a Screen Strip Overlay
No.183 (03-03) * Matsushita Electric's New Panasonic Center Focuses on Ubiquitous Information Networking * Trends in Hall Loudspeakers
No.182 (03-02) * Shin-kiba Live Music Club/Concert Hall * Casals Hall's Swan Song * Renovations and Acoustical Design - Part 7: Sports Facilities, Exhibition Halls and A Legislative Assembly Hall
No.181 (03-01) * Toyama Art Creation Center's New Wing * The State of Speech Amplification at Concert Halls--My Observations from Performances Attended in 2002

2002

No.180 (02-12) * Meguro Ward's New Community Campus and Its Persimmon Hall * Renovations and Acoustical Design-Part 6: Church Renovations
No.179 (02-11) * Muroran City's New Municipal Community Center: "The Plaza for Living" * Tokyo's Premier Piano Vendor Opens New Showroom with Concert Studios
No.178 (02-10) * Makuhari Baytown's New "Core" Hall and Community Center * Renovations and Acoustical Design-Part 5: Hall Renovations Around the World
No.177 (02-09) * Togitsu's Canary Hall Opens in Nagasaki Prefecture * Aubade Hall and its Illustrious Artistic Director after Six Years
No.176 (02-08) * "HOW!?" A New Destination Space for Children and Families * Renovations and Acoustical Design-Part 4: Sound System Renovations
No.175 (02-07) * Yokohama's New Landmark Attraction: The Red Brick Warehouse * Operational Success Factors for Concert Hall Pipe Organs
No.174 (02-06) * Oizumi Gakuen "Yumeria Hall" Opens * Renovations and Acoustical Design Part-3: Noise Abatement Renovations
No.173 (02-05) * AV Systems for McCann-Erickson Japan Corporate Headquarters * Kitakata Plaza's Volunteer Stagehand Org. Nears Age 20
No.172 (02-04) * Renovations and Acoustical Design Part-2: Hall Acoustical Renovations * Ateliers Jean Nouvel and Nagata Acoustics Win Copenhagen Hall Competition
No.171 (02-03) * Meiji Gakuin University's New Palette Zone at Shirogane Campus * The "Face" of Oizumimachi Bunkamura in Gunma Prefecture
No.170 (02-02) * Koyanose-za Hall Opens in Kita-kyushu City * Renovations and Acoustical Design Part-1: Encourage the Inclusion of Acoustical Design in Renovation Plans!
No.169 (02-01) * Taito Ward Lifelong Center

2001

No.168 (01-12) * New Cultural Center Opens in Kunisaki Peninsula: Asuto Kunisaki * Gaining Acception for a Hall with Unusually Long Reverberation Time---A Case Study of Fukushima City's "Ongakudo"
No.167 (01-11) * A New Pair of Traditional Japanese and Classical Western Halls in Kanazawa * Oita Prefecture's Culture Center Celebrates Third Anniversary
No.166 (01-10) * Yamato-koriyama-jo Hall Opens in a Town of Goldfish and Cherry Blossoms * Aquarium Speaker Systems
No.165 (01-09) * Church Acoustics * Parthenon Tama as it Nears its 15th Year
No.164 (01-08) * Education in Arts Administration in USA * Mitoya-cho Cultural and Sports Pavilion
No.163 (01-07) * Acoustical Design of Indoor Swimming Pools * ASA's "Another 20 Years of Music Hall Experience Poster Session"
No.162 (01-06) * Hall Renovations and Their Results: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan and Sun Plaza Hall * Kurayoshi Mirai Chushin Opens in Kurayoshi Park Square
No.161 (01-05) * Yamagata Terrsa Hall Opens in New Labor and Community Welfare Center * Improving the Acoustical Environment in a Pachinko Parlor
No.160 (01-04) * Tokushima Bunri University's Murasaki Hall-- An Authentic Concert Hall Experience for College Music Majors -- * Philia Hall Successfully Weathers Challenging Times
No.159 (01-03) * Konosu City Cultural Center Opens * Sound Systems for the Two New Halls of the Konosu Cultural Center * On Accepting the 11th Nippon Steel Music Awards' Special Award
No.158 (01-02) * "Patio Chiryu," the New Cultural Center in Chiryu City, Aichi Prefecture * Understanding Sound Insulation Doors - Specifications and Applications
No.157 (01-01) * Dr. Nagata Wins Nippon Steel Music Award * Taking Stock after 50 Years of Hall Acoustical Design * Osaka City's Asahi Ward Community Center and Arts Creativity Center

2000

No.156 (00-12) * Toppan Hall Opens in Tokyo * Improving Voice Amplification in a Large Training Facility * Nagata Acoustics Moves to New Main Office and Opens Los Angeles Branch
No.155 (00-11) * Osaka International Convention Center, "Grande Cube Osaka" * Work Begins on Helsinki Music Center Project * Nagata Acoustics Moves to New Main Office and Opens Los Angeles Branch
No.154 (00-10) * New, Economically-designed, Soundproofed Condominium is a Hot Property * Strategies to Solve the Growing Problem of Frequency Inverter Noise
No.153 (00-09) * The Acoustician and the Theatre Consultant must be Friends * Shintotsukawa-cho Health and Welfare Center's "Yumeria Hall"
No.152 (00-08) * An Acoustician's Look at the Work of Theater Consultants * A Look at the Operations of the Kurobe City International Cultural Center, As It Begins Its 5th Year
No.151 (00-07) * "Kitae-e-ru," Hokkaido's New Public Athletic Center * "Listen to the Latest Loudspeakers," an Sound Engineers and Artists Society of Japan Seminar
No.150 (00-06) * Okinawa's Yomitanson Cultural Center * Fujisawa Lyra Hall Perseveres Thanks to One Woman's Determination
No.149 (00-05) * Big Heart Izumo Hall * Acoustical Design of Round Halls:Tackling the problem of Sound Focusing
No.148 (00-04) * Paruru Hall Opens in Chiba * Commemorating the 88th Birthday of Dr. Yasuo Makita - A Leader of Acoustical Engineering in Japan
No.147 (00-03) * "TAISHA BUNKA PLACE" Opened in October 1999 * "Kurabikan" Celebrates Its Fifth Anniversary in Scenic Tanakura-machi * Japan Professional Sound Technicians Society Forms * In Memoriam The Sudden Loss of Sound System Businessman Kazuyasu Takane
No.146 (00-02) * Toyama City's New International Convention Center:Otemachi Forum * ISO 2603 and ISO/FDIS 4043:Standards for Interpretation Booths
No.145 (00-01) * An Acoustical Perspective on Entering the New Millennium * A Case Study of Hall Operations at Nakano ZERO Hall

1999

No.144 (99-12) * A Eulogy to Keizo Saji, Chairman of the Parent Company of Suntory Hall * Amarume Cultural Center-HIBIKI Hall-Opens * Sound Isolation in "Lifelong Learning Centers"
No.143 (99-11) * Epochal Tsukuba-Japan's New International Conference Center * Big Success in a Small Town: Many Lessons Can Be Learned from Kuse-cho's Espace Hall
No.142 (99-10) * Chuo Ward's Nihonbashi Theater Opens * Katsushika Symphony Hills Begins its Seventh Year
No.141 (99-09) * Tokushima City's "Awa Odori Kaikan" Opens * Casals Hall Discontinues In-house Concert Production --- What Are the Impacts? * Start of a New Article Series on Concert Hall Management * To Readers Who Requested E-mail Distribution of Nagata Acoustics' News & Opinions
No.140 (99-08) * Tokyo Bunka Kaikan: Part 1, The First 45 Years * Tokyo Bunka Kaikan: Part 2, Reopening Anew in 1999 * Announcing E-mail Distribution of Nagata Acoustics News & Opinions
No.139 (99-07) * Edogawa Ward's Community Center Opens * Ojai Music Festival
No.138 (99-06) * "Granship" (Shizuoka Convention & Arts Center) "Sails Forth" as a New Home for Japanese Cultural, Sports and Other Events * Ernest Fleischmann Speaks in Japan
No.137 (99-05) * Amuser Kashiwa's Crystal Hall Opens * Renovation of St. Margaret's Chapel * "Three Great Tenors" Concert at Tokyo Dome * Architectural Competition for the Helsinki Symphony Hall
No.136 (99-04) * Itami City's New Cultural Center -- Itami Hall -- Opens * For Concert Hall Interiors: Focusing on Materials Selection and Effective Sound Diffusion
No.135 (99-03) * Nara Centennial Hall * Concert Hall Stage Floors
No.134 (99-02) * Ota-kumin Hall "APRICO" (Art Prism in the City of Ota) * Concert Halls and Sound Systems: Concluding Remarks on our Article Series
No.133 (99-01) * Toyota City Concert Hall and Noh Theater * Sound system for Concert Halls -- Part 3 in a Series

1998

No.132 (98-12) * Kitakyushu Mediadome Opens * Backstage at the Berlin Philharmonic * Sound system for Concert Halls -- Part 2 in a Series
No.131 (98-11) * Houfu Regional Community Center--"Aspirat Hall" Opens * Sound System for Concert Halls -- Part 1 in a Series * Report on the 136th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America's Architectural Acoustics Session: "Acoustics of Halls with Organs"
No.130 (98-10) * Oita Prefecture's New Multi-use Cultural Center Opens at "Oasis Hiroba 21" * 20th International Conference of the ISO (International Society of Organ Builders) * A Discussion of Stage Acoustical Reflection Panels
No.129 (98-09) * Nono's Prometeo and Akiyoshidai International Art * Sound Isolation Planning For Concert Halls Part 2: Isolating and Excluding External Noises and Vibrations * Sound Bites: The Musical Toy You Hear in Your Mouth
No.128 (98-08) * Evaluating the Concert Hall Stage * Renovation of Hatamachi Joho Bunka Center's Act Hall in Nagano Pref.
No.127 (98-07) * Building Layouts and Sound Isolation Planning * A New Start for the Disney Concert Hall Project (Los Angeles) * 16th International Congress on Acoustics Meets in Seattle
No.126 (98-06) * Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music Inaugurates its New Sogakudo * Comparing Concert Hall Configurations -- Some Comments on Shoebox and Vineyard-shape Halls
No.125 (98-05) * Harmony Goryokaku Geijutsu Hall Opens in Hakodate City
No.124 (98-04) * Sakawa Township Opens Its Sakuraza Hall * A Visit to the Newly Renovated Chicago Orchestra Hall
No.123 (98-03) * Improving Acoustics for Organ Space * A Visit to the Cologne Philharmony * New CD Release Announcement: "Pro Audio/Acoustics Technical CD"
No.122 (98-02) * "Sakura-mate" Cultural Creativity Pavilion Opens in Kumagaya * A Visit to British Columbia University's Chan Center for the Performing Arts * A Personal Use Audio Product that Really Gets Rid of "Da Noise"
No.121 (98-01) * On the 10th Anniversary of Nagata Acoustics' Newsletter * Symposium on Measurement Methodology of Room Acoustical Parameters * Sound System Renovations for Halls: Part III

1997

No.120 (97-12) * Sumida Tri-phony Hall Opens * Sound System Renovations for Halls: Part II
No.119 (97-11) * Ebetsu City Culture Hall (Epoa Hall) * Sound System Renovations for Halls: Part I
No.118 (97-10) * Harmony Hall Fukui Opens * Acoustical Design in Multipurpose Buildings
No.117 (97-09) * Natori Municipal Culture Center Opens * Acoustical Renovations for Organ Music
No.116 (97-08) * Completion of Chikyu Shimin Kanagawa Plaza and Sakae Ward Culture Hall Joint Facilities * Terano Hall at Hoshakuji * Osaka's New FM Station:"YES--fm"
No.115 (97-07) * Sapporo Concert Hall Opens
No.114 (97-06) * Completion of "CUBE"(Shiroishi Culture and Athletic Center) * Innovations Galore in the U.S. Audio Market
No.113 (97-05) * Kuse Espace Hall Opens "in concert" with Duo Miki * Nagata Acoustics Receives Prize of Acoustical Society of Japan!!
No.112 (97-04) * Thoughts on How Motives Influence Results * The Pros and Cons of Electrical Enhancements of Opera Performances * Casals Hall Gets Pipe Organ * The Spring Meeting of the Acoustical Society of Japan and ASVA

1988 - 1996

Issues No.1(88-01) - No.111(97-03) are in Japanese only.