Less is More as Japanese Minimalist Movement Grows

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Megumi Lim, Less is More as Japanese Minimalist Movement Grows. Reuters, June 20, 2016.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-minimalism-idUSKCN0Z50VP

Note:
(a) The first part, about Fumio Sasaki, of the English-language report is published on June 21 in Japanese titled「少ないほど豊か」、日本で高まるミニマリズム, which states, inEnglish: 少ないほど豊か (my literal translation: So little, it is a lot) is "Less is More."

(b)
(i) Fumio SASAKI  佐々木 典士
(ii) "Mari Kondo, a consultant whose 'KonMari' organizational methods have swept the United States"
(A) The spelling should be Marie KONDŌ 近藤 麻理恵 こんどう まり, where Marie is pronounced ma-ri-e.  
(B) The vowel e -- pronounced like that in bet -- is represented by kanji 恵, whose Chinese pronunciation, more specifically 呉音 (during 南北朝, capital of the south tended to be in present-day Nanjing.
(C) The ja.wikipedia.org says Marie KONDŌ has a "別名 こんまり" -- pronounced KonMari, WITHOUT e sound.
(iii) Katsuya TOYODA  豊田 克也
(iv) "Naoki NUMAHATA 沼畑 直樹, 41, a freelance writer"

(c) Japanese English dictionary:
* minimalism 最小限主義
   ^ sa-i-shō-gen 最小限 【さいしょうげん】 (n)" "minimum; lowest"
* sukuna-i 少ない 【すくない】 (adj): "few; little; scarce"
* fumi 文(P); 書 【ふみ】 (n): "letter; writings <文は武に勝る。        The pen is mightier than the sword>"
   (Compare Itō Hirobumi 伊藤 博文, where f was softened to b)