Policy of Cultural Affairs in Japan Fiscal 2016 Contents I Foundations for Cultural Administration 1 The Organization of the Agency for Cultural Affairs .......................................................................................... 1 2 Fundamental Law for the Promotion of Culture and the Arts and Basic Policy on the Promotion of Culture and the Art ...... 2 3 Council for Cultural Affairs ........................................................................................................................................................ 5 4 Brief Overview of the Budget for the Agency for Cultural Affairs for FY 2016 .......................... 6 5 Commending Artistic and Related Personnel Achievement ...................................................................... 11 6 Cultural Publicity ............................................................................................................................................................................... 12 7 Private-Sector Support for the Arts and Culture .................................................................................................. 13 Policy of Cultural Affairs 8 Cultural Programs for Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games .................................................. 15 9 Efforts for Cultural Programs Taking into Account Changes Surrounding Culture and Arts ... 16 in Japan II Nurturing the Dramatic Arts 1 Effective Support for the Creative Activities of Performing Arts .......................................................... 17 2 Japan Arts Fund ............................................................................................................................................................................... 18 3 Nurturing Upcoming Artists with Potentially Global Appeal.................................................................... 19 4 Organizing the National Arts Festival ........................................................................................................................... 20 III Promoting the Media Arts and Films 1 Promoting the Media Arts ...................................................................................................................................................... 21 2 Promoting Film Arts ..................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Foreword IV Promotion of Activities Enabling Children to Experience Arts and Culture..................................................................................................... 25 Logo of the Agency for Cultural Affairs V Promoting Cultural Activities in Local Areas 1 Strategic Plan for Integrated Use of Cultural Properties ............................................................................ 26 2 Facilitating Unique Artistic and Cultural Activities in Local Communities ................................. 29 3 Encouraging Local Residents to Participate in Artistic and Cultural Activities ....................... 30 4 Training Human Resources to Support Artistic and Cultural Activities............................................ 32 5 Projects to Revitalize Theaters and Concert Halls etc. ................................................................................... 33 6 Development of a Cultural and Artistic Creative City.................................................................................... 34 7 Power of Culture Projects ....................................................................................................................................................... 35 VI Preservation and Utilization of Cultural Properties 1 Outline of the System for Protecting Cultural Properties ........................................................................... 37 2 Tangible Cultural Properties .................................................................................................................................................. 40 3 Intangible Cultural Properties .............................................................................................................................................. 43 4 Folk Cultural Properties ............................................................................................................................................................. 44 5 Monuments.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 45 6 Cultural Landscapes ..................................................................................................................................................................... 46 7 Preservation Districts for Groups of Traditional Buildings........................................................................... 47 8 Conservation Techniques for Cultural Properties ............................................................................................... 48 9 Buried Cultural Properties ....................................................................................................................................................... 48 10 Promotion of Basic Scheme for Historic and Cultural Properties.......................................................... 49 11 World Heritage ................................................................................................................................................................................. 50 12 Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO ............................................................................... 51 13 Cultural Heritage Online ........................................................................................................................................................ 52 VII Responding to Copyright Policies for a New Era ............................................ 53 VIII Japanese-Language Policy and Japanese-Language Education Policy 1 Enhancing Policy Related to the Japanese Language ..................................................................................... 57 2 Promoting Japanese Language Education for Foreigners .......................................................................... 58 IX Dissemination of Japanese Culture and Measures for International Cooperation through International Cultural Exchange 1 Outline of International Cultural Exchange and Cooperation ................................................................ 60 2 Comprehensive Promotion of International Cultural Exchange ............................................................ 63 3 Promoting International Exchange and Cooperation for the Arts and Culture......................... 66 4 Promoting International Exchange and Cooperation Concerning Cultural Properties ............ 68 X Promotion of the Ainu Culture ..................................................................................................................... 71 XI Religious Juridical Persons and Administration of Religious Affairs ......................................................................................................................................... 72 XII Promoting Museums 1 Support for Art Museums and History Museums ............................................................................................... 74 2 Indemnity System for Works of Art etc....................................................................................................................... 75 3 The System of Art Objects Enrollment.......................................................................................................................... 77 4 National Archives of Modern Architecture ............................................................................................................... 78 XIII National Cultural Facilities................................................................................................................... 79 XIV Agency for Cultural Affairs’ Actions After the Great East Japan Earthquake 1 Supporting Reconstruction Through Art and Culture .................................................................................... 90 2 Actions for Cultural Properties ............................................................................................................................................ 91 Creating a brighter and more vibrant future through culture MIYATA Ryohei Commissioner for Cultural Affairs The number of foreign tourists visiting Japan has continued to soar in recent years. Hosting international sporting events, not least the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games (“2020 Tokyo Olympics”), is likely to focus even more attention on Japan in the future. We see this as a golden opportunity to share Japanese culture with the rest of the world, and are organizing cultural programs the length and breadth of the country to coincide with the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. We are determined to showcase Japan’s proud cultural and artistic heritage to people from all over the world. As well as the countless outstanding examples of arts and culture in Japan, there are still cultural and artistic achievements that don’t see the light of day and remain unappreciated. We want to throw the spotlight on obscure but equally worthy areas of culture and the arts, so that we can support them and help them to develop. Another part of our job at the Agency for Cultural Affairs