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Seiichi Kondo
Commissioner for Cultural Affairs
Foreword
Career history
Major Publications
Commissioner Kondo’s Essays in Idleness
Mr.Kondo’s essay, contribution and interview
Commissioner's Message on the Occasion of the First Anniversary of March 11 Disaster(March 11, 2012)
An appeal concerning cultural and artistic activities(12 April, 2011)
Call for your cooperation in saving and recovering cultural properties damaged by the Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake
Articles
- 「Invite artists to create ‘fans’ of Japan」 (International Herald Tribune 04/August/2010)
- 「“Discovering” Japanese Culture」 (The Japan
Journal November 2010 Vol.7 No.7)
English
(PDF(356KB)) Chinese
(PDF(1.18MB)) - 「Promoting Japanese Culture Overseas」 (Foreign Press Center/Japan 04/February/2011)
Report
Video Clip
- 「JAPAN CONSIDERS A NEW KEY TO ITS FUTURE HAPPINESS」 (THE NATION 14/February/2011)
- 「8th World Cultural Forum」(The Japan Journal January 2011 Vol.7 No.9)
- 「Inviting World-Class Artists to Work in Japan」
(AJISS-Commentary 15/April/2011) - 「POINT OF VIEW/ Seiichi Kondo: Post-disaster reconstruction should pivot around arts, culture」
(asahi.com 13/May/2011) - 「Time for the Japanese to Tap Their Latent Strength」
(JAPANECHO.net 10/May/2011) - 「How Can Culture Become Soft Power?」
(PDF(1.83MB)) (IHJ Bulletin June/2011 Vol.31 No.1) - 「Young People of the World, Come to Japan!」
(JAPANECHO.net 4/July/2011) - 「We Are Not Godzilla! Japan's High School Students Come Together in Fukushima」
(JAPANECHO.net 5/August/2011)
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