1. Messages from Commissioner of Cultural Affairs

Mr. Kondo, Commissioner of Cultural Affairs, has stated following four messages after the earthquake.

Call for your cooperation in saving and recovering cultural properties damaged by the Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake　[April 1, 2011]

An appeal concerning cultural and artistic activities　[April 12, 2011]

Commissioner's Message on the Occasion of the First Anniversary of March 11 Disaster　[March 11, 2012]

The aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake in the field of culture and the arts

The measure of the Agency for Cultural Affairs towards restoration and revival of culture and the arts field

Address by the Commissioner for Cultural Affairs Seiichi Kondo in observing the Second Anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake　[March 11, 2013]

2. Dispatch of Senior Cultural Properties Specialists for investigation of the disaster‐stricken cultural properties.

Agency for Cultural Affairs has dispatched Senior Cultural Properties Specialists to the disaster‐stricken areas by request of the boards of education.
[131 cultural properties (in 9 prefectures) have been investigated till April 27, 2011]

3. Extension of the period for notification of damage or loss of Important Cultural Properties.　[April 8, 2011]

4. Soft enforcement etc. of investigation of buried cultural properties.　[March 25, 2011]

5. The Rescue Programme of the transportation of experts, materials, and storage of saved properties etc.　[March 30, 2011]