Basic Plan on the Promotion of Culture and the Arts

Basic Plan on the Promotion of Culture and the Arts

On March 6, 2018, the Cabinet decision on the Basic Plan on the Promotion of Culture and the Arts was enacted. The outline is as follows:

Outline of the 1st Basic Plan (209.9KB)

Outline

  • The Basic Plan on the Promotion of Culture and the Arts is the first plan based on Article 7 of the new Basic Act on the Promotion of Culture and the Arts amended in June 2017.
  • The Plan contains four visions and six strategies for the next five years (FY 2018 to 2022) based on the spirit of the act.
  • The basic plan specifies the intrinsic value and the social and economic values of culture and the arts. It also declares that those diverse values created by culture and the arts shall be maximized for further succession, development, and creation of cultural and the arts to achieve an ideal circulation for a Nation that emphasizes culture and the arts.
  • In addition, related policies and programs of concerned ministries are also included after the adjustment at the Council for Promotion of culture and the arts following Article 36 of the act, with consideration of the fact that the act calls for collaboration with related policy fields such as tourism, town development, international exchange, social welfare, etc.
  • Furthermore, the verification PDCA cycle shall be established based on indicators such as impact on economic growth.

Cultural Administration at the Local Level

The Agency's Involvement in the Power of Culture from Kansai Project

Since its launch in May 2003 following a proposal by the late Hayao Kawai, Commissioner for Cultural Affairs, the Power of Culture from Kansai Project Promoting Conference and various bodies including cultural organizations, companies, local governments, and the Agency for Cultural Affairs are developing cultural activities. The Agency has established the Office for Promotion of the "Power of Culture from Kansai" Project in the Kyoto National Museum for the five years since January 2007 to make sure that this work would take root. Since April 2012, its office has moved to the former main building of the Kyoto prefectural government to reinforce its operations.


Cultural and Artistic Creative Cities

Following the enormous structural changes faced by post-industrial Europe, culture and the arts have been used to promote industry and revitalize local communities, through collaborations between the public sector, artists, cultural organizations, businesses, universities, and local people. This movement has drawn ever more attention domestically and internationally as "creative cities." UNESCO launched a program called the Creative Cities Network in 2004. Its aim was to maintain cultural diversity while maximizing the potential of cultural industries throughout the world by supporting strategic coordination between cities.
This concept of Cultural and Artistic Creative Cities, in which culture and the arts are used in a cross-sectoral manner to promote tourism and industry and revitalize local communities, was introduced by the Agency for Cultural Affairs in order to address local issues. The Agency supports such cities by awarding commendations from the Commissioner for Cultural Affairs and building domestic networks.

Building domestic networks (Program to Promote Cultural and Artistic Creative Cities)

In order to support municipalities’ work on Cultural and Artistic Creative Cities, the Agency forms a foundation for revitalizing the whole country through culture and the arts, and builds domestic networks of Cultural and Artistic Creative Cities by collecting and providing information and offering training.

Contact

Policy Planning and Coordination Division, Commissioner's Secretariat, Agency for Cultural Affairs

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