The Agency for Cultural Affairs in Japan planned to contribute with 58.9 billion Japanese yen to the emergency strengthening of the protection of cultural assets from the problem of succession for the fiscal year 2024. Other segments included the enhancement of cultural and art activities through global spread and digitalization, as well as the enhancement and provision of a support basis for the promotion of culture.
Cultural assets
As it can be observed in the distribution of the annual budget plan, the Japanese government considers the protection, inheritance, and utilization of cultural assets as one of the most important projects among the art and culture related measures. Besides the UNESCO World Heritage Sites and Intangible cultural heritage, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) in Japan designates historically and academically valuable cultural assets as Important Cultural Properties. Furthermore, the Ministry selects five other categories of cultural resources: intangible cultural properties, intangible and tangible folk-cultural properties, monuments, and cultural landscapes. The owners of designated assets have an obligation under the Act on Protection of Cultural Properties to adequately preserve the assets. They can issue a request for a subsidy from the government if it is not feasible to deliver proper maintenance.
Important Cultural Properties
Important Cultural Properties can be classified into arts, crafts, and buildings. As of 2020, there were over 13 thousand Important Cultural Properties defined by MEXT, of which the large majority belonged to the arts and crafts categories such as paintings, sculptures, calligraphy, and historical documents. The Tokyo National Museum owns a wide arts and crafts collection of Important Cultural Properties and exhibits them both in permanent displays and temporary events. To facilitate inbound tourism, the Agency for Cultural Affairs offers a special website and YouTube channel with VR content to introduce buildings of Important Cultural Properties and surrounding areas to national and international audiences.
Breakdown of annual budget of the Agency for Cultural Affairs for art and culture in Japan in fiscal year 2024, by purpose
(in billion Japanese yen)
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Agency for Cultural Affairs (Japan), & MEXT (Japan). (November 30, 2023). Breakdown of annual budget of the Agency for Cultural Affairs for art and culture in Japan in fiscal year 2024, by purpose (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 09, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1173435/japan-breakdown-government-budget-art-culture-by-purpose/
Agency for Cultural Affairs (Japan), und MEXT (Japan). "Breakdown of annual budget of the Agency for Cultural Affairs for art and culture in Japan in fiscal year 2024, by purpose (in billion Japanese yen)." Chart. November 30, 2023. Statista. Accessed October 09, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1173435/japan-breakdown-government-budget-art-culture-by-purpose/
Agency for Cultural Affairs (Japan), MEXT (Japan). (2023). Breakdown of annual budget of the Agency for Cultural Affairs for art and culture in Japan in fiscal year 2024, by purpose (in billion Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 09, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1173435/japan-breakdown-government-budget-art-culture-by-purpose/
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Breakdown of annual budget of the Agency for Cultural Affairs for art and culture in Japan in fiscal year 2024, by purpose (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph], Agency for Cultural Affairs (Japan), & MEXT (Japan), November 30, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1173435/japan-breakdown-government-budget-art-culture-by-purpose/