Japan: government expenses on art and culture by category

In the fiscal year 2021, prefectural governments and municipalities in Japan spent around 269.1 billion Japanese yen on cultural facilities. Expenditure on cultural facilities comprised the majority of spending, while operating expenses on arts and culture accounted for roughly 74.4 billion yen, and expenditure on construction of cultural facilities accounted for approximately 114 billion yen respectively.

Governmental expenditure on art and culture in Japan in fiscal year 2021, by category (in billion Japanese yen)

Characteristic	Expenditure in billion Japanese yen
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June 2023

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

fiscal year 2021; the fiscal year starts on April 1 of the stated year and ends on March 31 of the following year

Supplementary notes

*Includes expenditure for the maintenance of cultural facilities, such as for reparations, utility costs for light, heating, and water.
Libraries and public halls are counted as social educational facilities and not as cultural facilities, and thus do not apply here.

100 Japanese yen equal 0.69 U.S. dollars or 0.64 euros as of July 2023.
Values have been rounded.

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