Bunka-cho
The Bunka-chō ( Japanese 文化 庁 , Office for Cultural Affairs , English Agency for Cultural Affairs ) belongs as a special office to the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology . It was established on June 15, 1968 to promote arts and culture in Japan. Since 2016 the office and the 231 employees (2017) have been headed by Miyata Ryōhei.
The tasks include in detail: to promote artistic creation, the protection and preservation of cultural goods, the protection of copyrights, measures to improve and spread the Japanese language, to promote international cultural exchange and to act as an administration for religion. The Office's budget in 2016 was 103.96 million yen; it rose 0.3% to 104.27 million yen in 2017.
The characters for the Bunka-chō were designed by the calligrapher Naruse Eizan.
history
On August 29, 1950, the “ Cultural Property Protection Act ” ( 文化 財 保護 法 , Bunkazai Hōgohō ) came into force and the “Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property” ( 文化 財 保護 委員会 , Bunkazai Hōgoiinkai ) was established as a special office of the “Ministry of Culture”. The education and monument protection departments of the Ministry of Culture were abolished.
In May 1966, after sixteen years of activity, the committee was reassigned as an internal department to the "Ministry of Culture". Two years later, in 1968, the office received its current special status.
Structure of the office
Management level
- Head of the Bunka-chō
- Deputy head of the Bunka-chō
Departments
- Secretariat: HR, accounting, information, copyright protection
- Headquarters for vitalizing regional cultures
- political department
- Copyright Department
- international department
- Culture Department:
- Department of Arts and Culture
- Japanese Language Department
- Department of Religious Affairs
- Department of Cultural Monuments:
- Office for the supervision and inspection of cultural monuments
- Traditional Culture Department
- Department of Art and Science
- Department of souvenirs
- Counselor (responsible for buildings)
- Advisory committees
- Culture Committee
- Committee on Religious Communities
- Special facility
Self-governing bodies
- Museums
- Facilities for cultural monuments
- Funding institutions for art and culture
- National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
Main activities of the office
Arts and Culture
- National Arts Festival ( 芸 術 祭 , Geijutsusai , English National Arts Festival ) - since 1946
- Art recommendation committee ( 芸 術 選 奨 , Geijutsusenshō )
- National Cultural Festival ( 国民 文化 祭 , Kokumin Bunkasai , English National Cultural Festival )
- Nationwide high school culture, art and science festival ( 全国 高等学校 総 合 文化 祭 )
- Media and arts festival of the Bunka-chō ( 文化 庁 メ デ ィ ア 芸 術 祭 , Bunka-chō media geijutsusai , English Japan Media Arts Festival )
- Promotion of Japanese film
International cultural exchange
- International cultural forum of the Bunka-chō
- Bunka-chō cultural exchange
- Year of international exchange
Language education and policy action
- Japanese language surveys
- General meeting for Japanese language education
- Production and distribution of information brochures and videos
Other (selection)
- Research, protection and preservation of cultural monuments
- Support to museums
- Investigations into, protection of and control of copyright
- Management of the interests of religious communities
Head of Office
Surname | Kanji | Term of office | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Kon Hidemi | 今 日 出海 | June 15, 1968 - July 1, 1972 |
2 | Adachi Kenji | 安達 健 二 | July 1, 1972 - September 12, 1975 |
3 | Yasujima Hisashi | 安 嶋 彌 | September 12, 1975 - September 20, 1977 |
4th | Inumaru Tadashi | 犬 丸 直 | September 20, 1977 - June 6, 1980 |
5 | Sano Bun'ichirō | 佐野 文 一郎 | June 6, 1980 - July 5, 1983 |
6th | Suzuki Isao | 鈴木 勲 | July 5, 1983 - March 31, 1985 |
7th | Miura Shumon | 三浦 朱門 | April 1, 1985 - September 1, 1986 |
8th | Ōsaki Hitoshi | 大 崎 仁 | September 1, 1986 - June 10, 1988 |
9 | Ueki Hiroshi | 植 木 浩 | June 10, 1988 - July 1, 1990 |
10 | Kawamura Tsuneaki | 川村 恒 明 | July 1, 1990 - July 1, 1992 |
11 | Uchida Hiroyasu | 内 田 弘 保 | July 1, 1992 - July 25, 1994 |
12 | Tōyama Atsuko | 遠山 敦 子 | July 25, 1994 - September 1, 1996 |
13 | Yoshida Shigeru | 吉田 茂 | September 1, 1996 - July 1, 1997 |
14th | Hayashida Hideki | 林 田 英 樹 | July 1, 1997 - June 15, 2000 |
15th | Sasaki Masamine | 佐 々 木 正 峰 | June 15, 2000 - January 18, 2002 |
16 | Kawai Hayao | 河 合 隼 雄 | January 18, 2002 - November 1, 2006 |
17th | Kindō Shinji | 近藤 信 司 | November 1, 2006 - April 1, 2007 |
18th | Aoki Tamotsu | 青木 保 | April 1, 2007 - July 14, 2009 |
19th | Tamai Hideo | 玉井 日出 夫 | July 14, 2009 - July 29, 2010 |
20th | Kondō Seiichi | 近藤 誠 一 | July 29, 2010 - July 7, 2013 |
21st | Aoyagi Masanori | 青 柳 正規 | July 8, 2013 - April 1, 2016 |
22nd | Miyata Ryōhei | 宮 田 亮 平 | April 1, 2016 - today |
Web links
- Official website (Japanese, English )
See also
Remarks
- ↑ The "Ministry of Culture" ( 文部省 , Mombu-shō ) was not yet part of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport, Science and Technology. It was only merged in 2001 with the "Science and Technology Authority" ( 科学 技術 庁 , Kagaku-Gijutsu-chō ) in MEXT .
- ↑ This committee makes a pre-selection of people who have made a contribution to the arts and who are eligible for the award of the Minister for Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology ( 文 部 科学 大臣 賞 , Mombukagaku Daijin-shō ).
- ↑ In the following, language education refers exclusively to native speakers.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Foundations for Cultural Administration. (PDF; 11.9 MB) Office for Cultural Affairs, Tokyo, Japan, 2017, p. 1 , accessed on May 15, 2018 .
- ↑ Religious Juridical Persons and Administration of Religious Affairs (English)
Coordinates: 35 ° 40 ′ 16.3 " N , 139 ° 44 ′ 57.5" E