PART Recent Trends and Developments in Government Policies in Education, Science and Culture
Chapter 7 Promotion of Culture
1 Overview of Government Policies
Along with the improvement of individual economic conditions
and an increase in leisure hours, people's interest in culture has been rapidly
increasing. As a result, diverse and enriched cultural activities have been developing
in which people positively participate on their own initiative.
In this context, with a view to securing the appropriate environment
and infrastructures which enable everyone to enjoy excellent works of art and
to participate in creating new cultural assets, the Ministry has been promoting
cultural activities, placing emphasis on the following measures: the encouragement
of artistic creative activities; the creation of a Second National Theatre; the
promotion of local cultural activities; the promotion of the preservation and
utilization of cultural properties; and the promotion of international cultural
exchange.
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Recent Trends and Developments in Government Policies in Education, Science and Culture