PART II Recent Trends and Developments in Government Policies in Education, Science and Culture
Chapter 9. Toward a Culture-Communicating Society
Section 2. Raising the Standard of Artistic Creation
4. Developing the New National Theatre
Construction of the New National Theatre, Tokyo has begun in earnest. Completion of the new theater, which will be a center for performing arts, is scheduled for February 1997. Management and operation of the theater will be commissioned to the New National Theatre, Tokyo Foundation, established in April 1993 to ensure flexible management based on the creativity of artists and others.