2. From What Sort of Perspectives is Educational Reform Being Moved Forward?
Airing of Programs by the Children's Broadcasting Station
Expanding Opportunities and Places for Hands-on Activities for Children
What is the specific content of the Millennium Project?
What actually is the school advisor system?
What results can be expected from the school advisor system?
2. Measures Aimed at Overall Improvement in Japan's International Competitiveness
2. Economic Trends Towards "Soft" and Services Sectors
3. The Development of Digital Technology
4. Education to Nurture a Fertile Mind
Section 2: Creating More Sophisticated Culture ?Creative Activity in the Arts and the Development of Talents?
4. Improvement of Legal Infrastructure to Support Creative Artistic Activities
2. Preservation and Utilization of Cultural Properties in Local Areas
2. Expansion of Children's Opportunities for Cultural Activities and for Appreciation of the Arts
2. Expansion of Opportunities for International Exchange in Arts and Culture
5. Promotion of International Cooperation in Copyright Protection
2. Necessity for Collaboration between Ministries and Agencies
4. Cooperation with the Private Sector for Promotion of Cultures
2. Promotion of Culture and the Arts
3. Protection of Cultural Assets
4. Promotion of Cultural Exchange Programs Between Japan and the U.S.
2. Promotion of Arts and Culture
3. Protection of Cultural Assets
4. Promotion of Cultural Exchange Programs between Japan and the People's Republic of China
3. Organization of the National Arts Festival
2. Diffusion and Enlightenment of Information About Copyright
2. Preservation and Utilization of National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties
3. Promotion of the Registration System of Cultural Properties
4. Succession and Development of Intangible Cultural Properties and Folk-cultural Properties
7. Protection of Preservation Techniques for Cultural Properties
8. Protection of Buried Cultural Properties
9. Revision of the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties Towards Decentralization
10. The 50th Anniversary of the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties
5. Enhancement of the National Research Institutes of Cultural Properties
Outline of the Chair's Summary of the G8 Education Ministers' Meeting
Education System of the University of the Air
2. Joint-type lower and upper secondary schools
3. Cooperative-type lower and upper secondary schools
A lower and an upper secondary school student jointly carrying out voluntary cleaning work.
"Be conscious of your employment objective." ?Employment guidance in action
Number of Universities That Have Implemented the Admission Office Entrance Examination
A TLO General Stockholders Meeting
Figure 1-1-2 Proportion of People who Value Spiritual Wealth
Figure 1-1-3 Emphasis of Lifestyle Trends
Figure 1-1-4 Change in the Number of Births and the Total Fertility Rate
Table 1-1-2 Trends in the Implementation of a 5-day Work Week
Figure 1-1-7 Change in Average Number of Actual Hours Worked Annually Per Worker
Figure 1-1-8 Lifelong Learning Activities Performed in the Previous Year
Figure 1-1-9 Lifelong Learning Activities People Want to Try
Figure 1-1-12 Interest in Traditional Folk Arts such as Shinto Dance and Regional Festivals
Figure 1-1-14 Traditional Culture Used in Regional Economic Development Projects
Figure 1-1-15 Objectives in Using Traditional Culture (Cities and Towns in Mountainous Areas)
Table 1-1-5 Total Amount Spent on Mecenat Activities
Figure 1-1-18 Mecenat Activities by Field
Figure 1-1-22 Evaluation of One's Own Community
Figure 1-1-23 Change in the Number of Japanese Traveling Overseas and Foreigners Visiting Japan
Table 1-1-7 Attitudes Towards the Internationalization of Japan
Figure 1-1-24 Reasons Why the Internationalization of Japan is Desirable
"Asia Night" dance at the 1998 Asia Arts Festival
Table 1-1-8 Ten Countries and Regions with the Highest Number of Students Studying Japanese
Figure 1-1-27 Thoughts on the Increase in Foreigners Studying Japanese
Figure 1-1-31 Change in the Breakdown of Arts and Culture-related Expenditures
Figure 1-1-32 Demand for the Revitalization of Local Culture
Figure 1-1-33 Cultural Facilities That Should Be Close By
Figure 1-1-34 Matters Being Undertaken for the Effective Use of Cultural Facilities
Figure 1-1-36 Areas in Which People Engage in Art Appreciation Firsthand
Table 1-1-13 Number of Visitors to Museums
Figure 1-1-41 Income Outside of Operations Income for Arts Organizations
A scene from the opera training program held at the New National Theatre, Tokyo
The results of overseas training of young artists?"Special Performance by the Musicians of Tomorrow"
Table 1-1-15 Number of Museums
Figure 1-1-42 Opinions on the Operation of Museums
"Don Giovanni" International Joint Performance at the 1999 National Arts Festival
Gagaku /Tokyo Gakuso (Property of the National Theatre)
Noh (Konparu school)/ Performance in National Noh Theater
Important Intangible Cultural Property: Ningyo Joruri Bunraku
Figure 1-1-43 Change in the Number of Movie Theater Attendants and Movie Theaters
Figure 1-1-44 Change in the Number of First-Run Films Released
Table 1-1-16 Major Japanese Works Receiving Prizes at International Film Festivals
Figure 1-1-45 Percentage of Published Material Comprised by Comic-Related Publications (1999)
Figure 1-1-48 Change in the Population Participating in Go and Shogi
The new Tokyo Metropolitan Government building
Special Place of Scenic Beauty: Korakuen (Okayama Prefecture)
Table 1-3-1 Problems in Appreciating Arts and Culture (by scale of cities)
Table 1-4-3 Public Expenditures for the Promotion of the Arts and Culture in the U.S. (2000)
Figure 1-4-1 Private Sector Contributions in the United States in 1999
Students viewing "The Wedding Feast at Cana" at the Louvre Museum
World Heritage: Imperial Palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
Grand Prize, Animation Division "Old Man and the Sea" by Alexander Petrov
Figure 2-8-2 Aid Approval Program of the Association for Corporate Support of the Arts
14th National Cultural Festival "Gifu '99" Opening Parade
23rd National Cultural Festival for Senior High Schools Opening Ceremony
Figure 2-8-3 Perspectives and Results of Local Revitalization Projects Utilizing Traditional Culture
Table 2-8-1 International Cooperation on Copyright Issues
Table 2-8-2 Number of Religious Juridical Persons Nationwide
Table 2-8-3 Requests for Orders of Dissolution by Prefectural Governments in the Past Ten Years
TERUKINA Choichi, Holder of Important Intangible Cultural Property "Ryukyu Koten Ongaku"
Important Intangible Folk-Cultural Property: "Nebutanagashi" (Namerikawa City, Toyama Prefecture)
Misato Hotaru (Firefly) Museum
Selected conservation techniques "Stripping Bark from Japanese Cypress Trees" Holder: Mr. ONO Yutaka
Comprehensive Community Sports Clubs
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