� 1 Increased Expectations for the Promotion of Culture, and Cultural Policy
4. Future Directions of Cultural Policy
(8) Promotion of government 'services related to religion
The Agency for Cultural Affairs deals with policies that affect the authentication of regulations regarding religious corporations, guidance at the prefectural level regarding procedures for the authentication of religious corporations, organizational training courses for the proper management of religious corporations and the compilation of information concerning religious corporations. Attention will be given to the further enrichment of these activities, so that religious corporations may be managed more adequately.