Back وكالة الشؤون الثقافية اليابانية Arabic Axencia p'Asuntos Culturales AST Agència d'Afers Culturals Catalan Asiantaeth Materion Diwylliannol Siapan Welsh Bunka-chō German Agencia para Asuntos Culturales Spanish دفتر امور فرهنگی Persian Agence pour les Affaires culturelles French Badan Urusan Budaya ID 文化庁 Japanese
| 文化庁 Bunka-chō | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | June 15, 1968[1] |
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| Jurisdiction |  Japan |
| Headquarters | 85-4 Yabunouchi-cho, Shimochoja-machi-dori, Shinmachi-nishi-iru, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 602-8959, Japan 35°1′14″N 135°45′22″E / 35.02056°N 135.75611°E |
| Employees | 301 (2020)[2] |
| Annual budget | ¥108 billion (2018) |
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| Parent department | Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
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| Website | www |
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  Agency for Cultural Affairs (Japan)  Agency for Cultural Affairs (Kyoto city) | |
The Agency for Cultural Affairs (Japanese: 文化庁, Hepburn: Bunka-chō) is a special body of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). It was set up in 1968 to promote Japanese arts and culture.
The agency's budget for FY 2018 rose to ¥107.7 billion.[3]
- ^ "文化庁創立50周年を迎えて［文化庁長官談話］" [Commissioner's statement on the 50th anniversary of the Agency for Cultural Affairs] (in Japanese). June 15, 2018.
- ^ "Organization Chart". Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
- ^ Policy of Cultural Affairs in Japan Fiscal 2018 (PDF) (Report). 2018. pp. 10, 42. Retrieved 2019-02-17.