Agency for Cultural Affairs

Agency for Cultural Affairs
文化庁
Bunka-chō

Office building
Agency overview
FormedJune 15, 1968 (1968-06-15)[1]
Preceding agencies
  • Cultural Bureau of the Ministry of Education
  • Committee for the Protection of Cultural Properties
Jurisdiction Japan
Headquarters85-4 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 / 35.02056; 135.75611
Employees301 (2020)[2]
Annual budget¥108 billion (2018)
Minister responsible
Parent departmentMinistry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Child agency
Websitewww.bunka.go.jp
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Agency for Cultural Affairs is located in Japan
Agency for Cultural Affairs
Agency for Cultural Affairs (Japan)
Agency for Cultural Affairs is located in Kyoto city
Agency for Cultural Affairs
Agency for Cultural Affairs (Kyoto city)
Office building with kadomatsu in 2005
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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]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Organization Chart". Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  3. ^ Policy of Cultural Affairs in Japan Fiscal 2018 (PDF) (Report). 2018. pp. 10, 42. Retrieved 2019-02-17.