Appreciation ceremony held by the Commissioner for Cultural Affairs to honor individuals and organizations for their efforts to rescue and restore cultural properties damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake

Director-General Kamei, receiving a certificate of appreciation from Commissioner for Cultural Affairs

Ceremonial Photograph with those honored (Director-General Kamei, back row left)

　On March 25, 2013, an appreciation ceremony was held at the Institute’s Seminar Hall. The ceremony honored individuals and organizations that cooperated with or were involved in efforts to rescue and restore cultural properties damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake. KONDO Seiichi, Commissioner for Cultural Affairs, presented a certificate of appreciation to the Institute for its two years of service as Secretariat of the Committee for Salvaging Cultural Properties Affected by the 2011 Earthquake off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku and Related Disasters since April 2011.