Inauguration Ceremony of the Japan Cultural Expo

On March 3, the Japanese government and the Agency of Cultural Affairs held the inauguration ceremony for the Japan Cultural Expo, the core project of the cultural program on the occasions of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics at the National Theatre of Japan in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo. Under the overall theme of ‘Japanese people and nature’, the project aims to promote the beauty of Japan from the Jomon period to the present day, both within Japan and worldwide, in the field of art, cultural heritage and media arts. It will be widely developed in 2020. (Japanese)