Full Relocation of the Agency for Cultural Affairs to Kyoto Decided

On March 22, the Headquarters for Overcoming Population Decline and Vitalizing Local Economy in Japan, established by the Cabinet of Prime Minister ABE Shinzō, which is committed to regional revitalization, decided on a basic policy on the relocation of relevant national institutions to local areas. It also announced that it would consider the full relocation of the Agency of Cultural Affairs to Kyoto Prefecture as well as the Crafts Gallery of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, to Ishikawa Prefecture within a few years. In response, the Agency for Cultural Affairs Relocation Council was established on April 26. On August 31, it announced that the basic policy for the relocation of the Crafts Gallery of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, would be to locate it to Honda no Mori Park in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, and to open it the time of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics Games. (Japanese)