The National Film Archive of Japan Established

On April 1, the Film Center of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo in Kyōbashi, was reorganized into the National Film Archive of Japan (Director: OKAJIMA Hisashi), an institution specializing in film at the Independent Administrative Institution National Museum of Art. The National Film Archive of Japan is coequal with other national museums and further strengthened its function as a national center for the promotion of Japanese film culture. (Japanese)