Policy on granting no subsidies to the art festival Governor Omura confirmed at the dispute processing committee on September 26 at 11:54
Governor Omura of Aichi Prefecture mediates the dispute between the country and the local government about the fact that the Agency for Cultural Affairs has decided to not grant subsidies that were scheduled to be issued at the Aichi Triennale, an international art festival held in Aichi Prefecture. The idea of confirming whether there is a reasonable reason for the policy of the Agency for Cultural Affairs through the “National District Dispute Processing Committee” was presented.
The Aichi Triennale, which has been held since the 1st of last month, has a special exhibition that displays a girl image that symbolizes the comfort women issue on the theme of “impairment of expression”. A series of phone calls, etc., were canceled three days after the opening.
Under these circumstances, the Agency for Cultural Affairs, which had adopted the Art Festival as a subsidized project for the country, had planned that the prior application from Aichi Prefecture was inadequate without explaining the specific contents of the exhibition. The policy of not granting subsidies was established.
On this morning, Governor Omura of Aichi Prefecture told reporters in the morning of the 26th that “I have not received any notification from the country that no subsidies will be issued, and I would like to refrain from comment.”
“If there is a notification from the Agency for Cultural Affairs, I would like to first carefully examine the contents and ask the reason. Since there is a dispute resolution committee between the country and the region in terms of the system, why isn't it issued even though it has already been adopted? I think we ’ll make sure that we have a reasonable reason. ”