Approximately 660 million yen will be issued to the local government of the Ainu Culture Regional Promotion Plan September 30 12:30
The Cabinet Office will issue approximately 660 million yen to 12 cities and towns in Hokkaido and Matsusaka City in Mie Prefecture as the first grant to the local government planning a regional promotion plan utilizing Ainu culture on the 30th. Decided.
In response to the enforcement of the Ainu Measures Promotion Act, which specified the Ainu people as “Indigenous Peoples” for the first time in law, the government issued a grant to local governments that plan regional promotion measures that take advantage of Ainu culture. The gold system was established and the first grant was decided on the 30th.
According to it, we will issue approximately 660 million yen to 12 cities and towns in Hokkaido and Matsusaka City, Mie Prefecture.
Of these, the promotion of tourism and industry, such as the cost of Sapporo to send Ainu culture at the Sapporo Snow Festival and the cost of operating the Ainu culture dispatch base = “upopoi” on the bus route of Noboribetsu Approximately 470 million yen was included in the business.
In addition, about 20 million yen will be issued for projects that preserve and inherit the Ainu culture, such as the cost of Shinhidaka Town digitizing and storing Ainu traditional dance images.
Furthermore, in Matsusaka City, Mie Prefecture, the “Bushiroro Matsuri”, a Bakumatsu explorer known as the nickname of “Hokkaido”, is known as the “Grandfather of Hokkaido”. More than 10,000 yen will be issued.
Secretary of the Secretary of Secretary “Supporting Government”
The secretary of the secretary of the secretary said at a press conference on the morning of 30th, “I hope that the municipalities will make use of grants to work one by one to solve the problems faced by the Ainu people. The government will continue to support the efforts of municipalities in order to realize a respected society. "