Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science & Technology
It is clear that the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's outer organization, which provides financial support for artists' activities, established a new condition that grants will not be granted if it is deemed inappropriate in terms of public benefit. became. At the International Art Festival in Aichi Prefecture, a subsidy from the Agency for Cultural Affairs has just been issued last month, and experts point out that it will lead to atrophy on the ground.
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's outer organization, the Japan Arts Culture Promotion Association, grants approximately 1 billion yen each year to support the activities of artists and cultural organizations.
The group said that grants would not be granted if there were frauds, but if the grant was deemed inappropriate from the public interest point of view at the end of last month, it will be canceled. It became clear that it was adding various conditions.
Regarding public support for cultural projects, the Agency for Cultural Affairs provided a subsidy of approximately 78 million yen, which was originally adopted by the Agency for Cultural Affairs because the Agency for Cultural Affairs had insufficient application procedures at the International Art Festival in Aichi Prefecture. There have been many voices of criticism from artists and university teachers who decided not to issue.
Regarding this response, the Japan Arts Culture Promotion Association said, “It is not a response to the Aichi Triennale, but there is a case in which a subsidy is not issued in a movie-related business, and it is the result of examination by a committee including experts” is.
Prof. Shintaro Fujii of Waseda University, who served as a member of this group, said, “This is a revision that will shrink the field of arts and culture, and people concerned are very concerned. "