A Study on the Continuity of Japan Heritage by Project Implementing Entities

Abstract

This study aims to grasp the initiatives and the sense of effectiveness of each implementing entity for the "Japanese Heritage" project, which is considered a representative example of cultural property utilization policies, to clarify their mutual relationship, and to examine effective initiatives and issues for the continuation of cultural property protection. A questionnaire survey was conducted on the efforts and effectiveness of each implementing entity. As a result, the structure of each implementing entity differed, with the single basic municipality (regional type) consisting mainly of a cultural property protection department and a commerce, industry, and tourism department, as well as various other organizations, while the others did not have a similar structure. Among the projects supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, there were few typical initiatives for human resource development and research, which can be regarded as the foundation of the projects. Therefore, when categories were classified based on human resource development and research initiatives, it was found that regional types and cooperation among multiple basic local governments that are engaged in human resource development and diverse surveys and research and formulate long-term strategies are effective in leading to the continuous protection of cultural properties.