The purpose of this paper is to make the theoretical framework of Creative City, from the point of view of cultural policy, cultural economics and economic geography, looking at the concepts of ‘creative milieu’ and ‘social interaction’ and solidarity. At first, I analyze when and how cultural policy made their connection to creative city idea and what was the main issue in these process. Secondly, circulation of cultural activities (production-consumption-evaluation-stock-learning-production) in cultural economics will be examined and the concept of ‘creative milieu’ and ‘social interaction’ in economic geography theory are looking into. Thirdly, I am suggesting the theoretical framework by situating the circulation of cultural activities in the context of place. Several cultural clusters will be provided as a sample of these framework.

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Franklin D Roosevelt (FDR) developed First New Deal Policies which were often introduced even in Japan. FDR's Second New Deal had been, however, seldom referred in Japan. Arts and cultural programs in Second New Deal marked the U. S. government's first big, direct investment in arts and cultural development, initiated by Works Progress Administration (WPA); Federal Arts Project, Federal Theater Project, Federal Music Project and Federal writer's Project. This paper makes suggestion to Japan's arts and cultural policy and fiscal policy by introduction of Second New Deal's cultural programs, which enhance not infrastructure, but cultural capital and stocks.

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Little attention has been paid towards cultural and intellectual information resources policy issues in Japan. In this paper, authors aim to clarify the current issues concerning the formation and study of cultural and intellectual information resources policy from some points of view, with recognition of the usefulness of the viewpoint of library and information science. The authors also identify the theoretical and practical requisites to be considered for the further study on the policy of cultural and intellectual information resources by applying the framework of the information flow, which has been widely accepted in library and information science research.

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Can we bridge a discussion between “art” and “technology”? In this paper, we focus the site of production and the agent of production in performing arts and industrial technology. We analyze the comparison of the features between factory and theatre. Based on such analysis, the special feature of the theatre is assumed to be embodied in the principles behind its the organization of production, and that the essence of the factory is likewise embodied in the principles behind its the organization of production. Furthermore, we analyze the function of artist, who is the direct agent of production in performing arts, by the comparison of the basic idea on the artisan and the factory worker who has the artisan spirit.

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When I visited museums, I often had doubt about their locations. I wondered why the museum was built in such an inconvenient place. Especially, access to the museum was not satisfactory. This thesis, starting with such a simple question, inquires into the locations of museums. It examines the causes of failure in selecting the location and ways to cope with the faults, and then analyzes recent trends of museum locations. As desirable conditions for museum location, character of the locality is suggested anew, in addition to accessibility to the museum and the accumulation of similar facilities in the locality. Finally it categorizes actual examples according to those attributes.

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I clarify the reality of city band, and consider support of local governments. About performance opportunities, practice fields and funds, I analyzed how local governments helped city bands. And I analyzed what kind of activity result it led to. As a result of analysis, it became clear that directionality of city bands activity was different by character of support. In addition to a support system as a community a new support system is necessary.

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