A column, “The Case for Legislating the One Percent For Art Program”, appeared on the English-Speaking Union of Japan website. Mr. Megumi Nishikawa, who wrote this column, is a Contributing Editor for the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper, a journalist and Executive Director of our association. The website’s “Japan in Their Own Words” forum aims to share a variety of opinions from within Japan with the world at large. At the same time, Japanese will be able to obtain and enjoy new ideas and perspectives from this forum.
Our association hopes to “create places where people gather with contented hearts” and enjoy the installed art pieces in public spaces throughout Japan. We would like you to read this column and support our activities for the popularization and promotion of public art and legislating for “One Percent For Art Program.″