Osaka urged to spend more on arts ahead of Olympic extravaganza

The Japan Times,
21 August 2016, Japan

In fiscal 2014, the prefectural art and culture budget was ¥703 million. That works out to about ¥79 per resident in a prefecture with a population of about 8.84 million people. By contrast, Tokyo’s 13.5 million residents were paying ¥1,127 each for the capital’s art and culture budget.

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