History

Masanori Aoyagi took office as third Chairperson

Subcommittee for Southeast Asia renamed Subcommittee for Southeast Asia/South Asia

Basic Policy on the Promotion of International Cooperation for Protection of Cultural Heritage Abroad issued (Second Basic Policy; Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Notification No. 1, February 21, 2014)

Myanmar Working Group established

Subcommittee for Africa, Subcommittee for Latin America and Caribbean , Subcommittee for Europe established

Yoshiaki Ishizawa took office as second Chairperson

Economic Cooperation Working Group established

Subcommittee for East and Central Asia established

Basic Policy on the Promotion of International Cooperation for Protection of Cultural Heritage Abroad issued (Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Notification No. 1, December 25, 2007)

Subcommittee for Southeast Asia and Subcommittee for West Asia established

Ikuo Hirayama took office as the first Chairperson

Japan Consortium for International Cooperation in Cultural Heritage established

Act on the Promotion of International Cooperation for Protection of Cultural Heritage Abroad passed by the Diet

Suprapartisan panel discussion held on the Act on the Promotion of International Cooperation for Protection of Cultural Heritage Abroad

Panel discussion held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on promoting cultural diplomacy

Alliance of Diet members formed by the Democratic Party of Japan on the promotion of international cooperation in cultural properties

Meeting “Promotion of International Cooperation in Cultural Properties” held

Panel discussion held by the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan on the promotion of international cooperation in cultural properties