20世纪90年代以来的日本,经济长期萧条、政治剧烈动荡、社会结构转型,促使日本文化发生了巨大变化,进而呼唤创造新型的文化,为社会、经济和政治的变革提供支持。在这一背景下,日本开始摸索面向21世纪的文化战略。经过90年代以来的不断探索,日本大体形成了以创建新型“文化国家” Since the1990s, Japan’s economic downturn, violent political turmoil and social structural transformation have led to tremendous changes in Japanese culture, which in turn calls for the creation of a new type of culture and support for social, economic and political changes. In this context, Japan began to explore the cultural strategy for the 21st century. After 90 years of continuous exploration, Japan formed a general to create a new type of “cultural country”