加藤官房長官、アイヌ文化共感へ取り組み強化　ウポポイ開業１周年

　政府のアイヌ政策推進本部長を務める加藤勝信官房長官は１７日午前、アイヌ文化施設「民族共生象徴空間（ウポポイ）」（北海道白老町）の開業１周年セレモニーに出席した。あいさつで加藤氏は「アイヌ文化の素晴らしさを体験し、民族共生の理念に共感していただけるよう、コンテンツの充実、ＰＲ活動の強化に取り組んでいきたい」と強調した。
　常本照樹アイヌ民族文化財団理事長は「ウポポイがアイヌ文化の扇の要となり、伝統文化を継承し、新たな文化を創造する拠点として発展することにさらに力を注いでいきたい」と語った。（2021/07/17-11:03）

Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato pledged Saturday that the Japanese government will ramp up efforts to help Ainu culture to be shared more widely.
   "We will work to provide better content and strengthen publicity activities so that people can experience the greatness of Ainu culture and empathize with the ideal of ethnic harmony," Kato said at a ceremony to mark the first anniversary of the opening of the government-run Upopoy National Ainu Museum and Park in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, northernmost Japan.
   Kato heads the government's task force for promoting policy measures related to Ainu indigenous people.
   Teruki Tsunemoto, head of the Foundation for Ainu Culture, said, "We will make further efforts in hopes that Upopoy will serve as the cornerstone of Ainu culture and develop as a base for inheriting traditional culture and create a new culture."
   Upopoy opened in July 2020 for the purpose of reconstructing and developing Ainu culture.