At the 24th GRIPS Forum GRIPS invited Dr. AOKI Tamotsu, Special University Professor of Graduate School of Aoyama Gakuin University and former Commissioner for Cultural Affairs to deliver a lecture on andquot;Globalization of contemporary Japanese culture andndash;its possibilities and issuesandquot;. Dr. AOKI talked about the present situation that Japanese culture is very popular in many countries, the background of it, and task for the future. He also said that itandrsquo;s important to make East Asia Kulturkreis. There were many questions raised during the Qandamp;A session that showed the participantsandrsquo; high interest in Japanese culture.