The Cultural Affairs Agency has decided to build a pop-art center in Tokyo aimed at promoting animated films, "manga" and game software, agency officials said Sunday.
The officials said they hope the facility, expected to open in two to three years, will give a boost to popular art and related industries, and become a tourist spot attracting foreign visitors.
The agency hopes the project will spawn a new area on a par with Tokyo's Akihabara district, known as a center of Japanese animation culture.