2015

Grant Activities (by fiscal year)

The projects shown on this page are all based on plans as of the beginning of the fiscal year.

Symposia and Seminars

TIFO supports symposia, seminars, lectures, etc., that promote international understanding of Japan.
  • Europe
  • Europe, Middle East And Africa
  • Asia
  • Asia and Oceania

The Americas

The Henry L. Stimson Center
Symposium: “Voices from Japan: National Security Speaker Series” (September 9, 2015)

The Americas

Asian Studies Center, University Center for International Studies, University of Pittsburgh
Symposium: “Women, Rites, and Objects in Pre-modern Japan” (TBD)

Europe

Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures (SISJAC), UK
The second “Toshiba Lecture on Art and Science in Japan”　(November,2015)

Europe

University of the Arts London, Research Centre for Transnational Art, Identity and Nation (TrAIN) , UK
Lecture series　“Tokyo Futures, 1868-2020”　(Six lectures in 2015)

Europe

School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK
WG Beasley Memorial Lecture in Japan Studies

Europe

Japan Anthropology Workshop (JAWS)　coordinated by University of Cambridge and Boğaziçi University,　Turkey
The 26thJAWS International Conference ‘Technology and Nature in Japan’　(September 2015)”

Europe

The European Japan Advanced Research Network (EJARN) hosted by University of Pavia, Italy
Hosting the EJARN annual meeting and Japan/EU-Japan Conference (June, 2015)

Europe

Fondation France-Japon de École des hautes études en sciences sociales（EHESS）, France
Conference series ‘Histories across Borders: Japan in the History of the World’ (Fiscal 2015)

Europe

BRUEGEL, Belgium
The　International conference "Secular Stagnation in Europe and Japan "　（October, 2015）

Europe

European Policy Centre (EPC), Belgium
The international conference ‘The Stars and the Sun: Advancing EU-Japan Cooperation in an Evolving Global Environment’　FY2015

Europe

T.M.C. Asser Instituut (Asser Institute), The Netherlands
The symposium on International Law and Japanese Approaches to UN Reform, International Peace Operations, and the Law of the Sea　（Fiscal 2015）

Asia

The Genron NPO
Japan- the United States-China-South Korea Multilateral Dialogue toward Peace in Asia

Asia

East Asia Research Institute
The 14th East Asia International Symposium

Asia

Japan-Myanmar Economic & Investment Center
Seminars small and medium-sized enterprises in Myanmar

Asia

Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations
Experts Dialogue on IndiaJapan Economic Partnership

Asia

Development　Alternatives
Inequality in a Rising Asia: Environment, Politics and Society

Asia

LPEM FEUI
Emerging Researchers Forum between Indonesia and JapanPartnership

Asia

Central Institute for Economic Management
Vietnum/Japan Emerging Researchers Forum: "Partnership Opportunities for Vietnum's Successful Inclusion in ASEAN Economic Community"

Asia

Vietnam National University-Hanoi, Faculty of Oriental Studies
Program of Seminar and Student Exchange on the celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Vietnam National University Hanoi.

Asia

National University of Laos
Workshop on "Natural and Human Resources Development under ASEAN Economic Community"
Pugwash2015 Organizing Committee, Japan, and Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
The 61st Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs (November 1 to 5, 2015)
Local Organizing Committee of WEHC 2015
XVIIth World Economic History Congress (August 3 to 7, 2015)
Josai International University
International Seminar (TBD)

Art and Culture

TIFO supports exhibitions of Japanese arts and culture held at museums and galleries, and other activities that introduce Japanese arts and culture to communities outside Japan.
  • Europe
  • Europe, Middle East And Africa
  • Asia
  • Asia and Oceania

The Americas

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Special Exhibition: “In the Wake: Japanese Photographers Respond to 3-11” (April 5 to July 12, 2015)

The Americas

The Japan Society of Boston
Documentary Film entitled “The Paper Lantern Film Project”

The Americas

Tomoe Arts Society
Kayoi Komachi – a new opera workshop (February 21 to 27, 2016)

The Americas

East Asian Studies Center, Institute for Advanced Study, Indiana University
Compliation of an anthology in English of early Edo-period literature, 1600-1750

The Americas

Computer Music Center, Columbia University
Workshop: “Tones, Timbres, Technology: Japanese Heritage Instruments in the 21st Century (June 19 to 29, 2015)

The Americas

Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
Exhibition: “Looking East: Western Artists and the Allure of Japan” (October 30, 2015 to February 7, 2016)

Europe

Koji Fukiya Museum, Japan
Exhibition of the late Koji Fukiya’s works at the Japan Cultural Institute in Paris　(May, 2015)

Europe

Sophie Richard.co.uk, UK
Production of the second “The Art Lover's Guide to Japanese Museums”　(Fiscal 2015)

Europe

Czech Japanese Association, Czech Republic
Publication of Japanese calligraphy　textbook　(April to September, 2015)

Asia

Asian Lacquer Craft Exchange Research Project Executive Committee
Karakuri Art

Asia

Nonprofit Organization Traditional Japanese Music society
Performance in Korea of Traditional Japanese Music Society

Asia

“Korea/Japan Traditional Arts Exchange Music Festival” and “Exchange
Meeting with Sea Cross of Kore Maritime and Ocean University”

Asia

The Japanese Cultural Society
45th Japanese Cultural Festival 2015
International Center for Japanese Culture
The 21th Century Japanese Music Project: “Japanese Music Matters: Youth Concerts Across the Continents” (TBD)
Tokyo National Museum
Production of English version of smartphone guide “TohakuNavi” 2015
The executive of project for admiring Ieyasu 400th after his death
The Exhibition and symposium of concerned with Ieyasu’ clock (May 23 to June 28, 2015)

Research and Related Activities

TIFO supports research on themes related to Japan, and supports projects to purchase Japanese books for research; to build network supporting Japan studies; and to promote education on Japan and Japanese language.
  • Europe
  • Europe, Middle East And Africa

The Americas

MIT Department of Architecture, The MIT Japan Design Workshop
BEYOND 2020_nx - Designing Resilient Urban Nexuses for the Next Generation

The Americas

North American Coordination Council on Japanese Library Resources
Expanding Access to Japanese Collections Worldwide: Networking, Workshops, and Online Guids to Japanese Collections in Europe and North America

The Americas

Dept. of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia
The Digital One Hundred Poets: Edo Popular Literary Literacy and Digital Humanities (Phase Two)

Europe

National Institute of Japanese Studies, The University of Sheffield(NIJS), UK
Discourse on the Environment and Climate Change in Japan and China　(November, 2015)

Europe

Glasgow Life, UK
Research project, “Scottish-Japanese Cultural and Education/ Technical Exchange: 1858-1901” (Fiscal 2015)

Europe

INALCO　(National Institute of Oriental Language and Civilizations in France)　
Research Project, ‘Analysis of the errors in Japanese made by French students’　(FY2015)

Europe

Centre European d’Études Japonaises d’Alsace (CEEJA), France
International conference ’A genealogy of "Fantasy" in Japanese popular culture’

Europe

Mori Ogai Gedenkstätte, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Production of Digital Ogai Portal（Fiscal 2015）

Europe

Heidelberg university, Cluster of Excellence, Germany
Research project “Modern Japanese History in a Global Context: Meiji Restoration”　(Fiscal 2015)

Europe

Japan Museum Siebold House, The Netherland
Siebold symposium: New aspects of Siebold Research – Collaboration of Science and culture (October, 2015)

Europe

Victoria & Albert Museum（V＆A）, UK
Conservation project of a lacquer palanquin containing a life-size seated female figure (Fiscal 2015)

Europe

Frankfurt University, Germany
Research project, ‘Dissecting early modern Japan, Kaiho Seiryo as a key to the context of his times’ (Fiscal2015)

Europe

Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Germany
Reconstruction of the holdings of the former Japan Institute Berlin(1926-1945), (Fiscal 2015)

Europe

Section for East Asian Art, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Workshop on the Roles and Reception of the Japanese Katagami in the West (August 2015 to January 2016)

Europe

European Association of Japanese Resource Specialists（EAJRS）
EARJS conservation assessment survey of Japanese special collections (Fiscal 2015)

Europe

Bodleian Japanese Library, University of Oxford, UK
Conserving project of an early Qing dynasty Chinese scroll using Japanese materials and techniques （Fiscal 2015）

Europe

Faculty of Law, University of Vienna
Lecture series on Japanese law in collaboration with University of London　(Fiscal 2015)
The Organizing Committee of the World Congress of ICCEES in Makuhari, Japan
Japan in the Context of the World Literature –Literary Education in the post-Soviet countries
Japanese Association of Science & Technology Journalists
Inviting science journalists on short visits to japan to facilitate international understanding of Japan’s science and technology (June 11 to 13, 2015)

Fostering Future Experts

TIFO supports projects to cultivate students and young researchers who will major in Japan studies or contribute to deepen international understanding of Japan and to strengthen the relation between Japan and other countries.
  • Europe
  • Europe, Middle East And Africa
  • Asia
  • Asia and Oceania

The Americas

Japan Society, NY
Going Global(SNS) Curriculum & Teacher Handbook: Ideas and Practices for Global Exchange in the Classroom

Europe

European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS)
The 10th EAJS PhD Workshop (June 2015)

Asia

CITYNET Yokohama Office
Teacher Training on Primary Education

Asia

Foreign Press Center/Japan
2015 Fellowship Program for Asian Journalists “Recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake and Lessons Learned: Japanese Coexistence with the Ocean”

Asia

The Japan Forum
Japanese Language Teacher Training in Changsha, China

Asia

Japan Federation of Bar Associations
Project to support strengthening legal structure for lawyer’s system in Lao PDR

Asia

The Japan Forum
Japanese Language Teacher Training in Changsha, China

Asia

The Asian Students Cultural Association
Study Tour for the Cross-Cultural Exchange and Mutual Understanding among foreign students including Japanese students

Asia

Japan China Exchange Support Organization
11th Japanese composition contest of Chinese

Asia

The Japan-India Friendship Association
Support program of Researches on Japan for Universities of India

Asia

JKSK(The Society of Promoting Women's Education and Leadership)
Fellowship Program for professors and staffs of Asian University for Women

Asia

Uzbekistan
Application for Japanese Teaching Materials

Asia

Kazakhstan
Application for Japanese Teaching Materials

Asia

OLD JAPAN STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION, KINGDOM OF THAILAND
Japanese Language Teaching Seminar for Instructors
Tokyo Future Education Institute
Production of the educational DVD “Kanji 1000 –through the JAPANESE LIFE STYLE-“ (April 15 to September 30, 2015)
School of International Politics, Economics and Communication, Aoyama Gakuin University
Wests Meet Easts –Young Students and Scholars Exchange through Japanese Culture and Company’s Internship (July 31 to August 8, 2015)
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