2016

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

Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation
CIIS Forum on "Northeast Asia Peace, Security and Cooperation"

The Americas

North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources
Workshop on “Advancing Digital Scholarship in Japanese Studies”

The Americas

Asian Studies Dept., University of British Columbia / INALCO
An International Symposium on “The One Hundred Poets”

The Americas

Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
Conference on “Sea Religion in Japan”

Europe

Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures (SISJAC), UK
The second “Toshiba Lecture on Art and Science in Japan”　(November,2016)

Europe

School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK
WG Beasley Memorial Lecture in Japan Studies　(December, 2016)

Europe

Victoria & Albert Museum（V＆A）,UK
International Symposium: ”Collecting Future Japan” (May, 2016)

Europe

Next Leaders’ Initiative for Sustainability（NELIS）
NELIS Sustainability Leaders‘ Summit (January 2017)

Europe

Fondation France-Japon de l’EHESS, France
International Conference:”Histories across Borders: Industrial Process of the Globalization” (FY2016)

Europe

BRUEGEL, Belgium
International Conference: “Innovation and economic reformation in Europe and Japan（October 2016）

Europe

Dept. of Linguistics and Comparative Studies, Ca’Foscari University of Venice, Italy
International conference: ”Life and Environment in Manmade Lands: Venice and Tokyo” (September 2016）

Europe

The European Japan Advanced Research Network (EJARN) hosted by the Politics and International Studies (PAIS), University of Warwick, UK
EJARN annual meeting (June, 2016）

Europe

Stockholm School of Economics, The European Institute of Japanese Studies, Sweeden
Symposium and publishing: “EU-Japan Relations: The Challenges of China and Globalization”(FY2016)

Europe

Norwegian University for Science and Technology　（NTNU）, Norway
International conference: ”Contemporary Japanese Society, Economics, and Politics with a Focus on Japan’s Energy Policy”(June, 2016)

Europe

Norwegian Network for Asian Studies, hosted by University of Oslo’s Centre for Development and the Environment, Norway
International Conference: NORASLAVII, “Regional Maritime Security ”

Asia

Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations
Experts Dialogue on India-Japan Economic Partnership

Asia

Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Department of Far Eastern Studies, Japanese Course
The Seminar for Japanese Studies in Central Asian countries

Asia

Old Japan Students' Association, Kingdom of Thailand
Japanese Language Teaching Seminar for Instructors

Asia

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

Asia

The Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language
Symposium in Bali 2016 ICJLE "Challenges and Responsibilities of Japanese Language Education in Secondary Schools around the World: Voices from Teachers Working on Human Development in the 21st Century"

Asia

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

Asia

Bridge for Peace
The modern version of Korean good-will delegation project

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

Central Institute for Economic Management　
Vietnam-Japan Emerging Researchers Forum on “Enhancing Vietnam-Japan Industrial Cooperation to Effectively Implement the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement"

Asia

National University of Laos
Workshop on "Natural and Human Resources Development under ASEAN Economic Community"

Asia

LPEM FEUI
Emerging Researchers Forum between Indonesia and Japan—Partnership Opportunities for Enhancing Human Capital, Innovation, and Competitiveness

Asia

Western Sydney University
Symposium on “Reflections of uncertainty resolution in Japanese phonetics and phonology"
Iwakura Mission Society
Grand Symposium on “Significance of Iwakura Mission in the world history and Japanese Future Vision in the Global Era”
University of Arts London, Research Centre for Transnational Art, Identity and Nation (TrAIN )
Symposium on: “Tokyo Future 1868-2020: City of Symbiosis”
The Executive Committee of Forum on East Asia and Contemporary Japanese-Language Literature
Forum on East Asia and Contemporary Japanese-Language Literature　in Nagoya
Kyoto City University of Arts
PENDULUM II
Executive Committee of Yamaguchi International & Regional Culture Forum
Workshop & Fashion Show themed “Nature nurturing Human and his & her Life”

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

Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies, Columbia University
Miyagi Michio: Composer Portrait Concert & Workshop

The Americas

The Japan-America Society of Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Taiko: Maintaining & Strengthening a Community Asset Proposal

The Americas

Topaz Museum
Securing images and permission to use photographs for the Topaz Museum exhibit

The Americas

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’ Japanese Art Collection: Reinstallation and Reinterpretation

The Americas

The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Confronting Cultural Stereotypes: Focus on Japan

The Americas

MALBA - Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires. Fundación Eduardo F. Costantini.
Exhibition of “ Yoko Ono. Dream Come True.”

Europe

Connect Shimane, UK
Masuda String Puppetry by the Puppeteers of Masuda City, Shimane Prefecture, UK (May, 2016)

Europe

Thetford Ancient House Museum, UK and Nagawa Obsidian Museum, Nagano
Curator’s lecture on Nagawa machi’s Obsidian at the Ancient House Museum (Summer 2016)

Europe

Centre Europeen d’Etudes Japonaise d’Alsace (CEEJA), France
Exhibition: “Japanese Art Dolls, Figurative Sculptures by Ohno Hatsuko” (September to October, 2016)

Europe

Art Biotop, Japan
Performance and workshop in Europe, Sumerian mythology Inanaa’s Decent to the nether world 　(FY2016)

Europe

Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, University of Ghent, Belgium
Gagaku and Budo―Japanese court music and martial arts as a memorial event celebrating 150th anniversary of Japan-Belgium Friendship (April, 2016)

Europe

Change Performing Arts, Italy
Gagaku and Budo―Japanese court music and martial arts as a memorial event cerebrating 150th anniversary of Japan-Italy Friendship (April, 2016)

Europe

Royal Lazienki Museum, Poland
Gagaku and Budo―Japanese court music and martial arts (April, 2016)

Europe

Muzika Judaika z.s., Czech Republic
“From the Diary of Countess M.” monodrama presenting the life of Mitsuko, Coudenhove-Kalergi (FY2016)

Asia

Junior Chamber International Tokyo (Japan)
JAPAN＆PALAU　FRIENDSHIP FESTIVAL

Asia

JAPAN-CHINA FRIENDSHIP CENTER
The1st Japan Art Craft Exhibition in Shanghai, Takaoka lacquerware 2016
Tokyo National Museum
Production of English version of smart-phone guide “TohakuNavi” 2016

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, MIT Japan Design Workshop (JDW)
BEYOND 2020_nx - Designing Resilient Urban Nexus for the Next Generation

The Americas

Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center, University of Montana
Promotion of Research, Publication, and Translation of Studies on 19th-Century Japan, with a particular focus on Christianity in Meiji Era Japan

The Americas

Institute for Advanced Study, Indiana University
Completion of an Anthology in English of Early Edo-Period Japanese Literature 1600-1750: Year 2

Europe

Sophie Richard. Inc, UK
Research for publishing the book “The Art Lover’s Guide to Japanese Museums”　(FY2016)

Europe

Department of East Asian Studies, University of Cambridge, UK
a series of international meetings on the role of media in the creation of historical opinions in East Asia (FY2016)

Europe

School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds, UK
Research for publishing: Islands for Life: Artistic responses to remote social polarization and population decline in post-growth Japan (FY2016)

Europe

Glasgow Life, UK
Research Project: ”Scottish-Japanese Cultural and Education/ Technical Exchange: 1858-1901”　(FY2016)

Europe

Mori Ogai Gedenkstätte, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Exchibition and lecture: Childhood in Meiji Japan: Cross-Disciplinary and -Regional Perspectives (FY2016)

Europe

Université Paris Diderot, France
Research project: Analysis of the errors in Japanese made by French students (FY2016)

Europe

INALCO (National Institute of Oriental Language and Civilizations in France), France
International research symposium in Paris - Revisiting the Tale of Genji : translation, commentary, rewriting (March, 2016)

Europe

University of Strasbourg, France
International symposium: “Aspects of Modern Culture in Japan-Tradition, Hybridization, Innovation’ (December, 2016)

Europe

Department of Japanology and Sinology of Jagiellonian University, Poland
Reminiscences and Dreams: Reading Meiji and Taishō Short-Stories (Publication of the handbook in Polish) (FY2016)

Europe

Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Germany
Reconstruction of the Holdings of the former Japan Institute Berlin (1926-1945) (FY2016)

Europe

Faculty of Law, University of Vienna, Austria
Lecture series by Professor Oda on Japanese law in collaboration with University College of London (FY2016)

Europe

Hortus Botanicus Leiden, Leiden University, Netherlands
Exhibition and lecture in Japan Year: Von Siebold and the plants from Japan (FY2016)

Europe

Paulo Ramos, the Portugal-Japan Friendship Association, Portugal　
Translation project to publish a text book: Pearl Harbour, Lisboa, Tóquio — Morishima Morito (FY2016)
The University Museum, The University of Tokyo
Promotion of the international cooperation using the Siebold’s collection network by the researchers of the next generation

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

The Japan-America Society of Washington DC
European Japan Bowl

Europe

European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS)
EAJS fellows networking activity (FY2016)

Europe

The Department of World Cultures at the University of Helsinki, Finland
Workshop: ”Contemporary Western Philosophy and Japanese Thought” (October, 2016)

Asia

Uzbekistan
Application for Japanese Teaching Materials

Asia

The Jusup Balasagyn Kyrgys National University
Application for Japanese Teaching Materials

Asia

Japan Federation of Bar Association
Project for Improvement of Lawyers' Education under the National Judicial Institute of Lao P.D.R.

Asia

Foreign Press Center/Japan
2016 Fellowship Program for Asian Journalists

Asia

Japan-Nepal　Female Education Associate
“Japan as a Pioneer in the Frontier of the Aging Societies”

Asia

Center for China- Japan Exchange Studies
Japanese Language Education Forum in 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 Alumni of Vietnam
TIFO Postdoctoral Support Program

Asia

NPO Empowering Women Empowering Society
Fellowship Program for professors and staffs of Asian University for Women
Society for Future Japanese Education
Production of Japanese educational DVD "Kanji of bushing 100"
International Center for Japanese Culture
The 21st Century Japanese Music Project II (Year One)
Cultural sending promotion committee (CSPC)
Introducing Japanese Traditional Music to the International Community
Japan Emergency NGO (JEN)
Program to learn from lessons of Japanese disaster management and building capacity of disaster management of NGO workers
Non Profit Organization Future Dream Achievement
The international leadership training for supporting social withdrawal
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