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.

FY2024 Grant Example

Japanese New Individualized Major Program (IMP): Sustainable Global Peace
Indiana University, USA

Japanese New Individualized Major Program (IMP): Sustainable Global Peace

Japanese Studies at Indiana university had traditionally focused on language and culture, but in fiscal 2024, with the aim of contributing to world peace, the university expanded its scope and peacebuilding curriculum with a field study program centered on Japan. Initiatives that students participated in included International Kids Guernica; a two-week field trip where 12 students visited Hiroshima and Nagasaki to hear firsthand accounts from atomic bomb survivors and reflect on the meaning of peace; and an online dialogue with the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. The results persuaded the university to establish a special Japan studies course aimed at contributing to sustainable world peace, in March 2025.

Workshop on the study of Japanese labor market
University of Zurich, Switzerland

Workshop on the study of Japanese labor market

A collaboration of young researchers from Zurich University, University of Duisburg-Essen, and the University of Tokyo’s Institute of Social Science was behind a two-day workshop at Tokyo University on structural changes in Japan’s labor market and the role of international skilled migrants in Japan and beyond. Ten experts from Europe and close to thirty audience joined for this workshop. The experts presented and discussed their research in the workshop, allowing comparison of case studies from different national perspectives. The study provided clues for further exploring policy and deepen theory on highly skilled migration in Asia.

FY 2025　Grant Activities (Plan)

Grant Activities (by fiscal year)
  • Europe
  • Europe, Middle East And Africa
  • Asia
  • Asia and Oceania

Europe

The Japan Society (UK)
The public lecture series “Promoting Meaningful Understanding”

Europe

Sophie Richard, Inc.
Filming project “Encounters with Japan”

Europe

Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures
International Conference “Maritime Encounters - Linking Japan to the Medieval World”

Europe

University of East Anglia
Research Project “Unpacking the Archive: Encountering Global Art Histories in the Archives of Morita Shiryu”

Europe

Leiden University
Workshop for a special edition of The Hague Journal of Diplomacy “Japan’s Diplomacy between the West and the East”

Europe

European Center for Japanese Studies in Alsace (CEEJA)
International Conference “Uncanny Lives: Dolls and Puppets in the Japanese Imagination(1800 - 2000)”

Europe

École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) / Fondation France-Japon (FFJ)
International Research Project: “Care - led innovation: The case of elderly care in France and Japan”

Europe

European University Institute (EUI)
Workshop “Leadership and Japan’s China Policy: From Diplomacy to Grand Strategy”

Europe

University of Zurich
Workshop “Comparative Perspectives on the Transformation of the Japanese Labor Market through International Skilled Migration”

Europe

Charles University
Publication of Japanese Linguistics Workbook

Europe

International Research Institute for Archaeology and Ethnology
Research Project “Japan’s Neolithic as a Milestone in Studies of the Development of Humankind: the Example of the Onigasaki Archaeological Site”

Europe

Stellenbosch University Japan Centre
Research Forum on Japanese Industry and Development in Africa

Europe

Institute for Chemical Research (ICR), Kyoto University
Workshop on urushi “Urushi and Asian Lacquers in Western Museums: a Symposium on Scientific and Conservation Challenges”

Europe

Siebold Natural History Research Group
Research project “Exploring Siebold's Contributions to the Development of Natural Sciences in Japan”

Europe

Japonya Araştırmaları Derneği (JAD) (official name in Turkish)
Publication the yearly academic journal Global Perspectives on Japan (GPJ) No.9

Asia

Center for Japanese Studies, College of Applied Language, National Taichung University of Science and Technology
A research on the Potential and challenges of the Japan - Taiwan Semiconductor Ecosystem

Asia

University of Melbourne
Research project "Architecture for a Post - Growth World: Alternative design approaches in contemporary Japan"

Asia

University of Technology Sydney
Filming project "The Evolving Multicultural Tapestry of Japan: Everyday Multiculturalism at the Intersections of Culture, Language, and Political Economy of Food"

Asia

Faculty of Liberal Arts, Thammasat University
Research project "Forward and Backward Translation in Japanese - Thai Translation : Factors Influencing Their Application and Practice"

Asia

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia（UKM）
Research project "Discursive Representations of Sustainable Fashion in Japan: Lessons for Malaysia"
Telkom University
Study of Sustainable Aizome - Indigo Dyeing Practices in Tokushima, Japan
College of Fellows - Center for Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Studies (University of Tübingen) and the Society for Intercultural Philosophy (GIP)
Research project "The Legacies of Miki Kiyoshi’s Philosophy: Ethics, Humanism and Technology"
Department of History and Cultures, University of Bologna
Research project "Bōsai and climate change: Learning from disaster experiences for disaster risk reduction in Japan and Italy"
Kinugasa Research Organization at Ritsumeikan University
Research - Networking Talk Series Project “Ethnic Communities Within Global Japanese Studies - Encountering Diversity in a Multi - Ethnic, Multi - Cultural Japan”
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