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2020.7.31
Message from the Chairman was updated.

New essays relative to Japan-Insights website were uploaded.
1. In ‘The Gardens and Landscape of Tohoku,’ and ‘The Gardens of Tokyo’ two young gardeners from Kew Gardens, recount their what they saw and learned while studying Japanese gardens in Japan’s north-east and Tokyo.
2. In ‘Rustic Houses and Rice Fields in Yamaguchi’ and ‘Culture, Tradition, and Innovation along the Rice-Road’ the archaeologist Dr. Kitagawa Chiori details two typical examples of rustic houses and the values of Japanese aesthetics, and Doigahama site featuring lives in the early Yayoi Period.
2020.7.28
TIFO Activities Report was updated to feature FY2019 activities.
2020.7.23
Videos related to essays and the current focus of interest, COVID-19, have also been uploaded.
1. In 'Japanese Classics in a Time of Contagion', Dr. Robert Campbell, Director General of the National Institute of Japanese Literature, delves into the lives of premodern people dealing with infectious diseases.
2. A performance of ‘2020 Glories of the Japanese Music Heritage XV’, introduced by Professor Barbara Rush, Director of the Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies at Columbia University
3. 'Uncovering the Mystery of Japan's Stonehenge,’ a BBC documentary, adds to our understanding of the Kanayama Megalith, featured in Dr. Harriett Natsuyama’s essay.
2020.7.22
New essays have been recently added to Japan-Insights
1. Dr. Barak Kushner, Professor of East Asian Studies at the University of Cambridge, takes a look at the different food cultures of Tokyo and Osaka in ‘Eating and Slurping in Osaka.'
2. In ‘the Soul of the Japanese Blade,’ Dr. Erich Pauer, an expert in Japanese technological and economic development at the CEEJA in France, delves into the history of tatara, the traditional steel making process.
3. Dr. Regina Mathias, a scholar of social and economic history at France’s CEEJA, introduces in her essay ‘Ciapangu, Land of Gold and Silver’ a little known Japan.
2020.4.6
'Northern Jomon Culture Seen from the World,' by Mr. Takada Kazunori, Director at Goshono Jomon Park, offers readers of Japan-Insights an informative look at the fascinating culture that developed in the unique geographical environment of Northern Tohoku and Hokkaido. This complements 'Enhanced Landscapes of Japanese Prehistory,' by the University of East Anglia’s Dr. Simon Kaner, which take a broader look at Jomon sites in Japan.
2020.3.26
In ‘Spectacular Buildings, Sendai’s Legacy of Architecture and Art,’ Kyushu University art historian Dr. Anton Schweizer explores two fascinating aspects of Sendai’s architectural heritage: the Japanese baroque that flourished under Date Masamune, governor during the early years of the Tokugawa shogunate; and its vibrant modern architecture, exemplified by the distinctive Sendai Mediatheque.
2020.2.21
The videos of final presentation and students’ interview of TYCA Vol.6 released.
2020.2.18
Toshiba Youth Club Asia Vol.6 was held on December, 2019.
2019.12.05
We have stopped accepting the application for grant for FY2020.
2019.12.4
The award ceremony for the essay contest was held on November 26th.
2019.10.01
TIFO starts receiving applications for grants for FY 2020 on October 1st, 2019.
2019.6.19
We received a congratulatory message from Prof. Harald Fuess of Heidelberg University.
2019.4.23
Toshiba Youth Club Asia Vol.5 was held on March, 2019.
2019.4.11
We launched the 30-year anniversary site.
2018.12.07
We have stopped accepting the application for grant for FY 2019.
2018.10.01
TIFO starts receiving applications for grants for FY 2019 on October 1st, 2018.
2018.07.18
Our website was updated.
2018.04.27
Japan-Insights is enriched with a new essay：
- 'Samurai Art of the Edo Period'
  by Dr. Timon Screech, Professor at Department of History of Art
  at the School of Oriental and African Studies, SOAS University of London, U.K.
2018.04.06
Japan-Insights has posted more essays in which experts share their love of Japan.
- Dr. Flavia Fulco, Sophie University ICC, Japan ‘Kataribe: A Keyword to Recovery’
- Dr. Simon Kaner, University of East Anglia, UK ‘Izumo: Lands of Gods, Myths, and Metals’
- Dr. Ewa Pa?asz-Rutkowska, University of Warsaw, Poland ‘The Symbol of Modern Japan’
2018.02.06
TYCA Vol.4 held from December 22 to 29, 2017.
2017.12.01
We stopped accepting applications for grant on Novemver 30th.
2017.11.29
“Japan-Insights” opens on November 29th. “Japan-Insights” encourages people around the world not just to visit Japan, but to find and explore the real Japan. This is made possible by some of the world’s leading experts, scholars, and professors in Japanese studies through essays that explore and showcase their expertise.
2017.10.01
TIFO started to accept the grant application for fiscal year 2018 on October 1st.
2017.09.08
On Monday, 4th September 2017, TIFO signed an agreement with the Cambridge Trust and the Japanese Studies section of the University of Cambridge to establish the Toshiba Cambridge Japan and the World Graduate Scholarship for PhD candidate student.
2017.07.26
Our website has been redesigned.