TIFO Initiated Activities
2014
The projects shown on this page are all based on plans as of the beginning of the fiscal year.
25th anniversary program
- 25th anniversary reception, organized in cooperation with the Maureen and Mile Mansfield Foundation, Capitol Hill, Washington, DC(June 5th, 2014)New Window
- 2nd Summit on the Future of the Japanese Music Heritage (June 15th, 2014), and Pygmalion Days Special Concert (June 16th, 2014), hosted by the Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies, Columbia University and supported by TIFO in Japan
- International symposium on “What message shall Japan communicate to the world in 2020” at Nikkei Hall, Tokyo (October 3rd)
-- “The Project japan”, a feature program on this symposium, was covered by Channel Japan, a magazine-style informational program broadcast across Asia.(December 14th ,2014)New Window - 25th anniversary exhibition of “Western time keeping and the Japanese flow of time”at the Embassy of Japan in the UK (October 29th to December 1st)
- Essay contest for young researchers engaged in Japanese studies, on ‘the Message that Japan Should Send Out to the World in 2020’
- Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies (IUC)
- Fellowship program for foreign students attending IUC
- TOMODACHI Toshiba Science & technology Leadership Academy
- Support for a Japan-based summer educational program for Japanese and American high school students.
- European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS)
- Support for field work by doctoral students of Japanese studies
- Center for Japanese Studies, University of East Anglia
- Summer school for students of Japanese Studies(Link to the University of East Anglia’s YouTube Channel)New Window
- Tokyo Center for Economic Research
- Short field work for specialists on ASEAN
- Toshiba Youth Club Asia Vol.1
- High school student exchange program between Japan and Asia