TIFO Initiated Activities

In collaboration with the European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS), we support three-month field work for thesis in Japan by three doctoral students of Japanese studies at graduate schools of European universities, as well as sponsoring cross-discipline workshop where students can make presentations, network with other researchers, and improve their overall capabilities.

As the international exchange program for high school students of Japan and ten ASEAN nations was started in 2014. Now having evolved to become a joint program with ASJA International, TYCA aims at fostering a network of next-generation of Asian leaders, who have a long-term vision to contribute to the development of sustainable society.

The Centre for Japanese Studies at the UK’s University of East Anglia, in collaboration with the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, organized an introductory program in Japanese Studies for students, early-career researchers, and university faculty from Central and Eastern Europe in March 2026. Lectures, discussions and presentations on topics such as history, literature, language, and international relations allowed the participants to explore diverse approaches to Japanese Studies. By bringing together undergraduate and doctoral students, early-career researchers and faculty members, the program fostered interdisciplinary dialogues, mutual learning, and international networking, while supporting the development of the next generation of Japanese Studies scholars.

Multi-year scholarships for PhD candidates for Japan studies at the University of Cambridge aims to harness next-generation of scholars with a vision to place Japan within the large context of the world, either in its multilateral focus or through its disciplinary impact.

The scholarship program allows students in master’s degree programs at Beijing Center for Japanese Studies to stay at universities in Japan for several months and to further their studies of the Japanese economy, culture and literature, contributing to nurturing human resources who can deepen relations between the two countries.

In collaboration with the Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies, Columbia University, the program is designed to promote wider international appreciation of hogaku, Japan's traditional music. The program offers professional musicians from outside Japan the opportunity to master traditional instruments through intensive training in Japan.

The program enables Vietnamese researchers and scholars to explore their areas of interest through short-term research fellowships at Japanese research and educational institutions. The researchers are selected with the support of Japan Alumni of Vietnam (JAV).

This program awards four fellowships a year to research students from overseas studying to become specialists in Japan, or international relations involving Japan, at the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies in Yokohama.

In association with the Tokyo Center for Economic Research, we support internship opportunities for researchers/specialists in economics in ASEAN at Japanese universities or research institutions.