Grants

III.Research and Related Activities

North Americ

University of Pittsburgh (USA)
Noh performance and related lectures
Stanford University East Asian Library (USA)
Purchase of books related to Japan
University of Columbia' s C.V. Star East Asian Library (USA)
Purchase of books related to Japan
Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies, Columbia University (USA)
Hogaku (traditional Japanese music) workshop
East Asian Studies Center, Indiana University (USA)
Research on “Monsters and the Monstrous” in Japanese history and culture
University of British Columbia (Canada)
Noh performances and related workshops

Europe

British Association for Japanese Studies (UK)
Presentation of the Toshiba International Foundation Award for the best article published in the journal Japan Forum, and the association' s annual general meeting
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford (UK)
Purchase of Japanese books
University of Sheffield (UK)
Research project entitled "Negotiating the Boundaries of the Postwar Japanese State"
Royal Institute for International Affairs (UK)
Monthly meetings of the Japan Discussion Group
Institut Des Hautes Etudes Japonaises (France)
Creation of catalogue of Japanese amulets and talismans, and its publication on the institute' s website.
Mori Ogai Memorial Hall (Germany)
Collecting and cataloguing of translations of Mori Ogai' s works, and related books, written in Western languages
University of Bonn (Germany)
Production and publication of "Japan in Photographs: A Collection of Photographs by a German Diplomat of the Meiji Era"
Japan Anthropology Workshop (Norway)
18th workshop
Nordic Association for the Study of Contemporary Japanese Society
The association' s 3rd general meeting, and a seminar conducted using the association' s website

Asia, Oceania

Dalian University (People' s Republic of China)
Purchase of Japanese books
University of Indonesia (Indonesia)
Publication of "Understanding Japan"
Thammasat University (Thailand)
Publication of a text on the structure of the Japanese language
The Japanese Cultural Society, Singapore (Singapore)
36th Singapore Japan Culture Festival
Nihongo Center Foundation (Philippines)
Training of Japanese language teachers
The University of Manila (Philippines)
Donation of information technology and facilities for studying Japanese
Japanese-Khmer Friendship Language School (Cambodia)
Project for improving Japanese language teaching
University of Delhi (India)
Purchase of Japanese books
Jawaharlal Nehru University (India)
Donation of Japanese books, and lectures on Japan
Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
Donation of facilities and equipment for teaching Japanese
Kyushu University Business School (Japan)
International workshops on business
Australia National University (Australia)
Research on Japan' s public diplomacy in Asia

Japan

Society for Gender Studies in Japanese (Japan)
Production of videos and DVDs for learning Japanese
Association for the Traditional Performance Arts of Japan (Japan)
Kabuki performance and educational program for foreign students in Japan
The Harvard Krokodiloes, Inc. (Japan)
A cappella performance
Toyama International Center　(Japan)
Training and support of Japanese volunteers to provide non-Japanese speakers with help in their daily lives