Grants

III.Research and Related Activities

North America

University of Pittsburgh(USA)
Research by members of the Japanese Studies faculty
Indiana University(USA)
Workshops on “Monsters and the Monstrous” in Japanese history and culture
Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies, Columbia University(USA)
3rd annual Gagaku (old Japanese court music) concert and related workshop
Cornell University(USA)
Establishment of the on-line Japanese Performing Arts Resource Center
University of Massachusetts Amherst(USA)
Performance of Ningyo Jyoruri (puppet theater) and workshop
University of Montreal East Asia Study Center(Canada)
Purchase of books for research on Japan

Europe

The British Association for Japanese Studies (BAJS) (UK)
Presentation of the 7th Toshiba International Foundation Award, and support for research
University of Sheffield (UK)
Research project entitled “Negotiating the ‘Boundaries' of the Postwar Japanese State”
Cardiff University(UK)
Installation of a new Japanese language laboratory
Berlin Humboldt University(Germany)
Publication of “Japonica Humboldtiana” (Japanese research journal)
University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany)
Intensive course on "Language Management in a Japanese-Language Context"
Leiden University(the Netherlands)
Establishment of the on-line European Manga & Anime Research Centre
University of Milan (Italy)
Roundtable discussion on Japan's economic diplomacy in Asia
The in-kind giving of Toshiba products to institutios
Victoria & Albert Museum (UK), The British Museum (UK), Mori Ogai Memorial Hall (Germany), Humboldt University　　>>Report

Asia

University of Indonesia, Faculty of Humanities (Indonesia)
Writing and publishing of books related to Japan
Thammasat University (Thailand)
Research project entitled "Studies on the Japanese Language Curricula of the Six National Universities in Bangkok"
The Japanese Cultural Society, Singapore (Singapore)
37thSingapore Japanese Culture Festival
The University of Manila (Philippines)
Donation of information technology and facilities for teaching Japanese
The Japanese Khmer Friendship Language School (Cambodia)
Project for improving the Japanese language education of Japanese teachers
University of Delhi, Department of East Asian Studies (India)
Donation of Japanese books
Jawaharlal Nehru University (India)
Donation of Japanese books, and holding of seminar and workshop on Japan
University of Social Sciences and Humanities, USSH (Vietnam)
Editing and publication of books related to Oriental cultures (Oriental Cultures Publications)
Dalian University(China)
Donation of Japanese books
Tashkent State Institute of Oriental studies(Uzbekistan)
Donation of Japanese books
Bukhara State University(Uzbekistan)
Donation of Japanese books
Kyushu University Business School(Japan)
International workshop on Japanese and Chinese business
Kyushu University(Japan)
Training program on contemporary culture and technology for faculty members of the National University of East Timor

Japan

The Society for Gender Studies in Japanese(Japan)
Production of videos and DVDs for teaching Japanese to exchange students and other foreigners
Association for the Traditional Performing Arts of Japan
Invitation to exchange students, mainly from Southeast Asia, to a Kabuki performance
The Harvard Krokodiloes (USA)
Performances in Japan by this a capella choir of Harvard students
Toyama International Center (Japan)
Project for training and supporting Japanese volunteers to provide non-Japanese speakers with help in their daily lives