We are proud to announce that a UK-based institution has been selected as a recipient of the Japan Foundation Awards 2024.

The Awards are bestowed upon individuals or institutions in each of the fields of Arts and Cultural Exchange, Japanese Language, and Japanese Studies and International Dialogue.

This year, three recipients were selected out of 60 candidates.

The recipients were:

Arts and Cultural Exchange: Chiharu SHOTA (Artist) [Japan]

Japanese Language: Association of Japanese Language Teachers of Mongolia [Mongolia]

Japanese Studies and International Dialogue: Sainsbury Institute of Japanese Arts and Cultures [UK]

We would like to wish a huge congratulations to our friends at the Sainsbury Institute of Japanese Arts and Cultures (SISJAC), a research institute based in Norwich.

The Institute celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, and is currently evolving as one of the largest research institutions in Europe for promoting knowledge and understanding of Japanese arts and cultures. its programme of fellowships, public lectures and international workshops, as well as its commitment to the web and web publications.

One of SISJAC's missions is to be a leader in the study of Japanese arts and cultures from the past to the present. This is visible from its flexibility in research from fields such as archaeology, to manga and anime. The Institute is also pioneering in its digitalisation of its collection and historical records, working towards making it possible to view them from anywhere in the world.

SISJAC was also a recipient of the Japan Foundation Japanese Studies Projects Grant Programme 23-24, for the conference "Japanese Stone Circles in a Eurasian Context".

For more details on The Japan Foundation Awards 2024 and its recipients, click here.

To view the full list of past recipients of the Awards, click here.