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The Japan Foundation Awards / Special Prizes (2001)
On October 4th, at a hotel in Tokyo, the
awards ceremony was held for the presentation of The Japan Foundation Awards
and Prizes for 2001. More than
350 people attended the ceremony and reception, which were held with great
success.
The ceremony began with a greeting by President Fujii. Hayao Kawai,
Chairman of the selection committee and Head of the International Japanese Culture
Research Center, then by introduced the awardees and explained why they were
chosen. Then the award certificates and subsidiary prizes were presented to the
awardees by President Fujii. In their acceptance speeches, the awardees explained
their involvement with Japan and their thoughts on international exchange. Following
the ceremony, all those present moved to another room where a reception was carried
out in a friendly atmosphere, during which the awardees enjoyed chatting on the
subject of international exchange with friends and people involved in the field.
Dr. William Gerard Beasley, C.B.E.(U.K)
Emeritus Professor of the History of the Far East, University of London
Professer Ikuo Hirayama (Japan)
Artist
The Japan Foundation Special Prizes
Dr.Kosta Balabanov (Macedonia)
President of the Society for
Macedonian-Japanese Friendship and Cooperation, Honorary Consul-
General of Japan in Skopje
Mr.Naoyuki Miura (Japan)
President, Artistic Director
of Music From Japan Inc.
Photo courtesy Ken Howard
The Berliner Festspiele (Germany)