The Japan Foundation Award 50th Anniversary Messages from Previous Awardees - Japan-China Cultural Exchange Association

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1985 The Japan Foundation Special Prize

Japan-China Cultural Exchange Association

[Japan]

Our sincere congratulations and felicitations on the 50th anniversary of the Japan Foundation Awards, with which the Japan Foundation recognizes outstanding achievements.

The Japan-China Cultural Exchange Association received the Japan Foundation Special Prize in 1985. At that time, we were about to celebrate 30 years since our founding. Our then-President, Inoue Yasushi, said, upon receiving the prize, “This is both an evaluation of our activities over the years and an encouragement, and I am humbled to think of the great expectations for our future.”

This spring, our Association celebrated 67 years since our founding. We hope that we can continue to treasure people-to-people exchange activities, including with the younger generation, in different cultural fields, and will do our best to promote mutual understanding between Japan and China.

Japan-China Cultural Exchange Association

(Original text in Japanese)

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