The Japan Foundation Award 50th Anniversary Messages from Previous Awardees - The Association for Japanese-Language Teaching
1992 The Japan Foundation Special Prize
The Association for Japanese-Language Teaching
[Japan]
We extend our sincere congratulations and heartfelt felicitations to the Japan Foundation Awards as they reach their 50th anniversary.
Looking at the path taken by the Japan Foundation Awards, we can feel the weight of those 50 years of history.
We have great respect for the way actions have been taken to ensure mutual international understanding with a wish for peace and a belief in the power of dialogue, even amidst wars and conflicts around the world and times when relationships with Japan were difficult. We also admire the Japanese people who have gone overseas and worked to preserve Japanese language and culture for their children for over 100 years.
From our perspective, presenting Japan Foundation Awards to those who work towards mutual international understanding will engender new discoveries and learning in the future, and we are confident that this will have great implications for the coming generations.
When our Association was first founded, we focused on Japanese-language education for businesspeople, but by 1992, when we received a Japan Foundation Special Prize, our activities had reached their 15th year and expanded into Japanese-language education in Japan and overseas. That same year, we sent instructors for the Japan Foundation’s visit program to offer guidance around Brazil and provided guidance on education for young people.
30 years have since passed, and we are now involved in Japanese-language education for not only working adults, but also youths, refugees, exchange students, diplomats, and diverse learners who need Japanese, based on the demands of the times and society. We have also continued our exchanges with people connected to Japanese who are active overseas. These activities are rooted in respect for diversity, a desire for mutual understanding, and a wish to create a society bringing together people who can learn from one another.
TODA Sawa
Chair of the Board
The Association for Japanese-Language Teaching
(Original text in Japanese)
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