The Japan Foundation Awards:
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.
The Berliner Festspiele (Germany)