• The Japan Foundation Awards
• The Japan Foundation Awards 2016 Recipients
• The Japan Foundation Awards Recipients, Presentation Ceremony and Commemorative Events in Previous Years

Lecture by Susan J. Pharr, Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics and Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
“The Enigma of U.S.-Japan Relations: A 50-year Perspective”

Lecture Overview

Professor Susan J. Pharr at Harvard University, who has been a leader in Japanese studies in the United States for many years, was selected as one of the recipients of the 2016 Japan Foundation Award. In celebration, The Japan Foundation is proud to organize a commemorative lecture by Professor Pharr. She is widely recognized for her broad perspective and her insight into Japanese politics from the standpoint of comparative politics. At Harvard University, she has organized some 2,000 seminars and symposia to date, and supported the research and studies of some 600 fellows and graduate students, many of whom today are leaders in their fields.

Pundits once claimed that how Japan worked internally was an enigma, but a far greater puzzle is why U.S.-Japan relations, despite quite profound differences between the two countries and periodic shocks, have worked as well as they have, and won broad-based popular support in both nations. Professor Pharr sees the answer in Japan’s remarkable success over 50 years at intellectual infrastructure-building. Widely emulated by other Asian countries, Japan’s strategies, public and private, bind the nations at the citizen level, and the question is, will the infrastructure hold in the face of the challenges ahead.

The lecture will be followed by a reception with Professor Pharr. (Beverages and light meals will be served.)

Please join us for this very rare opportunity!

Outline

Date & Time	Friday, October 21, 2016 7:00 p.m. (Doors open: 6:30 p.m.)
Venue	Iwasaki Koyata Memorial Hall, International House of JapanAccess
Organized by	The Japan Foundation (Supported by International House of Japan and Japan Airlines)
Language	English and Japanese (with simultaneous translation)
Registration	Registration form * Free admission * Advance registration required, first come first served * This event is fully booked and is no longer accepting reservations.
Inquiries regarding Registration	Secretariat of the Japan Foundation Awards c/o Stage Inc. TEL: +81-(0)3-5966-5779 FAX: +81-(0)3-5966-5773 E-Mail: jf-award2016＠stage.ac (When sending an email, please replace the full-width “@” character with a half-width “@” character.)

Lecture by Armando Toshiharu Tachibana, President, Centro Brasileiro de Língua Japonesa (CBLJ)
“The Situation and Challenges of Japanese Language Education for Future Generations: The Meaning of Japanese Language and Culture to Brazilian Youths”

Lecture Overview

There are 3.99 million people studying Japanese language in the world in 136 countries and regions (as of 2012). The people’s motives for studying the Japanese language are wide-ranging, as are their ages. Among them, Brazil, with a history of Japanese immigration tracing back to more than 100 years ago, is enthusiastically engaged in Japanese language education.

In Brazil, priority has been given to Japanese language and cultural heritage education, focusing on how to pass down the Japanese language and culture to Japanese-Brazilian children. However, with the generational change to third and fourth generation Brazilians of Japanese descent, Japanese Brazilians who can speak Japanese fluently are decreasing in number, and language and cultural heritage education is shifting to teaching Japanese language as a foreign language.

The Centro Brasileiro de Língua Japonesa (CBLJ) was established in 1985 to diffuse Japanese language and culture in Brazil, and has been committed to promoting Japanese language and culture through its activities that include: developing learning materials for children; teacher training; holding competitions in areas such as pencil and brush calligraphy, painting, comics and anime, and essay writing; and Japanese language testing for children.

We are pleased to announce that the CBLJ will be delivering a lecture at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies in commemoration of its receipt of the Japan Foundation Awards 2016.

The lecture will be followed by a reception (2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.) with Mr. Armando Toshiharu Tachibana, President of the CBLJ. We look forward to your attendance. (Beverages and light meals will be served.)

Outline

Date & Time	Thursday, October 20 12:30 p.ｍ. – 2:00 p.m.
Venue	Hall Sakura, Japanese Language Center for International Students, Fuchu Campus, Tokyo University of Foreign StudiesAccess
Organized by	Tokyo University of Foreign Studies , The Japan Foundation
Language	Japanese
Registration	Registration form * Free admission * Advance registration required, first come first served * This event is fully booked and is no longer accepting reservations. * The students at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies are not required to apply.
Inquiries regarding Registration	Secretariat of the Japan Foundation Awards c/o Stage Inc. TEL: +81-(0)3-5966-5779 FAX: +81-(0)3-5966-5773 E-Mail: jf-award2016＠stage.ac (When sending an email, please replace the full-width “@” character with a half-width “@” character.)

Lecture by Armando Toshiharu Tachibana, President, Centro Brasileiro de Língua Japonesa (CBLJ)
“Japanese Language Education in Brazil: The Meaning of Japanese Language and Culture to Brazilian Youths in the Past, Present, and Future”

Lecture Overview

Japanese Language Education in Brazil: The Meaning of Japanese Language and Culture to Brazilian Youths in the Past, Present, and Future.

Japanese language education in Brazil has developed with priority given to language inheritance education for Japanese-Brazilian children. However, with the generational change to third and fourth generation Brazilians of Japanese descent, Japanese Brazilians who can speak Japanese fluently are decreasing in number, and language and cultural heritage education is shifting to teaching Japanese language as a foreign language.

The Centro Brasileiro de Língua Japonesa (CBLJ) was established against this backdrop in 1985, and has trained over 1,000 Japanese language teachers and supports approximately 20,000 learners annually through its activities that include the training of Japanese language teachers, research and development of learning materials and methods, and international exchange.

Playing a central role in Japanese language education in South America, the CBLJ was awarded the Japan Foundation Awards 2016 for its distinguished achievements.

We are pleased to welcome CBLJ President Tachibana to Hamamatsu to deliver a lecture drawing on his personal experience.

Outline

Date & Time	Friday, October 21, 2016 2:40 p.ｍ. – 4:10 p.m.
Venue	Lecture Room176, South 1F, Shizuoka University of Art and CultureAccess
Organized by	Shizuoka University of Art and Culture, The Japan Foundation
Language	Japanese
Registration	Registration form * Free admission * Advance registration required, first come first served * This event is fully booked and is no longer accepting reservations. * The students who take cultural anthropology classes at Shizuoka University of Art and Culture are not required to apply.
Inquiries regarding Registration	Secretariat of the Japan Foundation Awards c/o Stage Inc. TEL: +81-(0)3-5966-5779 FAX: +81-(0)3-5966-5773 E-Mail: jf-award2016＠stage.ac (When sending an email, please replace the full-width “@” character with a half-width “@” character.)