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The Activities of the Japan Foundation

Dialogue: Japanese Studies and Intellectual Exchange Education Overseas

The enhancement of Japanese studies overseas will lead to deeper mutual understanding between Japan and other countries. The Japan Foundation also promotes intellectual exchange through symposia and collaborative projects pertinent to global issues.

Fellowships provided to overseas researchers (total number)*1 6,791 persons

*1. A cumulative total of newly commenced fellowships each fiscal year since the Japan Foundation's establishment in 1972. Includes persons associated with arts and culture, Japanese-language education and Asia Center programs.

Abe Fellowship

Total number of related publications*2 3,951 publications
(Includes 1,303 Japanese-language publications and 2,648 English-language publications)

*2. Start of the program to March 2018

Publications, etc., by Abe Fellows*3 presented in FY2018
22 Japanese-language publications and 68 English-language publications

*3. Includes past recipients

Japan Outreach Initiative (JOI) Program

Number*4 of persons outreached by JOI Coordinators in FY 2018
65,071 persons

*4. Number of persons participating in events and meetings

Total number of persons outreached by JOI Coordinators*5
Approximately 106 million persons

*5. FY2003 (the second year of the1st group) ~ end of FY2018