The Japan Foundation Awards / Special Prizes (1999)
Each year, the Japan Foundation confers The Japan Foundation Awards and the Japan Foundation Special Prizes on individuals and organizations who have made outstanding contributions to cultural exchange and mutual understanding between Japan and other countries. The awards are made in recognition of these achievements, and to encourage the recipients in future endeavors. The Awards are conferred in recognition of conspicuous past contributions upon those whom it is thought will continue to be influential; the Special Prizes are awarded to individuals or organizations of impressive achievement, in the particular hope that they will be increasingly active in the future.
The Awards Ceremony and Reception for the recipients will take place on Thursday, October 7, from 11:00 a.m. at the ANA Hotel Tokyo.
The Japan Foundation Awards
Frank B. Gibney
President, The Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College
As a journalist and a publisher, Professor Gibney has made a great contribution toward a better understanding of Japan and East Asia in the U.S., and, as founding director of the Pacific Basin Institute, has also served to bring American and Asian people together into intellectual dialogue through its many symposiums, seminars, and other programs.
Brief Personal History
1945 |
Graduated from Yale University |
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1949 |
Tokyo Bureau Chief of Time |
1954 |
Senior Features Editor of Newsweek |
1957 |
Editorial Writer for Life |
1957 - 59 |
Chief consultant to the House of Representatives' Committee on Space and Astronautics |
1961 - 65 |
Publisher of Show magazine |
1964 |
White House speech writer for President Lyndon Johnson |
1966 - 76 |
President of Encyclopaedia Britannica (Japan) |
1979 - |
President of the Pacific Basin Institute |
1984 - 90 |
Member and Vice-Chairman of the Japan?U.S. Friendship Commission and the U.S.-Japan Conference on Cultural and Educational Exchange (CULCON) |
1986 - 91 |
Visiting Professor, The University of California at Santa Barbara |
1996 - |
Professor, Department of Politics, Pomona College |
Awards Received
1976 |
The Order of the Rising Sun, Third Class |
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1979 |
The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Second Class |
Major Publications
Five Gentlemen of Japan. New York: Farrar, Straus & Young, 1953 (Japanese translation: Tokyo: Mainichi Shinbun-sha, 1953).
Fragile Super Power: Japan. New York: Norton, 1975 (Japanese translation: Tokyo: Simul Press, 1995).
The Pacific Century. New York: Scribner's, 1992 (Japanese translation: Tokyo: Kodansha, 1992).
The Japan Foundation Awards
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Conductor, Music Director of the Philadelphia Orchestra
Honorary Conductor Laureate of the NHK Symphony Orchestra
Professor Sawallisch has led the NHK Symphony Orchestra for many years as its honorary conductor, and also conducted numerous distinguished orchestras and operas from Europe and the United States on their performances in Japan, and thus has greatly contributed to the promotion and understanding of Western music in Japan.
Brief Personal History
1953 |
General Music Director at the Theater of Aachen |
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1958 |
General Music Director at the Theater of Wiesbaden |
1960 |
General Music Director at the State Theater of Cologne |
1960-70 |
General Music Director at Humburg, Principal Conductor of the Philharmonic State Symphony Orchestra of Hamburg Principal Conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra |
1964 |
First appearance with the NHK Symphony Orchestra |
1967 |
Honorary Conductor of the NHK Symphony Orchestra |
1972-80 |
Artistic Director of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande |
1971-92 |
General Music Director and the Director of the Bavarian State Opera |
1993- |
Music Director of the Philadelphia Orchestra |
1994 |
Honorary Conductor Laureate of the NHK Symphony Orchestra |
Professor Sawallisch regulary conducts nearly all of the world's major orchestras including the Vienna Philharmonic, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the London Philharmonic, and the Orchestre National de France, and many of the orchestras of the major opera houses, such as La Scala of Milan and the Cologne Opera. He has also made guest appearances at many music festivals in such places around the world as Bayreuth, Salzburg, Edinburgh, Prague, and Lucerne.
In Japan, in adition to conducting the NHK Symphony Orchestra almost every year since his first appearance with the orchestra in 1964, he has led the many major orchestras and operas from overseas including the Philadelphia Orchestra, of which he is the Music Director.
Awards Received
1983 |
NHK Broadcasting Culture Award |
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1986 |
The Order of the Rising Sun, Third Class |
1994 |
Special Prize, The 25th Suntory Music Award |
The Japan Foundation Special Prizes
Ahmet Mete Tuncoku Professor, Middle East Technical University
As one of the most distinguished scholars of Japanese studies in Turkey, Dr. Tuncoku has devoted himself to the in-depth study of Japanese culture and history and also to the nurturing of young scholars, for more than thirty years. He has also made great contributions to the founding of Japanese-language courses at Turkish universities and to the promotion of cultural exchange between Turkey and Japan.
Brief Personal History
1969 |
Graduated from Ankara University (B.A. in International Relations) |
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1973 |
Graduated from Kyoto University (M.A. in Law) |
1978 |
Graduated from Kyoto University (Ph.D. in Law) |
1978-79 |
Instructor, Dept. of Political Science and Public Administration, Middle East Technical University (M.E.T.U.) |
1979-85 |
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Political Science and Public Administration, M.E.T.U |
1985-86 |
Associate Professor & Vice-Chairman, Dept. of International Relations, M.E.T.U |
1986-87 |
Visiting Professor, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies |
1987-92 |
Chairman, Dept. of International Relations, M.E.T.U |
1990- |
Professor, Dept. of International Relations, M.E.T.U |
1992-93 |
Founding Rector, Canakkale University |
1992-98 |
Board of Governors of the Turko-Japanese Foundation Founding President and Member of Turkish-Japanese University Alumni Association |
1993-98 |
Professor, Dept. of International Relations, M.E.T.U |
1998-99 |
Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Human & Environmental Studies, Kyoto University |
Major Publications
Yeni Baslayanlar Icin Japonca [Japanese for Beginners: Translation]. Ankara: Ozguzelisler Matbuasi, 1986.
Turkce Konusanlar Icin Japonca Dilbilgisi [Japanese Grammar for Turkish-Speaking People]. Tokyo: Biblio Publications, 1989 (with T. Hayashi).
Modernization in Japan and Turkey: The Role of Foreign Advisors. Tokyo: Simul Press, 1996 (in Japanese),The Turkish Soldiers in the Words of the ANZACs. Ankara: Ataturk Research Institute, 1997.
The Japan Foundation Special Prizes
Tadashi Yamamoto
President, Japan Center for International Exchange
Mr. Yamamoto has successfully led numerous international exchange programs between Japan and the United States, Europe, and Asian countries for more than three decades. His leadership has made great contributions to the promotion of mutual understanding and intellectual dialogue among various groups of people, including youth, women, journalists, scholars, business and NGO leaders, and politicians.
Brief Personal History
1960 |
Graduated from St. Norbert College, West De Pere, Wisconsin (B.A.) |
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1962 |
Graduated from Marguette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (M.B.A.) |
1970 |
Established Japan Center for International Exchange |
1973 |
Representative Director, Japan Center for International Exchange |
1973- |
Japan Director and Member, The Trilateral Commission |
1976- |
President, Japan Center for International Exchange, Inc./USA |
1985- |
President, Japan Center for International Exchange |
1985- |
Member and Director, The UK-Japan 2000 Group (Renamed in 1999: The UK-Japan 21st Century Group) |
1988-89 |
Member , Prime Minister Takeshita's Private Council on International Cultural Exchange |
1989-91 |
Member and Director, The Korea-Japan 21st Century Committee |
1993- |
Member and Director, The Japanese-German Dialogue Forum |
1993-94 |
Member, Prime Minister Hosokawa's Advisory Group on International Cultural Exchange |
1993- |
Member and Director, The Japan-Korea Forum |
1997- |
Member, Japan-Korea Committee to Promote Cooperation on Historical Studies |
1999- |
Member and Director, The Prime Minister's Commission on "Japan's Goals in the 21st Century" |
Awards Received
1990 |
The Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit from the German Government |
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1994 |
The Foreign Minister's Commendations |
1998 |
The Honourable Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire |
Major Publications
Emerging Civil Society in the Asia Pacific Community. Tokyo: Japan Center for International Exchange and the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1995 (Masayoshi Ohira Award, 1996).
The Nonprofit Sector in Japan. Manchester (U.K.): Manchester University Press, 1998.
Deciding the Public Good: Governance and Civil Society in Japan. Tokyo: Japan Center for International Exchange, 1999.
The Japan Foundation Special Prizes
Japanese American National Museum (http://www.janm.org)
Through its unique and thoughtful exhibitions and research projects, the Japanese American National Museum has raised public awareness of the history and culture of Americans of Japanese ancestry, and has made great contributions toward the promotion of dialogue on ethnic issues and an appreciation of cultural diversity in the United States and worldwide.
Brief History
1985 |
Incorporated as a private nonprofit institution in Los Angeles |
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1986 |
Received grants of $75,000 from the State of California and $1 million from the City of Los Angeles, and started construction on the site of a former Buddhist temple in the Little Tokyo region of Los Angeles. |
1990 |
Initiated the National Educational Outreach Project |
1992 |
Opened the doors to its historic Phase-I Building Organized the 1st Japanese-American National Conference Organized the exhibition "The View from Within: Japanese-American Art from the Internment Camps, 1942-1945" |
1993 |
Organized the 2nd Japanese-American National Conference Organized the exhibition "In This Great Land of Freedon: The Japanese Pioneers of Oregon" |
1994 |
Organized the International Japanese-American Symposium Japan Tour of "The View from Within" exhibition |
1995 |
Opened the National Resource Center, and began Internet service Sponsored the "National Salute to Japanese-American Veterans" with the Departments of Defence and of Veterans Affairs |
1996 |
rganized the exhibition "The Kona Coffee Story: Along the Hawai'i Belt Road" (Los Angeles, Sao Paulo, and Honolulu) |
1997 |
Organized the exhibition "From Bento to Fixed Plate: Americans of Japanese Ancestry in Multicultural Hawai'i" in Honolulu; Los Angeles; and Washington, D.C. |
1998 |
Organized the exhibition "America's Concentration Camps: Remembering the Japanese American Experience" in New York City |
1999 |
Opened the New Pavilion (Phase-II Building) |
Mission and Programs
Under the mission statement of "Make known the Japanese-American experience as an integral part of our nation's [American] heritage to improve understanding and appreciation for America's ethnic and cultural diversity," the Museum aims to build brigdes between Japanese-Americans and Americans of all other ethnicities, between Japanese-Americans and Japanese, and also between the peoples of Japan and the U.S. The Museum owns the world most extensive collection on Japanese-American history and culture, including more than 20,000 objects, 40,000 photographs, and 150,000 feet of film, and, in addition to its exhibitions and public programs, it organizes touring exhibition, lectures, and educational programs around the U.S.
- What We Do Top
- Arts and Cultural Exchange [Culture]
- Japanese-Language Education Overseas [Language]
- Japanese-Language Education Overseas [Language] Top
- Learn Japanese-language
- Teach Japanese-language
- Take Japanese-Language Test
- Know about Japanese-language education abroad
- The Japanese-Language Institute, Urawa
- The Japanese-Language Institute, Kansai
- Japanese-Language Programs for Foreign Specified Skilled Worker Candidates
- Japanese Language Education for Japanese Children Resident Overseas and for the Descendants of Migrants
- Archives
- Japanese Studies and Global Partnerships [Dialogue]
- JF digital collection
- Other Programs / Programs to Commemorate Exchange Year
- Awards and Prizes
- Publications