The Inter-University Research Institute Corporation National Institutes for the Humanities (hereinafter, “NIHU”) established the NIHU International Prize in Japanese Studies in January 2019 with cooperation from the Kuraray Foundation. This award is aimed at not only promoting the international development of Japanese studies, but also deepening and boosting the comprehension of Japan in academia.

　The prize is awarded to a researcher based outside of Japan who has achieved outstanding academic achievements in Japanese philosophy, religion, thought, art, literature, language, history, folklore, society, environment, and other fields in the Humanities, and who has made a significant contribution to the international development of Japanese studies, and honors his/her performance.
 

The NIHU International Prize in Japanese Studies 2019
The prize winner Dr. Haruo Shirane
Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture and Chair of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University

The NIHU International Prize in Japanese Studies 2020
The prize winner Dr. Andrew Gordon
Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History at Harvard University
Professor of the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute for Japanese Studies at Harvard University

The NIHU International Prize in Japanese Studies 2021
The prize winner Dr. Jean-Noël Robert
Professor of Collège de France

The NIHU International Prize in Japanese Studies 2022
The prize winner Dr. Josef Kreiner
Professor Emeritus of University of Bonn
Visiting Researcher of Hosei University Research Center for International Japanese Studies

The NIHU International Prize in Japanese Studies 2023
The prize winner Dr. SHIBATANI Masayoshi
Deedee McMurtry Chair Professor of Humanities and Professor of Linguistics Emeritus at Rice University
Professor Emeritus of Kobe University

Information

・The NIHU International Prize in Japanese Studies 2024 Call for Nominations

・The Result of the NIHU International Prize in Japanese Studies 2023