Nichibunken News

On April 10, the award ceremony was held to honor the following Nichibunken Academic Encouragement Award awardee for FY2025.

DO Thi Mai (Nominating Institution: Department of Japanese Studies, Faculty of Oriental Studies of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University Hanoi)

This award was established in 2023 with the aim of fostering the next generation of researchers in Japanese Studies. The awardees are selected from doctoral students recommended by overseas institutions holding academic exchange agreements with Nichibunken or international member institutions (Full Member) of the Consortium for Global Japanese Studies. (Please learn more about the award here.)

We awarded four students for FY2025 and held the award ceremony for one of them this time. She has been staying at Nichibunken for a short period since the beginning of April in order to conduct research for her dissertation.

Director-General Inoue delivered a congratulatory address at the ceremony and presented the award certificate to the awardee.

The awardee commented, "This is such a thrilling opportunity for me to study in Kyoto, where the poet of Chinese poetry Koran Yanagawa, the subject of my research, also lived."

• Ms. DO Thi Mai
• Ms. DO Thi Mai and Director-General Inoue
• From the left, Prof. Screech , Ms. Do, Director-General Inoue, and Deputy Director-General Matsuda.