Nichibunken News

On June 27, the award ceremony was held to honor the following Nichibunken Academic Encouragement Award awardees for FY2025.

- SUI Zeyu (Nominating Institution: Global Institute for Japanese Studies, Korea University)

- Elias BOUCKAERT (Nominating Institution: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, Ghent University)

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 that hold academic exchange agreements with Nichibunken or are 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 two of them this time. They have been staying at Nichibunken for a short period since the beginning of June in order to conduct research for their dissertations.

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

The awardees commented, “I would like to deepen my research well toward the completion of my doctoral thesis,” and “I would be honored to receive various advice on my research from Nichibunken faculty members during my stay here.”

• Mr. Elias BOUCKAERT and Ms. SUI Zeyu
• Ms. SUI Zeyu and Director-General Inoue
• Mr. Elias BOUCKAERT and Director-General Inoue
• The awardees, guests, and attendees