Nichibunken News

On September 17, the award ceremony was held to honor the following Nichibunken Academic Encouragement Award awardee for FY2025.

KIM Suyoung (Nominating Institution: Center for East Asian Studies, University of Pennsylvania)

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 one of them this time. She has been staying at Nichibunken for a short period since mid-September 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, "Thank you for giving me such valuable opportunities to conduct research at Nichibunken as well as to receive guidance from the faculty members."

• Ms. KIM Suyoung and Director-General Inoue
• The awardee, guest, and attendees
• Award Ceremony