Nichibunken News

On July 2nd, the award ceremony was held to honor the following Nichibunken Academic Encouragement Award awardee for FY2026.

ZHANG Yupei (Nominating Institution: Tsinghua Institute for Advanced Study in Humanities and Social Sciences, Tsinghua 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 FY2026 and held the award ceremony for one of them this time. She has been staying at Nichibunken for a short period since the end of June 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, "I am deeply honored to have been given the opportunity to stay at Nichibunken to conduct my research. With the guidance of the Nichibunken faculty members, I hope to further refine my doctoral thesis."

• Ms. ZHANG Yupei
• Ms. ZHANG Yupei and Director-General Inoue
• The awardee and attendees
• Award Ceremony