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August 1 marks the fiftieth anniversary of a one-million dollar endowment grant from the Government of Japan to the University of Washington to support and promote Japanese Studies.\u00a0 The announcement of this prestigious award in 1973 affirmed UW (with nine other recipient institutions) as a leader in teaching and research about Japan in the United States, and the annual income has enabled the UW to achieve remarkable things over the last five decades.<\/p>\n

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2009 Ministry of Foreign Affairs Certificate of Commendation presented to the UW Japan Studies Program in recognition of distinguished achievements in promoting mutual understanding between Japan the United States of America.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The study of Japan and Japanese language was established in the UW curriculum in 1909, and by the 1950s \u201cone of the great constellations\u201d of scholars was found at the university in the Far Eastern Institute.\u00a0 Members of the Japan faculty have made landmark contributions in specialized fields and built enduring legacies for the UW and global communities–through their own scholarship and by increasing knowledge about and understanding of Japan among generations of students from the State of Washington and around the world.\u00a0 In 2009, the UW Japan Studies Program received the Japanese Foreign Minister\u2019s Award for its outstanding contributions to the mutual understanding between Japan and other countries.<\/p>\n

The transformational grant enabled UW to expand its fellowships for undergraduate and graduate students, research support, active speaker series and occasional workshops, film series, library acquisitions, new courses and curriculum, and publication subsidies.\u00a0 The inspiring achievements of faculty and students are regularly highlighted here on our website.<\/p>\n

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Image of first edition of the Journal of Japanese Studies 1974.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In addition, funds from the grant allowed UW faculty to move forward with what they called the \u201coutrageous idea\u201d of creating an academic journal devoted entirely to Japan studies.\u00a0 The Journal of Japanese Studies<\/em><\/a> first appeared in December 1974 and is now in its forty-ninth year.<\/p>\n

We are grateful for what this grant has made possible in the last fifty years and excited to envision where it will take UW Japan Studies in the next fifty years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

August 1 marks the fiftieth anniversary of a one-million dollar endowment grant from the Government of Japan to the University of Washington to support and promote Japanese Studies.\u00a0 The announcement of this prestigious award in 1973 affirmed UW (with nine other recipient institutions) as a leader in teaching and research about Japan in the United<\/p>\n

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