With the goals of further strengthening the fundamentals of international research into Japan and deepening international understanding of Japan through researchers’ activities, the Hakuho Foundation Japanese Research Fellowship invites leading international researchers of the Japanese language, Japanese language education, Japanese literature and Japanese culture to Japan to conduct residential research.

1. Application period: June 10-October 31, 2016

2. Research period: September 1, 2017-August 31, 2018 (6 months or 12 months)

3. Receiving organizations:

Keio university is organizing a 3-week on-line course entitled "Japanese culture through rare books : explore the important roles that books have played in the cultural history of Japan"

The aim of the course it that at the end you will:

The JAL (Japanese Art Librarian) Project Executive Committee at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo is pleased to announce the JAL Project 2016** for inviting, giving training to, and exchanging with, Japanese-art librarians from outside Japan.

Scholarship - call for applications

The European Association of Japanese Resource Specialists (EAJRS) especially wishes to encourage the participation of resource specialists and young scholars from institutions with limited financial means or that have seldom or never attended an EAJRS conference. Therefore, with support from the Japan Foundation, the organizers of the 26th EAJRS conference in Leiden would like to offer three scholarships, which will include