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No.9750 March 27. 2007
Suntory Foundation
Announces FY2006 Overseas Publication Grants
The Suntory Foundation (Chairman: Nobutada Saji) has selected 7 recipients for grants supporting overseas publication of Japanese works in fiscal 2006. The grants total 5.34 million yen.
This assistance program was established to promote a better understanding of Japan overseas by supporting the translation and publishing of significant works on Japan in other languages, as well as publishing original works on Japan in other languages. As a general rule, eligible works must focus on Japan, and be in the fields of social science or humanities, or must be outstanding works by Japanese authors. From a commercial standpoint, these academic and literary works are usually more difficult to translate and publish.
To date, the foundation has contributed to publication efforts for 213 works in twenty languages, which has helped introduce Japanese culture and Japanese academic achievements to a broader audience.
• The authors and/or works to receive this year’s grants are as follows:
| 1. | Murasaki Shikibu Tale of Genji IV (Czech) |
| 2. | Vlasta Winkelhöferová Dictionary of Japanese Literature (Czech) |
3. | Kan Kimura Korean Nationalism as a ‘Small Nation’ (Korean) |
4. | Tatsuro Mizuno Nihon no Sakkatachi ga Mita Chosen [The Korea Japan’s Authors Saw] (Korean) |
5. | Masakazu Yamazaki Homo Sociabilis (Chinese) |
6. | Yorifusa Ishida Nihon Kingendai Toshikeikaku no Tenkai (1868-2003) [The Development of City Planning in Modern Japan (1868-2003)] (Chinese) |
7. | William J. Tyler (ed.) Modanizumu in Japanese Fiction: Modernist Prose from Japan, 1913-1938 (English) |
• Following are works by past grant recipients completed during the 2006 fiscal year:
Teruyo Nogami
Waiting on the Weather: Making Movies With Akira Kurosawa (English, Stone Bridge Press)
Tale of Genji III (Czech, Paseka)
Deset tisic listu ze starého Japonska [Manyoshu III] (Czech, Brody)
Bambang Wibawarta (ed.)
Antologi Cerpen Jepang [Collection of Modern Japanese Literature I] (Indonesian, Abacus)
Kazuo Sugeno
Japanese Labor Law (Korean, Hobunsha)
Inazo Nitobe
Bushido, the Soul of Japan (Mongolian, Nippon News)
Masaru Nishio
Public Administration (Chinese, Renmin University of China)
