Les prix de la Fondation du Japon distinguent les personnes et organisations pour leur contribution importante à « l'amélioration de la compréhension mutuelle entre le Japon et d'autres pays ». Les activités dans un domaine académique ou culturel sont récompensées par la Fondation du Japon chaque année depuis 1973Japan Foundation, About Awards and Special Prizes; consulté le 23 mai 2011. Les prix contribuent à faire avancer la mission de la Fondation relativement à la langue et la culture japonaisesAger, Dennis. (2001). .
Les Prix de la Fondation du Japon sont à l'origine composés de deux types de prix : les prix de la Fondation du Japon et les prix spéciaux de la Fondation du Japon. Ces prix sont à présent intégrés en trois catégories : « Arts et Culture », « langue japonaise » et « études japonaises et échanges intellectuels » depuis 2008.
Lauréats Prix de la fondation du Japon 1973 Serge Elisseeff (Professeur, université Harvard / Études japonaises) [États-Unis] Maison internationale du Japon, Inc. [Japon] Japan Society [États-Unis] Université Sophia [Japon]
1974 James William Fulbright (ancien sénateur) [États-Unis] Bernard Leach (potier) [Royaume-Uni]
1975 Edwin Oldfather Reischauer (Professor, Harvard University; Former Ambassador to Japan / Japanese Studies) [États-Unis] Kojiro Yoshikawa (Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University; Chairman, The Institute of Eastern Culture) [Japon]
1976 John Whitney Hall (Professeur, Yale University / Histoire du Japon moderne) [Union Européenne] Robert E. Ward (Professeur, Stanford University / Politique) [Union Européenne] Tōyō Bunko [Japon]
1977 Ronald Philip Dore (Professor, University of Sussex) [Royaume-Uni] Choei Ishibashi (Chairman, International Medical Society of Japan / Pediatrics) [Japon] Meiji Newspapers and Magazine Library, the Faculty of Laws, the University of Tokyo [Japon]
1978 Frank James Daniels (Professor Emeritus, University of London / Japanese Language Teaching Methodology) [Royaume-Uni] James Lanius Stewart (Representative in Japan, The Asian Foundation) [États-Unis] Yasaka Takagi (Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo; Member, The Japan Academy / U.S. Political History) [Japon]
1979 Charles Burton Fahs (Former Minister at U.S. Embassy in Tokyo; Former Professor, Miami University) [États-Unis] Robert Guillain (journaliste) [France] Shigeharu Matsumoto (Chairman, The International House of Japan, Inc.) [Japon]
1980 George Cyril Allen (Professor Emeritus, University of London / Japanese Studies) [Royaume-Uni] Hugh Borton (Senior Researcher, Asian Institute, Columbia University) [États-Unis] Shinobu Iwamura (Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University / Eastern Studies) [Japon]
1981 Ungku Abdul Aziz (Vice Chancellor, University of Malaya / Economics) [Malaisie] George Richard Storry (Professor Emeritus, University of Oxford / Japanese Studies) [Royaume-Uni] The Institute of Eastern Culture [Japon]
1982 Yoshitaro Amano (Honorary Director, The Museo Amano of Peru) [Pérou] Marius Berthus Jansen (Professor, Princeton University / Japanese Studies) [États-Unis] Akira Kurosawa (réalisateur) [Japon]
1983 Donald Keene (Professor, Columbia University / Japanese Literature) [États-Unis] René Sieffert (President, l'Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales [INALCO]) [France] Shinichi Suzuki (President & Director, Talent Education Institute) [Japon]
1984 Sir John Grenfell Crawford (Former Chancellor, Australian National University / Economics) [Australie] Yoichi Maeda (Managing Director, The International House of Japan, Inc.) [Japon] Edward Seidensticker (professeur, Columbia University / Japanese Literature) [États-Unis]
1985 Bernard Frank (professeur, Collège de France / Japanese Literature, Religious Thought) [France] Eleanor Jorden (Professor, Cornell University / Linguistics, Japanese Language Teaching) [États-Unis]
1986 Fosco Maraini (President, Italian Association for Japanese Studies / Anthropology) [Italie] The Japan Society of Northern California [États-Unis]
1987 James William Morley (Professor, Columbia University / International Relations) [États-Unis] Chie Nakane (Professor Emerita, University of Tokyo / Social Anthropology) [Japon]
1988 Seiji Ozawa (Music Director, Boston Symphony Orchestra) [Japon] Xia Yan (Vice-President, All-China Federation of Literary and Art Circles) [Chine]
1989 David MacEachron (Advisor to the Board of Directors, the Japan Society (NY)) [États-Unis] Alexander Slawik (Professor Emeritus, The University of Vienna / Ethnology, Asian Studies) [Autriche]
1990 Wieslaw Roman Kotanski (Professor, The University of Warsaw / Japanese Studies) [Pologne] Tadao Umesao (Director-General, National Museum of Ethnology) [Japon]
1991 Byong-sam Han (Director-General, National Museum of Korea / Anthropology) [Corée] (Professor Emeritus, London School of Economics, University of London / Anglo-Japanese relations) [Royaume-Uni]
1992 (recteur, Universitas Nasional / Literature) [Indonésie] Frits Vos (Professor Emeritus, Leiden University / Japanese Studies) [Pays-Bas]
1993 Josef Pittau, S.J. (President, The Pontifical Gregorian University) [Italie] Toru Takemitsu (compositeur) [Japon]
1994 Toshio Kawatake (Professor Emeritus, Waseda University) [Japon] Heinrich Pfeiffer (Secretary General, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation) [Allemagne]
1995 Donald Richie (Writer / Film Historian) [États-Unis] Soshitsu Sen (Grand Master, Urasenke Tradition of Tea) [Japon]
1996 Lee O-young (Chair Professor, Ewha Women's University) [Corée] Ezra Feivel Vogel (Director, Fairbank Center for East-Asia Research, Harvard University) [États-Unis]
1997 Roger Goepper (Professor, University of Cologne) [Allemagne] Ping-hua Sun (President, The China-Japan Friendship Association) [Chine]
1998 Ikuma Dan (Composer, Member of the Art Academy of Japan) [Japon] (Robson Research Professor of Government Emeritus, University of California at Berkeley) [États-Unis]
1999 (President, The Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College) [États-Unis] Wolfgang Sawallisch (chef d'orchestre, Music Director of the Philadelphia Orchestra Honorary Conductor Laureate of the NHK Symphony Orchestra) [Allemagne]
2000 Myong Kwan Chi (Director,Institute of Japanese Studies, Hallym University) [Corée] Yoneo Ishii (President, Kanda University of International Studies) [Japon]
2001 William G. Beasley (Emeritus Professor of the History of the Far East, University of London) [U.K] Ikuo Hirayama (Artist) [Japon]
2002 Gerald L. Curtis (Burgess Professor of Political Science, Columbia University) [États-Unis] Makoto Ooka (Poet) [Japon]
2003 Yoshiaki Ishizawa (Professor, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Sophia University) [Japon] Josef Kreiner (Director, Institute of Japanese Studies, The University of Bonn) [Autriche]
2004 Toshiko Akiyoshi (Jazz Pianist, Jazz Music Composer) [Japon]
2005 Hayao Miyazaki (Animated Film Director) [Japon]
2006 Joe and Etsuko Price (Directors, The Shin'enKan Foundation) [États-Unis]
2007 Royall Tyler (Former Professor and Head of the Japan Centre, Faculty of Asian Studies, université nationale australienne
2008 Arts and Culture : Marco Muller (Director of the Venice International Film Festival) [Italie] Japanese Language : Angela Hondru (Professor of Japanese Literature and Civilization, Hyperion University) [Roumanie] Japanese Studies and Intellectual Exchange : (Professor, University of Washington) [États-Unis]
2009 Arts and Culture : Boris Akounine (écrivain) [Russie] Japanese Language : Alliance of Associations of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ) [États-Unis] Japanese Studies and Intellectual Exchange : Arthur Stockwin (Former director of the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies at the University of Oxford) [G.B]
2010 Arts and Culture : Tadao Sato (critique de cinéma) [Japon] Japanese Language : Savitri Vishwanathan (Former Professor of Japanese Studies, University of Delhi) [Inde] Japanese Studies and Intellectual Exchange: Ben-Ami Shillony (Professor Emeritus of Japanese Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) [Israël]
2011 Arts and Culture : ensemble de percussions [Mexique] Japanese Language : Department of Japanese and Japanese Literature, Faculty of Arts, Cairo University [Égypte] Japanese Studies and Intellectual Exchange : Augustin Berque (Retired Professor, School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences) [France]
Prix spéciaux De 1974 à 2007, Special Prizes have been conferred, supplementing the list of those recognized by the Foundation.
1974 [Japon] The Japanese Cultural Society, Singapore [Singapour]
1975 The Asian Students Cultural Association [Japon] The European Association for Japanese Studies [Europe] The Maison Franco-Japonaise [Japon]
1976 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Natur-und Völkerkunde Ostasiens [à Tokyo] The Fukuoka UNESCO Association [Japon]
1977 The International Society for Educational Information [Japon] Simul International, Inc. [Japon]
1978 The Tokyo School of Japanese Language, The Institute for Research in Linguistic Culture [Japon] The Kodokan [Japan]
1979 The Australia, Japan and Western Pacific Economic Relations Research Committee, A.N.U. [Australie] Ken Kurihara (Compilatory Staff, Diplomatic Record Office) [Japon]
1980 Africa Society of Japan [Japan] The Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language [Japon]
1981 The Nihon Ki-in [Japan] Publishers Association for Cultural Exchange, Japan [Japon]
1982 The Asiatic Society of Japan [in Tokyo] The Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies [à Tokyo]
1983 The Asian Cultural Centre for UNESCO [Japon] The International Students Institute [Japon]
1984 AFS International / Intercultural Programs, Inc. [États-Unis] Kawakita Memorial Film Institute [Japon]
1985 The International Education Center [Japon] Japan-China Cultural Exchange Association [Japon]
1986 Shotaro Iida (Associate Professor, University of British Columbia / Indian Studies, Buddhism) [Canada] The Japan-Netherlands Institute [Japon]
1987 Lokesh Chandra (Director, International Academy of Indian Culture / Buddhism) [Inde] Josef Kreiner (Professor, Bonn University / Japanese Ethnology) [Autriche]
1988 Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (Toronto) [Canada] Jean-Jacques Origas (Professor, l'Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales) [France]
1989 Akio Hosono (Professor, The University of Tsukuba / Economics, Latin American Studies) [Japon] Japan Association for Foreign Student Affairs [Japon]
1990 The Indonesian Foundation for Intercultural Learning [Indonésie] The University of Tokyo Press [Japon]
1991 La Asociacion Argentino-Japonesa (Argentine-Japanese Association) [Argentine] Japan Silver Volunteers, Inc. [Japon]
1992 The Association for Japanese-Language Teaching [Japon] Peter Kornicki (University Lecturer in Japanese, University of Cambridge) [Royaume-Uni] / Nozomu Hayashi (Associate Professor, Toyoko Gakuen Women's College / Littérature japonaise) [Japon] Yuriko Kuronuma (violoniste, President of Academia Yuriko Kuronuma) [Mexique]
1993 Iwanami Hall [Japon] Tatyana Lyvovna Sokolova-Delyusina (traducteur, membre du comité de littérature de Moscou) [Russie]
1994 Kōdansha International Ltd. [Japon] Phaisith Phipatanakul (Secretary General, National Assembly) [Thaïlande]
1995 The Association for the Conservation of National Treasures [Japon] Haji (Head, Look East Policy Programme, Centre of Preparatory Education, MARA Institute of Technology) [Malaysia].
1996 Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture, Columbia University [États-Unis] Midori Goto (violoniste / Founder and President of the Midori Foundation) [Japon / États-Unis]
1997 Centre of Japanese Art and Technology "Manggha" in Cracow [Pologne]