About Fukuoka Prize
Administration and Selection
Fukuoka City and the Fukuoka City International Foundation are the organizing bodies, and the Fukuoka Prize Committee serves as the administrative body for the Fukuoka Prize.
Fukuoka Prize Committee
The Prize Committee serves as an administrative body for the prize. It is responsible for giving final approval to the laureates selected by the Prize Jury.
| Post | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Special Adviser | KANAI Masaaki | Director-General for Culture Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan |
| Special Adviser | TOKURA Shunichi | Commissioner for Culture Affairs, Government of Japan |
| Special Adviser | HATTORI Seitaro | Governor, Fukuoka Prefecture |
| Honorary Chair | TAKASHIMA Soichiro | Mayor, Fukuoka City |
| Chair | TANIGAWA Hiromichi | Chair, Fukuoka City International Foundation |
| Vice Chair | ISHIBASHI Tatsuro | President, Kyushu University |
| Vice Chair | UCHIKOSHI Motoyasu | Chairperson, Fukuoka City Council |
| Vice Chair | NAKAMURA Eiichi | Deputy Mayor, Fukuoka City |
| Auditor | KOBAYASHI Tomoko | Chief Executive, Accounting Management, Fukuoka City |
| Auditor | FUJITA Hidetaka | Executive Director, Fukuoka City Council of Social Welfare |
| Member | AOYAGI Toshihiko | Representative Director and Chairman, Kyushu Railway Company |
| Member | AMANO Kou | Chair, General Affairs and Finance Committee, Fukuoka City Council |
| Member | IKEMATSU Yuko | President, The Japanese Red Cross Kyushu International College of Nursing |
| Member | ISHIBASHI Masanobu | Superintendent of Education, Fukuoka City Board of Education |
| Member | IMAI Toshiyuki | Executive Officer & Representative of Seibu Head Office, The Asahi Shimbun Company |
| Member | IMAI Naoki | President, Seinan Gakuin University |
| Member | OMAGARI Akie | Vice Governor, Fukuoka Prefecture |
| Member | KITAJIMA Misayoshi | President, Kyushu Sangyo University |
| Member | KINUGAWA Tomoaki | Director, Fukuoka Broadcasting Station, Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) |
| Member | KUBOTA Isao | Special Advisor, The Nishi-Nippon City Bank, Ltd. |
| Member | KURATOMI Sumio | President & Chief Executive Officer, Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd. |
| Member | SHIBATO Takashige | Chairman & President of The Bank of Fukuoka, Ltd. |
| Member | SODA Atsushi | Representative Director & Executive Vice President, Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. |
| Member | TAKAZOE Hiroyuki | General Managing Director at Seibu Head Office, The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd. |
| Member | TAGAWA Daisuke | President and Chief Executive Officer, The Nishinippon Newspaper Co., Ltd. |
| Member | NAKAGAWA Hiroyuki | Representative of Seibu Head Office, The Asahi Shimbun Company |
| Member | NAGATA Kiyofumi | President, Fukuoka University |
| Member | HARADA Shugo | Director, Kyushu District Transport Bureau |
| Member | NISHIMURA Matsuji | Chairman and Representative Director, Kyudenko Corporation |
| Member | HOSHINO Mitsuaki | Director-General, Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry |
| Member | MASUDA Masaki | Director, Seibu Operations, The Yomiuri Shimbun |
| Member | MATSUNO Takashi | Vice Chairperson, Fukuoka City Council |
| Member | MICHINAGA Yukinori | Board of Directors, Chairman, Saibu Gas Co., Ltd. |
| Member | MINO Yumiko | Chairperson, NPO Fukuoka Recreation Association |
| Member | YASUNAGA Kouichi | Deputy Director, Fukuoka Culture Federation |
As of 2024.7.24 in syllabary order
Fukuoka Prize Jury
The Prize Jury examines the shortlist and selects the laureates after nominees for each of the three prizes are shortlisted by their respective Selection Committees.
| Post | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Chair | ISHIBASHI Tatsuro | President, Kyushu University Vice Chair, Fukuoka Prize Committee |
| Vice Chair | NAKAMURA Eiichi | Deputy Mayor, Fukuoka City Vice Chair, Fukuoka Prize Committee |
| Member | ISHIZAKA Kenji | Professor, Japan Institute of the Moving Image Senior Programmer, Tokyo International Film Festival Chair, Arts and Culture Prize Selection Committee, Fukuoka Prize |
| Member | UCHINO Tadashi | Professor, Faculty of Intercultural Studies, Gakushuin Women's College Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University Vice Chair, Arts and Culture Prize Selection Committee |
| Member | KONO Toshiyuki | Emeritus Professor and Specially Appointed Research Fellow, Kyushu University Vice Chair, Academic Prize Selection Committee |
| Member | TAKENAKA Chiharu | Former Professor, College of Law and Politics, Department of Politics, Rikkyo University Chair, Academic Prize Selection Committee, Fukuoka Prize |
| Member | KAWAHARA Masataka | Chairman and Representative Director, Fukuya Co.,Ltd. |
| Member | SHIMOYAMA Masaya | Executive Vice President, The Japan Foundation |
As of 2024.12.1 in syllabary order
Selection Committees
Nominees for each of the three prizes are shortlisted by their respective Selection Committees based on the information received from nomination application.
Academic Prize Selection Committee
| Post | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Chair | TAKENAKA Chiharu | Former Professor, College of Law and Politics, Department of Politics, Rikkyo University Member, Fukuoka Prize Jury |
| Vice Chair | KONO Toshiyuki | Emeritus Professor and Specially Appointed Research Fellow, Kyushu University Member, Fukuoka Prize Jury |
| Member | KIMIYA Tadashi | Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo |
| Member | SHIMIZU Kazushi | Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Kyushu University |
| Member | SHIMIZU Hiromu | Honorary professor, Kyoto University Affiliated Professor, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University |
| Member | TAKAHARA Akio | Distinguished Visiting Professor, Tokyo Woman's Christian University |
| Member | TAMURA Keiko | Professor Emerita, Special Research Fellow, the University of Kitakyushu Director, Japan Center for Borderlands Studies |
| Member | WAKIMURA Kohei | Professor Emeritus,Osaka Metropolitan University |
As of 2025.4.1 in syllabary order
Arts and Culture Prize Selection Committee[test]
| Post | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Chair | ISHIZAKA Kenji | Professor, Japan Institute of the Moving Image Senior Programmer, Tokyo International Film Festival Member, Fukuoka Prize Jury |
| Vice Chair | UCHINO Tadashi | Professor, Faculty of Intercultural Studies, Gakushuin Women's College Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University Member, Fukuoka Prize Jury |
| Member | UDO Seiji | Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies |
| Member | OGAWA Tadashi | Professor, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Letters, Atomi University |
| Member | KATAOKA Mami | Director, Mori Art Museum Director, National Center for Art Research |
| Member | TERAUCHI Naoko | Professor, Graduate School of Intercultural Studies, Kobe University |
| Member | NISHIMURA Yukio | Dean, Department of Tourism and Community Development. Kokugakuin University |
| Member | MATSUGUMA Hiroyuki | Associate professor, Deparment of Content and Creative Design,Faculty of Design, Kyushu University |
As of 2024.5.30 in syllabary order
Nominators
The Fukuoka Prize selects the candidates based on the information received in the nomination application from the nominators in education and research institutions, arts and culture organizations, and news media, both in Japan and abroad in order to extensively recruit candidates for the prize.
See Nominations for more details on nominators.