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 | SONE Kenko | 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 | ITO Yoshito | Chairperson, Fukuoka City Council |
| Vice Chair | NAKAMURA Eiichi | Deputy Mayor, Fukuoka City |
| Auditor | OGAWA Akiko | Chief Executive, Accounting Management, Fukuoka City |
| Auditor | MANSHO Miho | Executive Director, Fukuoka City Council of Social Welfare |
| Member | ASAMI Akihiko | Executive Officer & Representative of Seibu Head Office, The Asahi Shimbun Company |
| Member | ISHIBASHI Masanobu | Superintendent of Education, Fukuoka City Board of Education |
| Member | EGUCHI Masaru | Vice Governor, Fukuoka Prefecture |
| Member | OTAKI Toshiyuki | Executive Officer & Representative of Seibu Head Office, The Asahi Shimbun Company |
| Member | KARAIKE Koji | Director and Senior Executive Advisor, Kyushu Railway Company |
| Member | KAWAHARABATA Toru | Director, Kyushu District Transport Bureau |
| Member | KITAJIMA Misayoshi | President, Kyushu Sangyo University |
| Member | KUBOTA Isao | Chairman (Representative Director), Nishi-Nippon Financial Holdings Inc. |
| Member | KURATOMI Sumio | President & Chief Executive Officer, Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd. |
| Member | GOTO Yuzo | Director-General, Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry |
| Member | KOMATSU Hiroko | President, The Japanese Red Cross Kyushu International College of Nursing |
| Member | SAKU Keijiro | President, Fukuoka University |
| Member | SAKEMI Toshio | Board of Directors, Chairman, Saibu Gas Co., Ltd. |
| Member | SATO Yasunori | Vice President, NPO Fukuoka Recreation Association |
| Member | SHIBATA Kenya | President and Chief Executive Officer, The Nishinippon Newspaper Co., Ltd. |
| Member | SHIBATO Takashige | Chairman & President of The Bank of Fukuoka, Ltd. |
| Member | SOBATA Kenji | Director, Fukuoka Broadcasting Station, Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) |
| Member | TOYOMA Makoto | Representative Director & Executive Vice President, Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. |
| Member | NAKAI Ippei | Adviser, West Japan head Office, The Yomiuri Shimbun |
| Member | NISHIMURA Matsuji | Chairman and Representative Director, Kyudenko Corporation |
| Member | FURUKAWA Kiyofumi | Chair, General Affairs and Finance Committee, Fukuoka City Council |
| Member | YASUNAGA Kouichi | Deputy Director, Fukuoka Culture Federation |
| Member | YAMAGUCHI Tsuyoshi | Vice Chairperson, Fukuoka City Council |
| Member | YAMAMOTO Shuji | General Managing Director at Seibu Head Office, The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd. |
| Member | G.W.BARKLEY | President, Seinan Gakuin University |
As of 2022.5.26 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 | USHIROSHOJI Masahiro | Director , Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art Professor Emeritus, Kyushu University Vice Chair, Arts and Culture Prize Selection Committee, Fukuoka Prize |
| Member | SHIMIZU Hiromu | Honorary professor, Kyoto University Specially Apointed Professor, Faculty of Policy Studies, Kansai University Chair, Academic Prize Selection Committee, Fukuoka Prize |
| Member | TAKENAKA Chiharu | Former Professor, College of Law and Politics, Department of Politics, Rikkyo University Vice Chair, Academic Prize Selection Committee, Fukuoka Prize |
| Member | TSUKA Hiroko | Executive Vice President, The Japan Foundation |
| Member | TSUCHIYA Naonori | Chairman and Representative Director, SEIKO ELECTRIC Co., Ltd. |
As of 2022.4.30 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 | SHIMIZU Hiromu | Honorary professor, Kyoto University Specially Apointed Professor, Faculty of Policy Studies, Kansai University Member, Fukuoka Prize Jury |
| Vice Chair | TAKENAKA Chiharu | Former Professor, College of Law and Politics, Department of Politics, Rikkyo University Member, Fukuoka Prize Jury |
| Member | KIMIYA Tadashi | Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo |
| Member | KONO Toshiyuki | Director and Vice President, Kyushu University |
| Member | SHIMIZU Kazushi | Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Kyushu University |
| Member | TAKAHARA Akio | Professor, the Graduate School of Public Policy, the University of Tokyo |
| Member | NITTA Eiji | Professor Emeritus, Kagoshima University |
| Member | WAKIMURA Kohei | Professor, Faculty of Economics, Osaka University of Economics and Law |
As of 2022.4.30 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 | USHIROSHOJI Masahiro | Director , Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art Professor Emeritus, Kyushu University Member, Fukuoka Prize Jury |
| Member | UCHINO Tadashi | Professor, Department of Japanese Studies, Gakushuin Women's College Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University |
| Member | UDO Seiji | Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies |
| Member | OGAWA Tadashi | Professor, Faculty of Letters Atomi University |
| 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 2022.4.30 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.