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 | OGAWA Akiko | 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 | ISHIBASHI Masanobu | Superintendent of Education, Fukuoka City Board of Education |
| Member | IMAI Naoki | President, Seinan Gakuin University |
| Member | IMAGAWA Kyoko | Executive Officer & Representative of Seibu Head Office, The Asahi Shimbun Company |
| Member | IMAHAYASHI Hideaki | Chair, General Affairs and Finance Committee, Fukuoka City Council |
| Member | OMAGARI Akie | Vice Governor, Fukuoka Prefecture |
| Member | KITAJIMA Misayoshi | President, Kyushu Sangyo University |
| Member | KUNIMATSU Toru | Director, Seibu Operations, The Yomiuri Shimbun |
| Member | KUBOTA Isao | Chairman (Representative Director), Nishi-Nippon Financial Holdings Inc. |
| Member | KURATOMI Sumio | President & Chief Executive Officer, Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd. |
| 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 | Advisor, 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 | SODA Atsushi | Representative Director & Executive Vice President, Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. |
| Member | TAKEZOE Kenichi | Director, Fukuoka Broadcasting Station, Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) |
| Member | NAMURA Kimihide | Director-General, Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry |
| Member | NISHIMURA Matsuji | Chairman and Representative Director, Kyudenko Corporation |
| Member | MATSUNO Takashi | Vice Chairperson, Fukuoka City Council |
| Member | MARUISHI Shinichi | Executive Officer & Representative of Seibu Head Office, The Asahi Shimbun Company |
| Member | YASUNAGA Kouichi | Deputy Director, Fukuoka Culture Federation |
| Member | YAMAMOTO Shuji | General Managing Director at Seibu Head Office, The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd. |
| Member | YOSHINAGA Takahiro | Director, Kyushu District Transport Bureau |
As of 2023.7.6 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, Department of Japanese 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 | TSUKA Hiroko | Executive Vice President, The Japan Foundation |
| Member | TSUCHIYA Naonori | Chairman and Representative Director, SEIKO ELECTRIC Co., Ltd. |
As of 2022.12.1 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 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 Specially Apointed Professor, Faculty of Policy Studies, Kansai University |
| Member | TAKAHARA Akio | Professor, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, Faculty of Law, The University of Tokyo |
| Member | TAMURA Keiko | Professor Emerita, Special Research Fellow, the University of Kitakyushu Director, Japan Center for Borderlands Studies |
| Member | WAKIMURA Kohei | Professor, Faculty of Economics, Osaka University of Economics and Law |
As of 2023.8.9 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, Department of Japanese 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 2023.8.9 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.