The is an award established by the city of

Fukuoka is the sixth-largest city in Japan, the second-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since anc ...

and the Fukuoka City International Foundation (formerly The Yokatopia Foundation) to honor the outstanding work of individuals or organizations in preserving or creating

Asian culture The culture of Asia encompasses the collective and diverse customs and traditions of art, architecture, music, literature, lifestyle, philosophy, politics and religion that have been practiced and maintained by the numerous ethnic groups ...

. There are three prize categories: Grand Prize, Academic Prize, and Arts and Culture Prize. In 1989, Fukuoka held the Asia-Pacific Exposition (referred to as "Yokatopia") with the concept of interaction between the Asia-Pacific region. The prize program was inaugurated in the following year to carry on the spirit of the Expo, and ever since then, the prizes have been given annually and the related official events including the award ceremony and the public forums by the prize winners have been held in every September, also known as "Asian Party" in Fukuoka. In 1999, the school visits were added into the program to give a special lecture to children by the prize winners.

Prize categories

Grand Prize

To be presented to an individual or an organization in either the field of academics or arts and culture. The laureate must have made outstanding contributions to the preservation and creation of Asian culture and have exhibited the significance of Asian culture to the world. The prize is endowed with 5 million yen.

Academic Prize

To be presented to one or two individuals or organizations that have made outstanding achievements in the field of Asian studies, such as social and human sciences, contributing to the world’s understanding of Asia. The prize is endowed with 3 million yen.

Arts and Culture Prize

To be presented to one or two individuals or organizations who have made outstanding contributions in the diverse arts and culture of Asia. The category includes a wide range of fields such as the fine arts, literature, music, drama, dance, film, architecture, and so forth. The prize is endowed with 3 million yen.

Geographical focus

It is limited to

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, and

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List of recipients

}) , , Thailand, , Anthropologist, archaeologist , - , rowspan = 2 , Arts & Culture, , Ju Ming , , Taiwan , , Sculptor , - , Kim Duk-soo , , South Korea , , Traditional performing artist , - , rowspan = 4 , 2008, , Grand, ,

Ann Hui Ann Hui On-wah, (; born 23 May 1947) is a film director, producer, screenwriter and actress from Hong Kong who is one of the most critically acclaimed filmmakers of the Hong Kong New Wave. She is known for her films about social issues in Hon ...

, , Hong Kong, , Film , - , rowspan = 2 , Academic, , Savitri Goonesekere , , Sri Lanka , , Law , - , Shamsul Amri Baharuddin, , Malaysia , , Social anthropology , - , Arts & Culture, , Farida Parveen, , Bangladesh, , Music , - , rowspan = 4 , 2009, , Grand, ,

Augustin Berque Augustin Berque (born 1942 in Rabat, Morocco), is a French geographer, Orientalism, Orientalist and philosopher. He is the son of the famous Egyptologist Jacques Berque. He is professor at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales in Par ...

, , France, , Cultural geography , - , Academic, ,

Partha Chatterjee Partha ( sa, pārtha) may refer to: * Partha, an epithet of Arjuna Arjuna (Sanskrit: अर्जुन, ), also known as Partha and Dhananjaya, is a character in several ancient Hindu texts, and specifically one of the major characters of t ...

, , India, , Political science, history , - , rowspan = 2 , Arts & Culture, , Minoru Miki , , Japan , , Music composition , - ,

Cai Guo-Qiang Cai Guo-Qiang (; born 8 December 1957) is a Chinese artist who currently lives and works in New York City and New Jersey. Biography Cai Guo-Qiang was born in 1957 in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China. His father, Cai Ruiqin, was a calligraphe ...

, , China, , Contemporary art , - , rowspan = 4 , 2010, , Grand, ,

Hwang Byungki Hwang Byungki (31 May 1936, in Seoul – 31 January 2018) was the foremost South Korean player of the gayageum, a 12-string zither with silk strings. He was also a composer and an authority on '' sanjo'', a form of traditional Korean instrumental ...

, , South Korea , , Music , - , rowspan = 2 , Academic, , James C. Scott, , USA , , Political science, anthropology , - , Kazuko Mori , , Japan, , Area studies (contemporary China) , - , Arts & Culture, ,

Ong Keng Sen Ong Keng Sen (born 20 November 1963; ) is a Singaporean director of the theatre group TheatreWorks, which was founded in 1985. Early life Ong Keng Sen was youngest of six children born to immigrants from Putian, China. Ong joined the drama cl ...

, , Singapore, , Contemporary performance , - , rowspan = 3 , 2011, , Grand, ,

Ang Choulean Ang Choulean ( km, អាំង ជូលាន; born 1 January 1949) is a Cambodian anthropologist. He is a professor of historical anthropology at the Royal University of Fine Arts and formerly the director of the Department of culture of APSA ...

, , Cambodia, , Ethnology , - , Academic, , Cho Dong-il , , South Korea, , Literature , - , Arts & Culture, , Niels Gutschow , , Germany , , Architecture , - , rowspan = 4 , 2012, , Grand, ,

Vandana Shiva Vandana Shiva (born 5 November 1952) is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist and anti-globalisation author. Based in Delhi, Shiva has written more than 20 books. She is often referred to as "Gand ...

, , India , , Environmental philosophy , - , Academic, , Charnvit Kasetsiri, , Thailand , , History, politics , - , rowspan = 2 , Arts & Culture, , Kidlat Tahimik , , Philippines , , Film , - , G.R.Ay. Koes Moertiyah Paku Buwono , , Indonesia , , Dance , - , rowspan = 4 , 2013, , Grand, ,

Tetsu Nakamura , also known as Kaka Murad (Pashto: , transl. "Uncle Nakamura"), (15 September 1946 – 4 December 2019), was a Japanese physician and honorary Afghan citizen who headed Peace Japan Medical Services (PMS), an aid group known as ''Peshawar-kai'' ...

, , Japan , , Cross-cultural understanding, international and grassroots cooperation , - , Academic, , Tessa Morris-Suzuki , , Australia , , Asian studies , - , rowspan = 2 , Arts & Culture, , Nalini Malani , , India , , Contemporary art , - ,

Apichatpong Weerasethakul Apichatpong Weerasethakul ( th, อภิชาติพงศ์ วีระเศรษฐกุล; ; ) is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Working outside the strict confines of the Thai film studio system, ...

, , Thailand, , Film, visual arts , - , rowspan = 3 , 2014, , Grand, , Ezra F. Vogel, , USA , , Sociology , - , Academic, ,

Azyumardi Azra Azyumardi Azra, (4 March 1955 – 18 September 2022) was an Indonesian public intellectual, Muslim scholar and Rector of Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta. He graduated from Department of History, Columbia University in 1992 ...

, , Indonesia, , History , - , Arts & Culture, , Danny Yung , , Hong Kong, , Theater , - , rowspan = 3 , 2015, , Grand, ,

Thant Myint-U Thant Myint-U ( my, သန့်မြင့်ဦး ; born 31 January 1966) is an American-born Burmese historian, writer, grandson of former United Nations Secretary-General U Thant, former UN official, and former special adviser to the p ...

, , Myanmar, , History , - , Academic, ,

Ramachandra Guha Ramachandra "Ram" Guha (born 29 April 1958) is an Indian historian, environmentalist, writer and public intellectual whose research interests include social history, social, political history, political, contemporary history, contemporary, Envir ...

, , India, , History, Sociology , - , Arts & Culture, , Đặng Thị Minh Hạnh , , Vietnam, , Fashion , - , rowspan = 3 , 2016, , Grand, ,

A. R. Rahman Allah Rakha Rahman (; born A. S. Dileep Kumar; 6 January 1967) is an Indian music composer, record producer, singer and songwriter, popular for his works in Indian cinema; predominantly in Tamil and Hindi films, with occasional forays in int ...

, , India, , Music , - , Academic, , Ambeth R. Ocampo , , Philippines, , History , - , Arts & Culture, , Yasmeen Lari , , Pakistan, , Architecture , - , rowspan = 3 , 2017, , Grand, ,

Pasuk Phongpaichit Pasuk Phongpaichit ( th, ผาสุก พงษ์ไพจิตร, , born 11 February 1946) is a Thai economist. A professor at Chulalongkorn University, she is the author of several books on corruption in Thailand. Pasuk earned BA and MA ...

and Chris Baker, , Thailand and UK, , Economics and History , - , Academic, ,

Wang Ming Wang may refer to: Names * Wang (surname) (王), a common Chinese surname * Wāng (汪), a less common Chinese surname * Titles in Chinese nobility * A title in Korean nobility * A title in Mongolian nobility Places * Wang River in Thaila ...

, , China, , Public Management , - , Arts & Culture, , Kong Nay , , Cambodia, , Music , - , rowspan = 3 , 2018, , Grand, ,

Jia Zhangke Jia Zhangke ( zh, c=贾樟柯, p=Jiǎ Zhāngkē, born 24 May 1970) .He is a Chinese-language film and television director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and writer. He is the dean of the Shanxi Film Academy of Shanxi Media College and the dea ...

, , China, , Film , - , Academic, , Akira Suehiro , , Japan, , Economics, Area Studies (Thailand) , - , Arts & Culture, , Teejan Bai , , India, , Music , - , rowspan = 3 , 2019 , Grand, ,

Randy David Randolf "Randy" Siongco David (born January 8, 1946) is a Filipino journalist, sociologist, and public intellectual. He is a professor emeritus of sociology at the University of the Philippines Diliman. He currently pens a weekly newspaper colu ...

, , Philippines, , Sociology , - , Academic, , Leonard Blussé , , Netherlands, , Asian-European Relations since Early Modern time , - , Arts & Culture, , Makoto Satō , , Japan, , Theater , - , rowspan = 3 , 2021 , Grand, , Palagummi Sainath , , India, , Journalism , - , Academic, , Kishimoto Mio , , Japan, , History , - , Arts & Culture, , Prabda Yoon , , Thailand, , Creative Arts , - , rowspan = 3 , 2022 , Grand, , Hayashi Eitetsu , , Japan, , Music , - , Academic, ,

Timon Screech Timon Screech (born 28 September 1961 in Birmingham) was professor of the history of art at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London from 1991 - 2021, when he left the UK in protest over Brexit. He is now a profess ...

, , UK, , Art History , - , Arts & Culture, ,

Shahzia Sikander Shahzia Sikander (born 1969, in Lahore, Pakistan) is a Pakistani-American visual artist. Sikander works across a variety of mediums, including drawing, painting, printmaking, animation, installation, performance and video. Sikander currently lives ...

, , USA, , Art , - , - class="sortbottom" , colspan=5, Source:Fukuoka Prize Website

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://fukuoka-prize.org/en Awards established in 1990 Asian awards Visual arts awards Academic awards Cultural organizations based in Japan Organizations based in Fukuoka Prefecture