FUKUOKA PRIZE 2017
Asian Party is a social gathering bringing together all the people, things, and information of Asia, under theconcept of Create with Asia.
This year the three main events−The Focus on Asia Fukuoka International Film Festival, the Fukuoka Prize,
and The Creators−were the highlights of the festivities, with a special event related to Yangon, called the
Yangon Pick. With a total of 23 events, supported by private companies and organizations, Asian Party
attracted some 570,000 participants.

Academic Prize
WANG Ming（China）

Focus on Asia Fukuoka International Film Festival
Fri.Sep.15-Sun.Sep.24.2017

Grand Prize
Pasuk PHONGPAICHIT（Thailand）
Chris BAKER（U.K.）

Asian Party PR Poster

The Creators Sat.Sep.9-Sun.Sep.10.2017

Arts and Culture Prize
KONG Nay（Cambodia）

Issued by the Secretariat of the Fukuoka Prize Committee
c/o International Aﬀairs Dept., Fukuoka City Government
1-8-1, Tenjin, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-8620 Japan
Tel: +81-92-711-4930 Fax: +81-92-735-4130
e-mail: acprize@gol.com http://fukuoka-prize.org/
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ReportOrganized by: Fukuoka City/ Fukuoka City International Foundation
Supported by: Ministry of Foreign Aﬀairs of Japan/ Agency for Cultural Aﬀairs, Government of Japan.

Fukuoka Prize Laureates

Special Commemorative Prize

China

1 BA Jin (Writer)
4 FEI Xiaotong (Sociologist, Anthropologist)
7 WANG Zhongshu (Archaeologist)

13 ZHANG Yimou (Film Director)
14 XU Bing (Artist)
15 LI Yining (Economist)
17 MO Yan (Writer)
20 CAI Guo-Qiang (Contemporary Artist)
28 WANG Ming (Scholar of Public Management)

15 Ram Dayal RAKESH (Scholar of Folk Culture Studies)India

2 Ravi SHANKAR (Sitar Player)
5 Padma SUBRAHMANYAM (Traditional Dancer)
8 Romila THAPAR (Historian)
15 Amjad Ali KHAN (Sarod Maestro)
18 Ashis NANDY (Social and Cultural Critic)
20 Partha CHATTERJEE (Scholar of Political Science, History)
23 Vandana SHIVA (Environmental Philosopher and Activist )24 Nalini MALANI (Artist )26 Ramachandra GUHA (Historian and Sociologist)
27 A. R. RAHMAN (Composer, Song writer, Singer )WANG Ming
Academic Prize 2017
laureate

FukuokaHong Kong

19 Ann HUI (Film Director)
25 Danny YUNG (Cultural Worker)

Bhutan16 Tashi Norbu (Traditional Musician)Taiwan10 HOU Hsiao Hsien (Film Director)
18 JU Ming (Sculptor)

Laos
Myanmar(Historian)11(Librarian)16
26 Thant Myint-U (Historian)Outside of Asia

16 Douangdeuane BOUNYAVONG (Textile Researcher)
VietnamU.K.

1 Joseph NEEDHAM (Scholar of Chinese Science History)
28 Chris BAKER (Historian)Cambodia

Sri Lanka

7 PHAN Huy Le (Historian)
26 Minh Hanh (Fashion Designer)

8 CHHENG Phon (Dramatist, Artist)
22 ANG Choulean (Ethnologist, Scholar of Khmer Studies)
28 KONG Nay (Bard,Master of Chapey)

13 Kingsley M. DE SILVA (Historian)
15 Roland SILVA (Conservator)
19 Savitri GOONESEKERE (Jurist)

Bangladesh

IrelandChris BAKER
Grand Prize 2017
laureate

11 Benedict ANDERSON (Scholar of Politics)

Franceof Asian
Studies)of Cultural
Geography
20 Augustin BERQUE (Scholar(Scholar)

Germany

22 Niels GUTSCHOW (Architectural Historian))Australia

5 WANG Gungwu (Historian)
13 Anthony REID (Historian)
24 Tessa MORRIS-SUZUKI (Scholar of Asian Studies)

12 Muhammad YUNUS (Economist)
19 Farida Parveen (Singer)

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FUKUOKA PRIZE 2017

KONG Nay
Arts and Culture Prize 2017
laureate

Philippines

Thailand1 Kukrit PRAMOJ (Writer, Statesman)
5 M. C. Subhadradis DISKUL (Archaeologist, Art Historian)
10 Nidhi EOSEEWONG (Historian)(Painter)
12
18 Srisakra VALLIBHOTAMA (Anthropologist, Archaeologist)
23 Charnvit KASETSIRI (Historian)
Pasuk PHONGPAICHITGrand Prize 201724 Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL (Filmmaker, Artist)
laureate
28 Pasuk PHONGPAICHIT (Economist)

U.S.A.

2 Donald KEENE (Scholar of Japanese Literature & Culture)(Anthropologist)
3
(
Video
Artist)6 Nam June PAIK
9 Stanley J. TAMBIAH (Anthropologist)
21 James C. SCOTT (Political Scientist, Anthropologist)
25 Ezra F. VOGEL (Sociologist)

Indonesia(Historian, Social Scientist)
2
6 KOENT JARANINGRAT (Anthropologist)
9 R. M. Soedarsono (Dancer, Scholar of Dance)
11 Pramoedya Ananta TOER (Writer)
23 G.R.Ay. Koes Murtiyah Paku Buwono (Court Dancer)

25 Azyumardi AZRA (Historian)Arts and Culture Prize

1 KUROSAWA Akira (Film Director)
1 YANO Toru (Social Scientist, Scholar of Asian Studies)
2 NAKANE Chie (Social Anthropologist)
3 TAKEUCHI Minoru (Scholar of Chinese Studies)
4 KAWAKITA Jiro (Scholar of Ethnogeography)
5 ISHII Yoneo (Scholar of Southeast Asian Studies)
6 KARASHIMA Noboru (Historian)
7 ETO Shinkichi (Scholar of International Relations)
8 HIGUCHI Takayasu (Archaeologist)
9 UEDA Masaaki (Historian)
10 OBAYASHI Taryo (Ethnologist)
12 HAYAMI Yujiro (Economist)

4 NAMJILYN Norovbanzad (Vocalist)
17 Shagdaryn BIRA (Historian)Pakistan

Nepal

Academic PrizeJapan

Mongolia

7 Nusrat Fateh Ali KHAN (Qawwali Singer)
17 Uxi MUFTI (Culture Expert)
27 Yasmeen LARI (Architect, Humanitarian Aid Worker)

Grand Prize*Numeral indicates which ceremony year the prize was awarded.

3 Leandro V. LOCSIN (Architect)
12 Marilou DIAZ-ABAYA (Film Director)
14 Reynaldo C. ILETO (Historian)
23 Kidlat Tahimik (Film Maker)
27 Ambeth R. OCAMPO (Public Historian)

14 HOKAMA Shuzen (Scholar of Okinawan Studies)
17 HAMASHITA Takeshi (Historian)
20 MIKI Minoru (Composer)
21 MORI Kazuko (Scholar of Contemporary Chinese Studies)
24 NAKAMURA Tetsu (Medical Doctor)

Republic of Korea

3 KIM Won-yong (Archaeologist)
6 HAHN Ki-un (Scholar of Education)
8 IM Kwon-taek (Film Director)
9 LEE Ki-Moon (Linguist)
16 IM Dong-kwon (Folklorist)
18 KIM Duk-soo (Traditional Performing Artist)
21 HWANG Byung-ki (Musician)
22 CHO Dong-il (Scholar of Literature)

CONTENTS
Fukuoka Prize Laureates

1・2

What is the Fukuoka Prize?

3・4

Fukuoka Prize 2017
Pasuk PHONGPAICHIT and Chris BAKER

5

WANG Ming

6

KONG Nay

7

Award Ceremony

8〜12

Exchange Activities
Malaysia

4
11
13
19

Ungku A. AZIZ (Economist)
Hamzah Awang Amat (Shadow Play Master)Lat (Cartoonist)Shamsul A. B. (Social Anthropologist)

Singapore

10 TANG Da Wu (Visual Artist)
14 Dick LEE (Singer-Songwriter)
21 ONG Keng Sen (Theatre Director)

Pasuk PHONGPAICHIT and Chris BAKER

13

WANG Ming

14

KONG Nay

15

Collaborative Project
Opening the Door to Asia s Future:
Kyushu University s Challenge

16

Introduction of Laureates andPublic Relations Activities

17

Laureates of the Fukuoka Prize

18〜22

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What is the Fukuoka Prize?
Background of the Fukuoka Prize
Asia is home to a diversity of ethnic groups, languages,
and cultures, which coexist with and depend on eachother. These diverse cultures have served not only as
guardians of the priceless legacy of our long history andtradition, but also as sources of inspiration.
However, in the current era of globalization, there isa danger that Asian cultures may lose their distinctive
features due to the encroaching homogenization ofculture. It is therefore vital to preserve, develop, andpromote the harmonious coexistence of the diverse
Asian cultures.
As Japan's cultural gateway, Fukuoka City has since
antiquity played a significant role in promoting
exchanges with other regions of Asia. This history, anda determination to promote and understand the distinctive
cultures of Asia, and to further peace, inspired theinauguration of the Fukuoka Prize (formerly known as

the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize) in 1990 throughcollaboration between academia, businesses, and thecity authorities. Since then, there have been many prize
recipients from almost every region of Asia.
Since cultural exchange looks to the future, it is notenough merely to preserve cultures with long histories
and ancient traditions. New things emerge from the
midst of change: it is necessary to observe them, respectthem, learn from them, and build upon them. This is
the aspiration of Fukuoka City and its citizens, as we
strive to become a center for cultural exchange in Asia.
The Fukuoka Prize will continue to be a means ofshowing respect to those who have made outstanding
contributions to academia, arts, and culture in Asia. We
intend, together with the people of Fukuoka, to advertiseto the world through our city, the diversity and thedistinctiveness of Asian culture.

1. Objective

Timeline of the Fukuoka Prize 2017
Jul.

Request approximately 7,000 nominators in 48 countries and regions to make recommendations

2015

Jan.-Feb.2017

Selection process of the 189 nominees and 4 groups from 29 countries and regions at the Arts andCulture Prize Selection Committee (Jan.29) and Academic Prize Selection Committee (Feb.6)

Feb. 2017

Review by Fukuoka Prize Jury (Feb.28)

Apr. 2017

Jury and Selection Joint Committees (Apr.29)

Jun. 2017

Fukuoka Prize Committee approves 4 laureates (Jun.8)

Sep. 2017

Introduction of laureates (Sep.20), Award Ceremony (Sep.21), School Visits (Sep.22), Public
Lectures (Sep.23, 24)

Fukuoka Prize Committee
Special Adviser MIYATA Ryouhei Commissioner for Culture Affairs, Goverrment of Japan〃MIYAGAWA Manabu Director-General for Culture Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Governor, Fukuoka Prefecture〃
OGAWA Hiroshi
Honorary Chair TAKASHIMA Soichiro Mayor, Fukuoka City
Chair, Fukuoka City International Foundation
Chair
ISOYAMA Seiji
President, Kyushu University
Vice Chair
KUBO Chiharu〃
KAWAKAMI Shinpei Chairperson, Fukuoka City Council〃
SADAKARI Atsuhito Deputy Mayor, Fukuoka City
AuditorTANIGAWA Hiromichi President, Social Welfare Council, Fukuoka City〃MIZUMACHI Hiroyuki Chief Executive, Accounting Management, Fukuoka City
Member
ARAMAKI Tomoyuki Executive Vice President, Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.
Vice Chairperson, Fukuoka City Council〃
ISHIDA Masaaki
Executive Director & General Manager of Fukuoka,〃
IWAMATSU Jo
Seibu Head Office, The Mainichi Newspapers, Co., Ltd.

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2. Prize Categories
Grand Prize

Academic Prize

Prize money: 5,000,000 yen

To be presented to an individual or group
who has made outstanding contributions to
the preservation and creation of Asian
culture, and has demonstrated the significance of Asian culture to the world throughthe internationality, universality, popularity,
and/or creativity of their work.
*The Grand Prize recipient will be selected by the Fukuoka
Prize Jury from among all the candidates nominated for
the Academic Prize and Arts and Culture Prize.

Prize money: 3,000,000 yen

To be presented to an individual or group
who has made outstanding achievements inthe field of Asian studies, contributing to theworld’s understanding of Asia. It covers
various social sciences, such as history,archaeology, cultural anthropology, economics, and political science.

Arts and Culture Prize
Prize money: 3,000,000 yen

To be presented to an individual or group
who has made outstanding contributions tothe cultivation and/or advancement of theunique and diverse arts and culture of Asia.
It covers fields such as fine arts, literature,music, drama, dance, film, architecture, andtraditional and ethnic culture.

East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia

4. Organizing Bodies

Fukuoka City, Fukuoka City International Foundation*
Sponsors

Fukuoka City

Administration

Chairman, Kyushu Railway Company
President, The Nishinippon Shimbun Co., Ltd.

Fukuoka Prize 2017: Jury and Selection Committees

Chair

KUBO Chiharu

President, Kyushu University

Vice
Chair

Nominators(Education and research institutions,arts and culture organizations,andnews media,both in Japan and abroad)*Fukuoka City International Foundation was established to commemorate the success of the Asian-Paciﬁc Exposition ‒ Fukuoka 89.
By promoting international exchange that recognizes the history, culture and other attributes of Fukuoka, the foundation aims tobuild a multicultural, diverse and inclusive society; thereby contributing to regional development and international peace.

Chair

SHIMIZU Hiromu

Arts and Culture Prize
Selection Committee
Chair

Deputy Mayor, Fukuoka City

Vice
Chair

Professor, Japan Institute of the Moving
Image
Programming Director, Tokyo International
MemberFilm Festival

Member USHIROSHOJI Masahiro

Professor, Graduate School of Humanities,
MemberKyushu University

Professor, College of Law and Politics,
Rikkyo University

Member TSUKA Hiroko
Executive Vice President, The JapanFoundation

Member TSUCHIYA Naonori
Chairman and Representative Director,
SEIKO ELECTRIC Co., Ltd.

TAKENAKA Chiharu

Professor, College of Law and Politics,
Rikkyo University

AMAKO Satoshi

Professor, Graduate School of Asia-Paciﬁc
Studies, Waseda University

KIMIYA Tadashi

Professor, Graduate School of Arts andSciences, The University of Tokyo

Member KONO Toshiyuki

Professor, Graduate School of Law, Kyushu
University

Member SHIMIZU Kazushi

Professor, Graduate School of Economics,
Kyushu University

Member NITTA Eiji

Professor Emeritus, Kagoshima University

Member WAKIMURA Kohei

Professor, Graduate School of Economics,
Osaka City University

ISHIZAKA Kenji

Professor, Japan Institute of the Moving
Image
Programming Director, Tokyo
International Film Festival

Specially Appointed Professor, Kansai
University
Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University

SADAKARI Atsuhito

Member TAKENAKA Chiharu
Arts and Culture Prize
Selection Committee

Academic Prize
Selection Committee

Fukuoka Prize Jury

Specially Appointed Professor, Kansai
University
Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University

Fukuoka Prize Jury

Academic Prize
Selection Committee

Director, Kyushu District Transport Bureau

Member SHIMIZU Hiromu

Fukuoka Prize Committee
Selection

Vice Governor, Fukuoka PrefectureMember ISHIZAKA Kenji

3. Geographical Scope

Fukuoka City International Foundation

EGUCHI Masaru
KAGA Itaru
KARAIKE Koji
KAWASAKI Takao

As of October 2017

Chairman, The Nishi-Nippon City Bank, Ltd.
Member KUBOTA Isao〃
KUMAGAI Atsuko Chairperson, The First Committee, Fukuoka City Council
Vice President, NPO Fukuoka Recreation Association〃
SATO Yasunori〃
SHIBATO Takashige President, The Bank of Fukuoka, Ltd.
〃SHIROMOTO Masaru Director, Fukuoka Broadcasting Station, Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK)〃
TAKAHASHI Naoto Director-General, Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry〃
TAKESHIMA Kazuyuki Chairman and Representative Director, Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd.
Chairperson of the Board of Directors, Fukuoka Culture Federation〃
TADA Akishige
Chairman and Representative Director, Saibu Gas Co., Ltd.
〃TANAKA Yuji
President, The Japanese Red Cross Kyushu International College of Nursing〃
TAMURA Yayoi
President, West Japan Head Office, The Yomiuri Shimbun〃
NAKAI Ippei〃
HASHIMOTO Hitoshi Executive Officer & Representative of Seibu Head Office, The Asahi Shimbun Company
Executive Managing Officer, Head of Seibu Main Office (Fukuoka), Nikkei Inc.
〃HIRAOKA Kei〃
FUJINAGA Kenichi Chairman and Representative Director, Kyudenko Corporation
Superintendent of Education, Fukuoka City Board of Education〃
HOSHIKO Akio〃
YAMAGUCHI Masatoshi President, Fukuoka University〃
YAMAMOTO Iwao President, Kyushu Sangyo University〃
Karen June SCHAFFNER President, Seinan Gakuin University

Vice
Chair

USHIROSHOJI Masahiro
Professor, Graduate School of
Humanities, Kyushu University

Member UCHINO Tadashi

Professor, Department of Japanese Studies,
Gakushuin Women's College

Member UDO Seiji

Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University ofForeign Studies

Member KONISHI MasatoshProfessor Emeritus, Rikkyo University

Member TERAUCHI Naoko

Professor, Graduate School ofIntercultural Studies, Kobe University

Member NISHIMURA Yukio

Professor, Graduate School ofEngineering, The University of Tokyo

Member MATSUGUMA Hiroyuki

Associate professor,
Department of Content and Creative Design
Graduate School of Design, Kyushu
University

As of October 201703

FUKUOKA PRIZE 2017

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Grand Prize 2017

Academic Prize 2017
WANG Ming

Pasuk PHONGPAICHIT & Chris BAKER
U.K. / History

Thailand / Economics

China / Public Management, NGO and Civil Society Studies

Biography

Biography

Pasuk PHONGPAICHIT
1946
1969

Born in Pathumthani, Thailand

1971

Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn
University, Bangkok

B.A.(Economics),Monash University,Melbourne, Australia (Colombo Plan Scholarship)

Ph.D.(Economics), University of Cambridge, U.K.
1978
1980-84 Expert(Development Economics), International Labour Oﬃce (ILO)

1988-89 Research Fellow, Institute of Southeast AsianStudies, Singapore

2004JapaneseJapanese

Major Awards

Professor, Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn
University, Bangkok(2012‐Emeritus Professor)

2001-13 Visiting Professor at: Johns Hopkins University,
Washington DC; Griﬃth University, Brisbane,
Australia; Center of Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto

2016Chris BAKER
1948
Born in Lancashire, U.K.
1969
B.A.(History), University of Cambridge, U.K.
1973
Ph.D.(History), University of Cambridge,U.K.
1975-79 Fellow, Director of Studies in History, Queens
College, University of Cambridge
1980-97 Research Director, RDR Bangkok; Managing
Director, Lintas Thailandand and Singapore;Marketing Director, Riche Monde Thailand
2003-13 Editor of UNDP, Thailand Human Development
Report, 2003, 2009, 2011, 20132009Honorary Editor, Journal of the SiamSociety

Pasuk PHONGPAICHITPasuk PHONGPAICHIT & Chris BAKER

1992 4th Asia‐Paciﬁc Prize (Sponsored by Mainichi Newspapers
and Asian Aﬀairs Research Council), Tokyo (The New Wave ofJapanese Investmentin ASEAN)
1999 W. F. Wertheim Memorial Lecturer, Amsterdam
2001 Distinguished Alumni Award from Monash University
2009 Distinguished Professor Award, Thailand Research Fund2011 65 Women of Inﬂuence in Contemporary Thailand, Bangkok Post

1997 Best Book of the Year, National Research Council of Thailand(Thailand : Economy and Politics)
2002 Outstanding Book of the Year, American Library Association(Thailand’s Crisis)2013 A. L. Becker Southeast Asian Literature in Translation Prize,
Association for Asian Studies (The Tale of Khun Chang Khun Phaen)Award Citation

FUKUOKA PRIZE 2017

1988-92
1997
1998-

20002001-06

mutual collaboration. The multidisciplinary method of analysis as if througha compound eye, viewing politics and economics, and society and culture,
as an organic entity is a unique one invented by them. Their masterpiece,
Thaksin (2004) analyzing the current Thai politics from a business point ofview, is a product of this method.
Besides these works, Prof. Pasuk and Dr. Baker have published widelyon contemporary Thai society. Their themes include the urban middle
class, the informal sector, Thai investors after the ﬁnancial crisis, increasing
economic disparity and environment and social movements. Theirpublications in this ﬁeld all combine incisive awareness and abundantevidentiary data to illuminate our understanding of contemporary Thailand.
Two of the most distinguished publications among their joint works are A
History of Thailand (2005) which was written speciﬁcally as a textbook for a
new era, and Thailand: Economy and Politics (1995, translated into Japanese in2006) which covers the Thai economy and politics from the mid-19th
century to the present-day. These two volumes are indispensable not only
for researchers on Thailand but also anyone working on South-East Asia.
Another major work of theirs is the English translation of a popular Thai
epic verse, The Tale of Khun Chang Khun Phaen. This epic was completed by the1840s at the latest, and King Rama II and the great poet, Sunthorn Phu
were among the contributors. This was written in old Thai, the language
used before the reign of King Rama V. It had been declared almost
impossible to translate the whole work into English without extensive
knowledge of the life, customs and culture of both the royal court andordinary people inﬂuenced by the ancient India. To overcome such achallenge, the combined force of Dr. Baker's early research into Indian
history and the vast knowledge of Thai society they each possess played avital role.
By the prominence of their joint researches, and their great social
contribution as eminent intellectuals in Thailand, Prof. Pasuk Phongpaichit
and Dr. Chris Baker are indeed very worthy recipients of the Grand Prizeof the Fukuoka Prize.

Born in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China
B.A. (Economics), Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
Assistant, Xi an Political InstituteM.A.(International Economics), the Graduate College, Party Schoolof the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC)
Lecturer, Economy Department, Party School of the Central
Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC)
Ph.D. (International Development Research), Nagoya University,
Nagoya, Japan
Associate Professor, the 21st Century Development
Academy, Tsinghua University, Beijing,China; Director,
NGO Research Center, Tsinghua University
Associate Professor, School of Public Policy and Management,
Tsinghua University
Professor and Vice Dean, School of Public Policy and Management,
Tsinghua University

20032004-

2005200620072012201320142015-

National Committee Member, the 10/11/12th CPPCC (Chinese People s
Political Consultative Conference)
Honorary Professor, Department of Applied Social Science, the Hong
Kong Polytechnic University; Director Member, Council, Red Cross
Society of China; Member, the Committee of Experts, Ministry of
Civil Aﬀairs, China
Honorary Professor, Macao Polytechnic University
Vice President, China Foundation for Disabled Persons
Chief Editor, the China Nonproﬁt Review (in Chinese and English)
Chairman, the Board of Directors, Mingde Philanthropy ResearchCenterMember, the Evaluation Committee of Transformshift the Government
Functions, the State Council
Vice Chairman, China Association for the Promotion of Social Organizations
Vice Chairman, China Commission of Researching of Social Governance
Professor and Dean, Institute for Philanthropy, Tsinghua University

Major Awards
2013

Prof. Pasuk Phongpaicht and Dr. Chris Baker have together carried out
a multidisciplinary and comprehensive analysis of the social changes which
Thailand has experienced since its rapid economic growth in the 1980s,
combining in their joint work intellectual perspectives from the West andthe East, academic insights from social science and the humanities, andmale and female sensibilities. Moving eﬀortlessly beyond traditionalboundaries, they have developed fresh and profound approaches to thesubject-matter and methodologies of their academic research ﬁelds. They
have jointly published more than 10 books, and as public intellectuals havebeen active on the international stage.
Among the many achievements of Prof. Pasuk and Dr. Baker, the biggest
contribution is their attempt to make sense of the diverse problems which
Thai society is currently facing by widening their analytical scope toinclude not only politics and economics but also a comprehensive andmulti-faceted examination of aspects of society and culture, extending evento popular sets of values. For example, Thailand's Boom! (1996), written about
the bubble economy in the early 1990s, gives a vivid picture of Thai
society at the time by presenting, besides the political and economic
developments, the frantic rush to speculate in stocks and land, as well as
the new consumption culture and the trends in youth culture. As soon as
the Thai economic bubble burst after the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997,
they published Thailand's Boom and Bust (1998) in which the collapse of the
bubble economy is scrupulously traced. They were quick to analyze thebackground to Thailand's ﬁnancial crisis and to introduce the economic
reforms subsequently in progress in Thailand's Crisis, which appeared in
2000.
Prof. Pasuk studied economics at the University of Cambridge, and in
the 1980s began producing empirical analyses of the modern Thai
economy. Dr. Baker was an energetic historian, also at Cambridge,
working on the history of the Indian subcontinent. On Prof. Pasuk's returnto Thailand, he gave up his teaching post and moved to Bangkok with her.
Ever since, they have worked together: Prof. Pasuk deals with economic
issues, Dr. Baker with arts and culture, and they cover politics together.
They have cultivated a superb balance between division of labor and

05

1959
1983
1983-85
1988

University; University of Washington, Seattle;Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo; National
Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Tokyo
Associate Fellow, Royal Society of Thailand

Philanthropy Academic Prize, Responsibility China 2013 Organizing Committee

2014

Philanthropy Pusher Prize, China Philanthropy Annual Conference Organizing Committee

Major Publications
Case‐Studies on China’s NGOs (editor), Research Report Series No.38, UNCRD, 2000.
Case‐Studies on China’s NGOs, 2001(editor), Research Report Series No.43, UNCRD, 2001.
The Society Reform in China: The Transformation from Government Choice to Social Choice (co‐author), Beijing:Social Sciences Academic Press, 2001.
NPO in China, Tokyo: Daiyichi Sholin Press, 2002. *In Japanese
The Introduction to NPO Management, Beijing: China Renmin University Press, 2002.
The Non‐governmental Public Sector in China (editor), Beijing: Tsinghua University Press, 2004.
A General Survey of Non‐governmental Organizations (co‐author), Beijing: Current Aﬀairs Press, 2004.
Case‐Studies on Public Management in China (VOL.1) (co‐author), Beijing: Tsinghua University Press,
2005.
NPOs in Germany (co‐author), Beijing: Tsinghua University Press, 2006.
NPOs in Japan (co‐author), Beijing: Peking University Press, 2007.
Emerging Civil Society in China 1978‐2008(editor), Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, 2008.
Wenchuan Earthquake: China NGOs in Emergency Rescue (editor), Beijing: Social Sciences Academic
Press,2009.
NPOs in the U.K. (editor), Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, 2009.
The Introduction to NPO Management (Revised) (co‐author), Beijing: China Renmin University Press,
2010.

Emerging Civil Society in China, 1978‐2007 (editor), Boston: Brill Press, 2011. *In English
Oral History for NGOs in China (Vol.1) (editor), Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, 2012.
NPOs in the U.S. (co‐author), Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, 2012.
Proposals from Wang Ming: A Member of CPPCC National Committee, Beijing: Social Sciences Academic
Press, 2013.
Social Organizations, Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, 2013.
Social Organizations and Social Governance (co‐author), Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press,
2014.
Oral History for NGOs in China (Vol.2) (editor), Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, 2014.
NPOs in the Hong Kong (co‐author), Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, 2015.
NPO Management (co‐author), Beijing: China Renmin University Press, 2016.
I Do Just I Like: Go and Eat, Beijing: Beijing United Publishing Co, Ltd, 2016.
Proposals from Wang Ming: A Member of CPPCC National Committee 2013‐2015, Beijing: Social Sciences
Academic Press, 2017.
A Discussion on Chinese Road of NGOs: Reform and Co‐governance by Society, Berlin, Springer Nature 2017.
*In English
Notes: Written in Chinese unless stated.

Award Citation
Prof. Wang Ming is a leading scholar specializing in NGO(non-governmental organization) studies and environmental governancestudies, which have attracted increasing attention as China s economy has
grown. After returning from Japan where he had studied, he started toteach at Tsinghua University in 1998, and about the same time, founded
an NGO research center as the ﬁrst such institution in China. NGO studies
is a new academic ﬁeld which examines the activities, organization,
networking, and policy/institution-making of the diverse NGOs that were
founded from the 1990s. It also aims to facilitate the development of stablecivil society. Prof. Wang is one of the pioneers opening up this new ﬁeld.
Prof. Wang was born in Urimuqi in 1959, and graduated from theFaculty of Economics, Lanzhou University. In 1992, he came to Japan.
After studying at the University of Fukui and Kyoto University, he started
the doctoral program at the Graduate School of International Development(GSID), Nagoya University, and received his Ph.D in 1997. In 1998, hefounded the NGO Research Center, Tsinghua University, and became its
ﬁrst Director. He was also appointed to a succession of important posts
including Director Member, Council, Red Cross Society of China (2004−),
Vice President, China Foundation for Disabled Persons (2006− ) and
Chairman, the Board of Directors, Mingde Philanthropy Research Center(2012−), and has involved himself in solving social problems andstrengthening civil activities and civil society. Furthermore, he has opened
up and prompted a new research ﬁeld of Philanthropy. He wasinstrumental in founding the Tsinghua University Institute for Philanthropy,
in 2015, and became its Dean.
Prof. Wang's involvement in society has been based on strong academic
foundations, the numerous ﬁeld surveys which he has conducted with hiscolleagues and junior researchers. He serves as chief editor of the series
in which the ﬁndings from these studies have been compiled, Case-Studies on

China's NGOs and Wenchuan Earthquake: China NGOs in Emergency Rescue. Recently heinterviewed approximately 100 leaders representing NGOs in China, andthe survey results were presented in the publication of Oral History for NGOs in
China (Vol. 1, 2012; Vol. 2, 2014). They will provide the academic foundation
for future NGO studies and NGO activities in China.
During the last decade, Prof. Wang has visited various countries andregions including Germany, Japan, the U.K., the U.S. and Hong Kong toinvestigate the status of their NPOs in order to introduce international NGO
studies to China, and to establish the subject on a more objective andsocio-scientiﬁc academic basis. He wrote ﬁve books based on these surveys(NPOs in Germany, NPOs in Japan, NPOs in the U.K., etc.). There is no
doubt that these academic initiatives have greatly enhanced the standard of
NGO studies in China.
At the same time, educational programs provided by the NGO ResearchCenter and the Tsinghua University Institute for Philanthropy have made aninvaluable contribution to helping many junior researchers. Following Prof.
Wang's footsteps, many of his young protégés came to Japanese
universities to study NGOs and civil society, and they are now leaders inthe ﬁeld. Prof. Wang's much-praised achievements as an educator were
nourished by intensive exchanges between China and Japan, and he is an
outstanding example of the value of these exchanges.
China and Japan will be cooperating even more in a variety of ﬁelds suchas critical environmental problems and infectious diseases in China. Under
such circumstances, Prof. Wang's academic and educational achievements
have played an important role in facilitating cooperation between China andJapan.
For all these eminent achievements, Prof. Wang Ming is truly worthy of
the Academic Prize of the Fukuoka Prize.

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Arts and Culture Prize 2017

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KONG NayAward Ceremony

Cambodia / Music

Biography
Born in Kampot Province, Cambodia
Was blind at the age of 4 after contracting smallpox
Learned how to play the chapey, including Reamker (Cambodian epic based on
the Sanskritʼs Ramayana epic), under his uncle s tuition
Performed the chapey as an artist in his village for the ﬁrst time
1959
Was used for political propaganda during the Khmer Rouge in power, however,
1970s
resisted it by using his relics
Narrowly survived with his family from the Killing Field to be executed
1991-2007 Played the chapey for the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, Cambodia
2003-12Served as a chapey trainer at Cambodian Living Arts (CLA), Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2010
Created songs Our Rights and Woman with The Cambodian Space Project (CSP)in partnership with UNHCR for cerebrating Human Rights Day
2011
Performed the chapey at the opening of TEDxPhnomPenh (Theme: Building the Future)
1944
1948
1957

Major Awards

Major International Performances

1982 First prize in ﬁrst chapey competition and another competitionin Kampot
1991 First prize in a chapey competition in Phenom Penh2001 Certiﬁcated Master of Chapey by the Minister of Culture
and Fine Arts, Cambodia
Gold Grand Oﬃcer of Cambodia Cultural Reputation by
Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen
2002 Certiﬁcated Cambodia Chapey Dang Veng Skill by the
Minister of Culture and Fine Arts, Cambodia
2007 Gold Grand Cross of Cambodia Cultural Reputation
by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen
2013 Thankfully certiﬁcated by Cambodian First Step Organization2007 WOMAD (World of Music, Arts and Dance) 2007,
Wiltshire, UK
2008 WOMAD New Zealand 2008, New Plymouth, New
Zealand
WOMADelaide 2008, Adelaide, Australia
2009 World Chamber Music #4 Kong Nay, Tokyo, Japan
2013 Season of Cambodia (SOC) Festival, New York,USA
2015 Geidai 21: Geidai Arts Special 2015−Disability &Arts, Tokyo, Japan

CD Albums
A Cambodian Bard (INEDIT/Maison des Cultures du Monde, 2006)
Mekong Delta Blues (Long Tale Recordings, 2007), with Ouch Savvy, The Cambodian Space Project (CSP)The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Cambodia (World Music Network, 2014), as The Cambodian Space Project & Kong Nay

Award Citation
Master Kong Nay is a legendary Cambodian bard who miraculously
survived the civil war and Pol Pot's reign of terror, and even now
remains active as a performer and composer. While playing along-necked, stringed instrument called chapey dang veng, he recites the
Cambodian epic, Reamker, which is based on the ancient Indian epic,
Ramayana, and also creates richly expressive songs about diverse
themes including everyday life, people's feelings, moral maxims andsocial satire. In 2016, this music was registered in UNESCO's 'List of
Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding', and has beenrecognized as a profound cultural force whose power is felt not only
by Cambodians but also by people all over the world. Master Kong
Nay is the precious heir to this legacy. Currently he operates both athome and abroad: he has performed in the U.K., Australia and New
Zealand (WOMAD, 2007−08), Japan (World Chamber Music 'Kong
Nay', 2009, and 'Disability & Arts', 2015) and the U.S. (Season of
Cambodia (SOC) Festival, 2013). CDs such as A Cambodian Bard (2006),
Mekong Delta Blues (2007) and The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Cambodia (2014)
have disseminated the charm of his chapey playing and singings acrossa wide audience. On World Human Rights Day in 2010, he sang a
new song for women's rights, Woman.
Master Kong Ney was born in 1944 in a small village in Kampot
Province (southern Cambodia). He lost his eyesight at the age of four
due to smallpox. When he was 13 years old, he began to learn how
to play the chapey under his uncle's tuition, which led him to becomea musician. He miraculously survived the genocidal slaughter of the
Pol Pot era in the late 1970s, and despite the continuing civil war
afterwards, he resumed performance. He won ﬁrst prize in a chapey
competition in 1982, and then in a regional competition in his native
Kampot Province, and also in another competition in Phnom Penh(1991). Between 1991 and 2007, he performed his music as a civil07

FUKUOKA PRIZE 2017servant at the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, working for peacebuilding and cultural reconstruction in Cambodia. In 2001, he wasdesignated 'Master of Chapey' (the equivalent of a Japanese Living
National Treasure) by the Ministry of Culture and Arts, and trained
future chapey players through programmes such as those supported by
an NGO, the Cambodian Living Arts (CLA)(2003−12).
There are similarities to chapey performance in Japanese traditional
moso-biwa ('blind priest biwa', biwa meaning Japanese lute) and Heike-biwa(the chanting of Heike Monogatari [The Tale of the Heike] accompanied by thebiwa), but in terms of melody and lyrics, chapey music is more
improvised. In order to keep the audience attracted, the musician
introduces extemporized variations into the lyrics and music. Such
impromptu creativity requires extensive knowledge and verbal facility,and virtuoso musical talent and technique. Recent activities by Master
Kong Nay include joint performances with rock music (at an event for
the World Human Rights Day, 2010, Phnom Penh), with jazz (Seasonof Cambodia (SOC) Festival) and with an orchestra ('Disability & Arts'
at Tokyo University of Arts). The ﬂexibility which enables him tocreate exciting music in these diﬀerent genres is a byproduct of the
improvising skills which were themselves cultivated within the
traditional repertoire.
Master Kong Nay, a survivor of Cambodia's turbulent history, hasplayed a pivotal role in handing on the priceless treasure of chapey
music to the modern world, and has actively engaged, on a global
scale, in a variety of activities including performance, composition,
training the next generation, and cooperating in the UN's humanrights programmes and in events to support disabled people. For suchgreat contributions, Master Kong Nay is very worthy of the Arts andCulture Prize of the Fukuoka Prize.

■Date：Thursday, September 21, 2017 (18:30-20:00)■Venue：Fukuoka Symphony Hall, ACROS Fukuoka

Program
18：30

Opening Performance

Fukuoka City Children s Choir

Part I Introduction of Laureates
Welcome Remarks
TAKASHIMA Soichiro, Mayor of Fukuoka City
Imperial Address
His Imperial Highness Prince Akishino
Juror s Statement
KUBO Chiharu, Chair of the Fukuoka Prize Jury
Presentation of Prize Certiﬁcates and Medals
TAKASHIMA Soichiro, Mayor of Fukuoka CityISOYAMA Seiji, Chair of the Fukuoka City International Foundation
Part II Commemorative Recital for the Laureates
Kyudai Philharmonic Orchestra
Acceptance Speeches by the Laureates
Interview with the Laureates
Performance by the Arts and Culture Prize Laureate
Master KONG Nay
Commemorative Performance for the Laureates
Ms. TERADA Chobi, Chikuzen Biwa Player
20：00 Closing

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Fukuoka Prize 2017 Award Ceremony
The 28th Fukuoka Prize Award Ceremony
opened with a video introducing past laureates,
followed by the beautiful harmonies of the Fukuoka
City Children s Choir.
In the presence of Their Imperial Highnesses
Prince and Princess Akishino, the distinguishedguests from Cambodia, the Peopleʼs Republic ofChina, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and Vietnam, representatives of various ﬁelds and many
Fukuoka residents turned their eyes to the stage
and greeted the laureates with loud applause as
they appeared on the stage. The glamorous yet
warm atmosphere was typical of Fukuoka, a city
overﬂowing with hospitality, and beﬁtted a prizethat is bestowed by the people of Fukuoka.
Mr. TAKASHIMA Soichiro, Mayor of Fukuoka,
addressed the audience on behalf of the organizers. He explained the signiﬁcance and spirit of the
Fukuoka Prize, and concluded with the hope that
the Prize would serve to deepen exchanges amongpeople of the Asian region and contribute to thepromotion of culture, mutual understanding, andpeace.
His Imperial Highness Prince Akishino expressed
his sympathy to those aﬀected by the recent
torrential rainfall in northern Kyushu and oﬀered
his congratulations to the laureates. His address
was followed by the Juror s Statement by Professor
KUBO Chiharu, Chair of the Fukuoka Prize Juryand President of Kyushu University. The laureates
were then presented with their certiﬁcates andmedals. The resounding applause from the audience dispelled the nerves of the laureates and theirfaces relaxed into beaming smiles. The laureates
were also presented with bouquets by children
from Fukuoka International School.
The second part of the proceedings began with aperformance of the ﬁrst movement of Mozart sDivertimento in D Major, K. 136 by the Kyudai
Philharmonic Orchestra, which has a history
stretching back more than 100 years. The laureates expressed their joy in their speeches, andMaster KONG Nay performed a piece he had written especially for the occasion, called For the Award
Ceremony in Fukuoka. Finally, Chikuzen biwa music i a n , M s . T E R A DA C h o b i , p e r f o r m e d Heike
Monogatar i〔 The Tale of the Heike〕Nasu no Yoichi on the
traditional Japanese string instrument that has its
roots in Fukuoka. The splendor of the ceremony
was beﬁtting to such a celebratory occasion, onethat could be enjoyed by everyone, regardless oflanguage or disability.

Address by His Imperial Highness
Prince Akishino at ｔhe Fukuoka
Prize 2017 Award Ceremony

Commemorative recital for the laureates by Kyudai Philharmonic Orchestra

Opening Performance

Welcome remarks by Mayor
TAKASHIMA

Juror s Statement
by Prof. KUBO
President of Kyushu University

Chapey performance by Master KONG Nay

Presentation of Grand Prize to Prof. Pasuk PHONGPAICHIT and Dr. Chris BAKER

Celebratory performance by Chikuzen biwa musician, Ms. TERADA Chobi

Celebration Banquet
After the Award Ceremony, a celebration
banguet was held, attended by distinguishedguests from the various countries and representatives from various ﬁelds. Mr. ISOYAMA Seiji,
Chair of the Fukuoka City International Foundation, declared the reception open by expressing
Presentation of Academic Prize to Prof. WANG Ming

Presentation of Arts and Culture Prize to Master KONG Nay

the hope that everyone present would share in
the joy of the Prize presentations and enjoy aheartwarming time. Next, Her Excellency Ms.

Opening remarks by Mr. ISOYAMA,
Chair,Fukuoka City International Foundation

CHEA Kimtha, Cambodian Ambassador to
Japan, gave a speech on behalf of the distinguished guests, followed by a toast delivered by
Mr. ISHIDA Masaaki, Vice Chairperson of
Fukuoka City Council.
After these formalities, the celebration reception continued in a warm and friendly atmosphere, with the laureates and their partners
surrounded by well-wishers.

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Speech by Cambodian Ambassador,
H.E.Ms. CHEA Kimtha

Toast by Fukuoka City Council Vice
Chairperson ISHIDA

The very ﬁrst thing that I would like to say is that in July, this prefecture of Fukuoka was devastated by torrential rain that struck thenorthern part of Kyushu. I would like to express my deep sorrowfor all those who lost their lives in the disaster, and my sincerest
sympathy to the surviving victims of the disaster. Before this Award
Ceremony of the Fukuoka Prize, I visited an aﬀected area in Asakura
City, and met some of the surviving victims. I fully realized anew
the devastation, and it is my earnest hope that progress will bemade in reconstruction and that the victims will once again live inpeace and quiet.
It is a great pleasure for me to be with you all today at thisFukuoka Prize 2017 Award Ceremony, and I wish to extend myheartfelt congratulations to the four distinguished laureates.
The advancement of globalization in recent years has brought the
beneﬁts of convenience to our lives in many ways. However, thishas come to our notice as a currently prevailing uniform way of
thinking and lifestyle pursuing the beneﬁts of convenience. On theother hand, it has also led to a growing interest in the uniquenessand diversity of indigenous cultures of respective countries andregions, and a deeper appreciation of their importance. And while
preserving and continuing to hand on indigenous cultures andtraditions, many tireless eﬀorts have been also dedicated to the creation of new culture.
Having travelled myself to various parts of Asia, mainly in Southeast Asia, my interests have been inspired by the depth and wealthof culture such as the distinctive history, language and folklore of
Asia that has been created by its diverse climate and natural environment, and nurtured over a long period. I strongly feel that it isimportant to preserve and continue to hand on the depth andwealth of such cultural heritage.
It can be said that the Fukuoka Prize, marking its 28th anniversary
this year, honors those of distinguished achievements in an
extremely meaningful cause that respects the distinctive and diverse
cultures of Asia handed down for a long time and contributes totheir preservation and continuation, creates new culture, and promotes academic research on Asia. In this context, this Prizeacknowledges, not just within Asia but also throughout the rest of
the world, the signiﬁcance of their outstanding achievements, which
I believe will be also shared with the society as a whole to behanded on to future generations as a valuable asset of mankind.
In closing my address, I would like to congratulate the distinguished laureates once again, and I hope that the Fukuoka Prize
will continue to enhance the understanding of Asia and its respective regions, and further promote peace and friendship throughout
the international community.
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Acceptance Speeches
Grand Prize Pasuk PHONGPAICHIT and Chris BAKER

The synergy we generate in our research by recognizing andrespecting each other s diﬀerences has something in common
with the spirit of the Fukuoka PrizeYour Imperial Highnesses, Excellencies,
distinguished guests, friends.
We are very proud to be awarded thiswonderful prize ̶ proud because it is amark of recognition, and especially proud
because of what this prize stands for: itcelebrates the great diversity among peoples; it is dedicated to peace; it encourages
cultural exchange and pursuit of knowledge
as means towards a world of peace, harmony, and social justice. These are aspirations
that have motivated our own work.
We have had fruitful interactions withJapan. I [Pasuk] ﬁrst came to Fukuoka in
1981, bringing a group of Thai oﬃcials to
see Isson Ippin Undo〔one village one product movement〕. We came to Kyushu together in 1999
as guests of the Japan Foundation. Fromthat trip, we had contact with the Center ofSoutheast Asian Studies in Kyoto, and havebeen privileged to be visiting scholars there,

and also at the University of Tokyo, and at
GRIPS.
Quite separately, since 1992 we havebeen part of an informal group called theJapan-Thai Seminar which met every two
years to exchange views in the same spiritthat underlies this prize.
This is the ﬁrst time that a Fukuoka Prize
has been awarded to a couple. We are very,
very proud of this. Somehow in our case,one plus one equals more than two. We
have made something out of our diﬀerences̶female and male, Thai and English,
east and west, economics and history.
Today, with the world again seemingly ata point of change and great uncertainty, theaspirations underlying this prize are more
important than ever. Thank you to the greatcity and people of Fukuoka for creating thiswonderful prize, and for honoring us.

Interview

Q：Could you tell us the secret to your continuing to conduct research together as a married couple for so many years?
Dr.BAKER：On the day we ﬁrst met, at adinner party we started talking, and we went
on talking to the point that our host felt asleep.
We found we had common interests on
research. I think we have been going on thatway ever since.
Prof.Pasuk：We would like to see the changeof the society and the world around us andways that improve the wellbeing of the ordinary
people. We respect each other very much. It's

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FUKUOKA PRIZE 2017a new role of give and take.
Q：This year marks the 130th anniversary ofJapan-Thailand diplomatic relations. What isneeded for our two countries to build a good
relationship?
Dr.BAKER：The Thai and the Japanese sharemany of same values, including those whichcome from Buddhism and those having very
long history. There is a great aﬃnity between
these two countries and I think good diplomatic
relations are simply a reﬂection of that aﬃnity.
Q：What are Thailand s greatest charms?
Prof.Pasuk：Weakness is our strength. We
may be very chaotic but we are exotic. We
have passion, compassion, a strong feeling ofgratitude, and a sense of fun. It is also a paradox. We have had so many crises but we havean ability to see the world and the future in abright light all the time.

Laureates of the Fukuoka Prize 2017

Academic Prize

I hope to pay close attention toNGOs as they grow theirpresence in China, where social
problems are on the riseYour Imperial Highnesses
Prince and Princess Akishino,
Mayor Takashima, members of
the Fukuoka Prize Committee,
distinguished guests. I am
most honored to be awarded
the distinction of the Fukuoka
Prize. I am deeply grateful to
the Selection Committee forthis undeserved honor. Theirdecision to award this prize forresearch into China s NGOs
sends a clear message about
the importance of this kind ofpractical research ﬁeld. I
would like to express my appreciation for that decision.
For the past dozen or more
years, as China has followed apath of reform and openness,many NGOs have been estab-In

Q： What are your thoughts on theimportance of NGOs?
Prof.WANG：In China, with thereform and openness policy andeconomic development, problems
that cannot be resolved by the government or the market have started
to emerge. NGOs have an elementof supplementing the government

WANG Ming
lished and are addressing a variety ofsocial issues. Nineteen years ago, I
returned to my country after studying
abroad in Japan, and I have used theknowledge of ﬁeldwork and governance research that I had acquired inJapan to engage in the research of
China s NGOs. To date, I have cond u c t ed a vari et y o f s t u d i es andresearches with many researchers andpractitioners. I have engaged in social
governance in numerous areas,
including environmental protection,and have addressed the growth ofcivic society in China.
Kyushu and Fukuoka have long
been hubs of exchange between Japanand China and they are the birthplaceof the civic movement in Japan, particularly in the area of environmental
protection. I visited Minamata on
many occasions to learn from Japan s
experience. I believe that it is important for China today to have practicalschools of research for protecting theenvironment, something like Minamata
studies.
In the Analects of Confucius, theMaster says, When I walk along with
two others, they may serve me as myteachers. Today, I have the good fortune to stand on this stage with myfellow recipients who have been
awarded the Grand Prize and the Arts
and Culture Prize. With these three
wonderful people as my teachers, I
hope to learn more about the culturesof not just Japan and China, but also
those of Thailand and Cambodia, andto actively contribute in my own small
way to cultural exchange and civic
society in Asia. Thank you very much.

terview
and the market, and I think that they will beseen as increasingly important and necessary
as a presence that can act beyond the interests of governments, local authorities, andindividuals.
Q：Have your researches and experiences inJapan been useful in China?
Prof.WANG：This kind of forward-looking
research is not something that I can doalone, so I learned how to cooperate withothers while I was in Japan. NGOs do not
only ﬁght with governments, companies, andother organizations, they also have to act incooperation with them. I think that the factthat I was able to learn about this kind ofcooperativeness and social collaboration isvery signiﬁcant.

Award Ceremony

Arts and Culture Prize

KONG Nay

Lyrics of the Chapey Dang
Veng Recitation,
For the Award Ceremonyin Fukuoka
Translated into Japanese by Tomoko FUKUTOMI(Part-time lecturer, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)

I hope that the UNESCO
listing and this award will leadto greater interest in the
traditional music of the chapey
Yo u r I m p e r i a l H i g h n e s s e s
Prince and Princess Akishino,organizers, distinguished guests,
and the people of Fukuoka. My
name is KONG Nay.
For many years, I have used
the long-necked instrument called
the chapey in Cambodia to perform
chapey dang veng, a tradition of recitation to the accompaniment ofmusic. For all those years, all I
could think about was how to get
more people to listen to this
instrument. I was very surprised
to receive such a wonderfulprize, and I am also extremely
happy. I feel a renewed appreciation for this opportunity to introduce so many people to this
instrument and to the chapey dang
veng tradition.
Finally, I would like to express
my sincere g ratitude and mywishes for the health and happiness of you all.

I, Kong Nay,Feel very happy
For this good fortune to attend thisevent
There is no joy like it
At this wonderful award ceremony
To receive thisWonderful prize from the people of
Fukuoka
For people with great works,
People who think hard,
That is, for people who haveMoved forward in society with serious
reflection
The people of Fukuoka
Grant prizes in three divisions
The first for academic research,
The second for arts and culture
People with great works
Are bestowed with this prize by
FukuokaOnce a year, for arts and culture andacademic researchThis year’s award ceremony
For everyone, young and old, man andwoman
The 28th time, precious and treasured
for the world

Interview

Q：I understand that chapey dang
veng is a musical tradition that isclose to people s everyday lives,
incorporating regular events, peop l e s e m o t i o n s, l e s s o n s t o b elearned, and social satire. I haveheard that, recently, you havebeen expanding your range withco-performances with other genres,such as rock, jazz, and orchestra.
How do you think this musicaltradition will develop in the future?
Master KONG Nay：In 2016, thismusic was inscribed on the UNESCO
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in
Need of Urgent Safeguarding. On
top of this, I have made the peopleof Cambodia happy this year by
being awarded this Fukuoka Prize. I
am certain that, thanks to these
events, many more people will
become interested in chapey dang
veng in the future.

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Public Lecture

Pasuk PHONGPAICHIT and
Chris BAKER

Thailand / Economics , U.K. / History〈Part 1 Keynote Speech〉

Of Love and Loss：

Three Thai Literary Classics andtheir Human Messages Today■Date / Sunday, September 24, 2017 (11:00-13:00)■Venue / Main Hall, ELGALA HALL 8F■Participants／150●Coordinator（Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies）

Hiromu SHIMIZU(Special y Appointed Professor, Kansai University; Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University)

The collaboration between these two people that transcends
their cultural diﬀerences is the epitome of the love andcooperation found in Thai classical literature
Love, the power of attraction, and loss, the pain of parting, areperhaps the most powerful human emotions. We will examine the themesof love and loss in three classic works of literature from Thailand.
The ﬁrst story, Suthon-Manora, Everybody in Thailand knows it. Manora
is a kinnari, a fabulous creature, part-bird, part-human, and very
beautiful, and Prince Suthon are married and love each other in thehuman world. But politics intervenes and she escapes. The main part ofthe story is a quest, in which the Prince overcame diﬃculties for a longtime in order to be reunited with his loved one. This story is a means ofteaching people in these very mixed cosmopolitan societies about theimportance of tolerating diﬀerences between people.
Our second literary work is Lilit Phra Lo, a narrative poem of 4,000 lines.
While Phra Lo, the young ruler of a city-state, secretly makes love with
Phuean and Phaeng, two young princesses in a nearby city-state, they
are massacred because they come from families that are in conﬂict. The
king, father of the princess, has the three lovers placed in one coﬃn andcremated together in a magniﬁcent ceremony. Then the relics of theroyal three are divided in two parts. The story which the extraordinary
massacre ends in reconciliation represents for the compassion of the
Buddhist.
Our third text is The Tale of Khun Chang Khun Phaen, a long narrative poem
developed in an oral tradition of performances for local audiences. The
plot is a love triangle. Khun Chang and Khun Phaen are two men whocompete over one woman, Wanthong. Khun Phaen is handsome anddashing, but poor and hopelessly unreliable. Khun Chang is rich but fat,ugly, and crass. Wanthong represents a familiar female dilemma−choosing between the passion oﬀered by Khun Phaen and the
comfortable domesticity oﬀered by Khun Chang. The king condemns her
to death for failing to make this choice.
All three of these old literary works are, at heart, boy-girl stories, butaddress broader important aspects: the role of love and the importanceof cooperation. The great human messages found in classical literatureremain relevant in today s dangerous world, which we must never forget.

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Professor Shimizu gave his impressions of the keynote speech,saying, This couple has, through their own experiences,continued to transcend their cultural diﬀerences with love andcooperation. Their perfectly timed dialogue felt just like arecitation of a Shakespeare play.
Professor Udo provided some background comments about theera classiﬁcations, major works, and general characteristics ofThai classic literature on which the keynote speech was based,
and said, The three works discussed in the speech are
outstanding examples of the genre. Referring to Khun Chang Khun
Phaen, which is a subject of Professor Udo s own research, hedescribed it as an important work that conveys excellently thepolitics, economics, society, culture, customs, and private
worship of Thailand s Ayutthaya Period and as a treasure troveof proverbs and aphorisms. He gave high praise for the couple swork of translating this work into English over many years. He
extolled their achievements, commending them for the passion
they have poured into classical literature from their diﬀerent
positions as an economist and an historian and their wonderful
joint work that has produced results that would put any
researcher of literature to shame.
In response to a question from the audience, In the story,
there is a scene in which the character escapes into the forest.
What signiﬁcance does the forest have in Thailand? Professor
Pasuk and Dr. Baker explained, As well as being a place that is
fraught with danger, it is also a place of hiding for forces ofresistance against society and authority.

School Visit■Date / Friday, Sept. 22 (11:10 ‒ 12:30)■Venue / Fukuoka Girls High School

The visit began with Professor Pasuk
talking about her own background. She
described her childhood, when she
would wake up before dawn every morning to board a steamboat to take her toschool in Bangkok, and her days atuniversity, where she studied hard, day
and night, to achieve her ambition to
become an economist. She also talked
about the years after she returned toThailand with Dr. Baker.
Ever since I was a child, I have beeninterested in literature, history, the world,society, politics and humanity. Today, I
am engaged in my earlist love, which isliterature.
Next, Dr. Baker looked backon his own life, describing
how he read many books asa child, and how he traveled
the world before entering
university. He talked about
his new life in Thailand afterm o v i n g t h e r e w i t h P r o f.
Pasuk, whom he met at univer-

WANG Ming

Research and Possibility of the Cooperation between China andJapan in Environmental Issues: Today and the Future of Civil Society

China / Public Management ,NGO and Civil Society Studies■Date / Saturday, September 23, 2017 (13:00-14:30)■Venue / Main Hall, ELGALA HALL 8F■Participants／150〈Part 2 Panel Discussion〉

Environmental problems in China resulting fromits economic growth and the development of NGOs
engaging in solving those problems

Literary works pose questions to contemporarysociety about the role of love, the importanceof cooperation, and tolerance

Seiji UDO

Public Lecture〈Part 1 Keynote Speｅch〉〈Part 2 Panel Discussion〉●Commentator

Academic Prizesity. Prof.Pasuk expressed her joy atreceiving the Fukuoka Prize, saying,
We have managed to make something
positive out of our diﬀerences−maleand female, Thai and British, economist
and historian.
When asked by one of the students
how to become an independent
woman, Prof. Pasuk advised,
Discover your own values and strive tounderstand others. In response to thequestion, How can I play an active rolein the world?, Dr. Baker said,
Constantly learn new things and do
not be afraid of change.

First, I will explain the major
problem of environmental pollution
in China that lies behind China s rapid
economic growth. Since China sreform and openness policy began,
China has achieved the greatest economic growth in history. On theother hand, there has also been an
explosion of environmental problems, such as air, water and soil
pollution, desertiﬁcation, droughts
and ﬂoods, destruction of biodiversity, problems with waste disposal,
food safety, and dam construction,and increased incidence of cancers
and pollution-triggered diseases. In
terms of air pollution, there havebeen days when the concentrationof PM2.5 exceeds 500 and people could be seen commuting in gas masks.
As environmental pollution has become increasingly serious, we arewitnessing the development of NGOs with an environmental awarenessthat are taking action to remediate and solve those problems. Whereas in1988, China had only several thousand NGOs, today, there are some
700,000 such organizations, 6,689 of which are working in the environmental ﬁeld.
The primary activity of environmental NGOs is the disclosure of information. A prominent example of this is the Institute of Public & Environmental Aﬀairs (IPE). This group publishes maps of water and air pollution
on the internet. It works with companies to build green supply chains,develops apps, and publishes the processes and outcomes of governance.
In this way, it has kept the public informed about the government s andcompanies environmental information and about local pollution sources.
Green Earth Volunteers, which conducts river source surveys and dam
opposition campaigns, and Huaihe River Eco-Environmental Science
Research Center, which works with villagers to protect rice paddies, arejust two of the many NGOs that are engaged in environmental campaigns
such as forest plantation projects, public-interest environmental lawsuits,disaster relief, waste countermeasures, and wildlife protection. China s
NGOs realize that they have much to learn from Japan, and consider
Japan-China environmental exchange as one of their strategies for environmental protection activities. I, personally, have brought Chinese NGOs
and media agencies to Minamata and I have spread the word about Japans
NPO activities to the people of China through my books and other publications.
In 2015, the Environmental Protection Act came into eﬀect. As China
enters a new phase in its environmental problems, we can expect to see
the growing gravity and complexity of environmental problems, the development of legal systems, greater coordination between central and regional government policies, and the invigoration of civic and corporate participation in environmental issues. Demands will also be placed on China s
NGOs to build platforms and networks, become more specialized, and tocoordinate with government. Japan-China cooperation will meet new challenges as the demand emerges for the relationship to transform̶fromﬁnancial aid to cooperation and collaboration, from nation-based to community-based, from project-based to issue-based, and from government-led to private sector-led. I believe, however, that this will present an
excellent opportunity for our citizens to cooperate with each other.

●Commentator

Kenji OTSUKA●Coordinator

Satoshi AMAKO（Director, Environment and Natural Resource Studies Group,(Professor, Graduate School of Asia-Paciﬁc Studies,Inter-disciplinary Studies Center, Institute of Developing Economies, Waseda University)
Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO)）

What are the challenges for China s NGOs going
forward and the possibilities for environmental
cooperation between Japan and China?
Professor Amako presented Professor Wang s achievements based on his
wide-ranging networks and energy, and praised the signiﬁcance of his being
awarded the Fukuoka Prize this year, the 45 anniversary of the normalizationof Japan-China diplomatic relations. Mr. Otsuka presented the background tothe birth of NGOs in China, describing how the ﬁrst NGO was launched by ajournalist, and talked about new moves being made by young Chinese. In
response to a question from the audience expressing concern about the relationship between NGOs and the government, Professor Wang explained theway their activities are changing. Today, government eﬀorts alone are notenough to solve the problems and, while progress is being made with legislation on the one hand, young leaders are receiving assistance from thegovernment and corporations. On the question of cooperation between
Japan and China, he responded, Japan s solutions to environmental contamination and pollution are a good model for China. To learn from those lessons
and experiences, collaboration at the grass-roots level is needed. Professor
Amako expressed high hopes that this new style of environmental cooperation would help to build good relations between Japan and China.

School Visit■Date / Friday, Sept. 22 (10:40 ‒ 12:00)■Venue / Seinan Gakuin University

Professor Wang, who has experiencestudying in Japan, spoke in ﬂuent Japanese on the topic of Thinking About
Oneself, describing his life so far to thestudents in the audience.
Professor Wang talked about how he
was conscripted into the military assoon as he reached high school age,so was unable to go to high school. As
a result, he pursued his studies himself
so he could go to university. As auniversity student, he beneﬁtted fromthe reform and openness policy andwas able to spend his university years
engaged in productive research. Later,
he became a teacher in Xi an and spent
the next 34 years teaching. He recalledthat while studying in Japan, he
encountered NGO activities in thecontext of the Great Hanshin-Awaji
Earthquake, and ever since then, he
has devoted his time to the study ofNGOs. He analyzed himself anddescribed a sense of curiosity, staying
power and powers of persuasion as his

reasons for being able to continue
researching NGOs for more than twenty
years, keep studying and working evenin diﬃcult and uncertain times, make
147 policy proposals in 15 years, andbe involved in legal system reforms. He
said that perpetual curiosity, unlimited
staying power, and strong powers of
persuasion are the keys to a good life.
Professor Wang s talk about continuing
to study and research with one s eyeson the future, in the midst of changes inpolitical circumstances like the Cultural
Revolution and the reform and openness policy, was extremely interestingand had the students listening intently.

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Arts and Culture Prize

KONG Nay
Cambodia / Music

Collaborative Project

Public Lecture

Cambodia s Soul toward the Future：The World of Kong Nays Chapey Music■Date / Saturday, September 23, 2017 (16:00-17:30)■Venue / IMS Hall, IMS 9F■Participants／250〈Part 1 Dialogue〉

Cambodia s rich, unique performing arts
culture as seen in its music and Khmer art

island, where he battles cruel demons before returning to his kingdom.
The tale has been passed down over the generations, changing with thetimes, and eventually made its way to Cambodia and other parts ofSoutheast Asia. There, it has mutated to suit the local culture, andscenes from the poem have been depicted in sculptures at Cambodia shistorical ruins and in paintings.
The audience listened with interest to these detailed explanations of
Cambodian music, Khmer art, and stories, which are still relatively
unknown in Japan, and to Master Kong Nay s recitation. They appeared
to gain a deeper appreciation for the topic.

〈Part 2 Live Performance〉
Part 2 of the lecture featured a concert by Master Kong Nay. The
ﬁrst piece was a passage from Reamker, the poem that Ms. Kubo had
described in her talk. In his sonorous voice, he recited the tale of Ream
who, having lost his throne, departs the palace for the forest. The audience listened intently to the rhyming lyrics and the simple tones of thechapey. His next piece, Kat Kang Thrah, told of the feelings of a mother as
she sends her daughter oﬀ to be married. This was followed by A Life
without Sight, a song that Master Kong Nay composed especially for theoccasion, describing the circumstances of his own life. He ended theconcert with an upbeat performance of Ram Reau, which had the audience clapping along. It was a very enjoyable concert that united everyone in the venue. Professor Terauchi described the remarkable pace ofreconstruction being achieved in Cambodia today and drew the forum
to a close by expressing the hope that Cambodia s musical traditions
would be passed down to the younger generations.

●Speaker

Yoshitaka TERADA●Speaker

Makiko KUBO

(Professor, Center for Cultural （Special Researcher PD,
Japan Society for the Promotion
Resource Studiesof Science)
National Museum of Ethnology)

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Kyushu University, located in Fukuoka, a historical center of exchange with Asia, has long been very active inresearch and education about Asia. At the symposium, the Fukuoka Prize Grand Prize winners were welcomed
as keynote speakers, and a discussion took place about what Kyushu University, a hub university of Asia, cando to solve the various problems that Asia faces today and to build a better future.
◆Date：Fri., Sept. 22, 2017 ◆Venue：International Conference Hall, ACROS Fukuoka 4F ◆Participants：80◆Organizer：Faculty Council for School of Interdisciplinary Science and Innovation, Kyushu University◆Co-sponsor:Fukuoka Prize Committee

Keynote Address

Panel Discussion

Speakers：Pasuk PHONGPAICHIT

University s Role in Asia : Now and Future

Economist (Professor of Economics, Chulalongkorn University),
Thailand / Economics

Chris BAKER

Panelists：

Historian (Independent scholar), U.K. / History

Takashi SHIRAISHI(President, The Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO)

Makoto ARATONO(Trustee (Vice President), Kyushu University)●Coordinator

Naoko TERAUCHI（Professor, Graduate Schoolof Intercultural Studies,
Kobe University）

Professor Terada described how, during a visit to Cambodia in 2005,
he saw a newspaper article about Master Kong Nay that described him
as the Ray Charles of Cambodia, and immediately set out to meet him,
and how he was moved by the musician s wonderful powers of expression. He then used photographs and recordings to give a commentary
on Cambodian music.
He began his talk by explaining the diversity of Cambodia, where 90%of the population is Khmer, but Vietnamese, Chinese, and 21 minority
ethnic groups all live there. He explained that music is classiﬁed aseither traditional, comprising court music, folk music and religious
music, or popular music imported from the West. Court music is, as thename suggests, music that developed in the royal court and includes
dance, shadow puppetry, and masked theater. Folk music consists of
ceremonies for life and for the spirits. Master Kong Nay s recitations
accompanied by music fall into this category. The audience listened
intently to Professor Terada s descriptions of Cambodia s unique culture
and customs and the instruments and sounds that accompany them.
Professor Terada went on to talk about the days of the Pol Pot regime,
when some two million Cambodians were massacred. He described thetragedy of 90% of the nation s musicians and dancers losing their lives
and expressed his joy that Master Kong Nay miraculously survived thosedark times and has continued to create music, commending his receiptof the Fukuoka Prize.
During the demonstration, there was a discussion between Professor
Terauchi and Professor Terada and Master Kong Nay, and Master Kong
Nay himself gave a commentary about the chapey, the instrument he uses
to accompany his recitations and about the rhyming lyrics he improvises
during performances. While his profound recitations and his cheerfulcharacter drew laughter from the audience, when he talked about thedark times, when he was forced to sing about the merits of the Pol Pot
regime, the hall fell silent.
In the second half, Ms. Kubo gave an explanation of Khmer art andthe inﬂuences on that art by Hindu culture. She told how the poem,
Reamker, which is often performed in recitations, is actually based on along epic poem from India called Ramayana, and that the sculptures at
Angkor Wat and other historical ruins were inﬂuenced by this poem. It isan adventurous tale of the divine prince Rama, an avatar of the god
Vishnu, who is forced into exile with his wife and sent to live on an

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School Visit■Date / Friday, Sept. 22 (13:55 ‒ 15:20)■Venue / Wajiro Junior High School

Prior to Master Kong Nay s visit, thestudents of Wajiro Junior High School
formed an Asia Week Executive
Committee and organized Asia Week tolearn about the history and culture of
Asian nations. On the day of the visit, theentire school body assembled for an
exchange forum, hosted by theCommittee. When Master Kong Nay was
introduced, the entire school body
greeted him in unison in the Cambodian
language, bringing a delighted smile to
Master Kong Nay s face.
After Prof. Terauchi gave a talk on thehistory and music of Cambodia, Master
Kong Nay expressed his delight in receiving
the Fukuoka Prize in song and performed
Reamker and other pieces. To show theirappreciation, the students then sang
Furusato in Japanese, presenting the gift oftheir wonderful chorus to Master Kong Nay.
Asked by a student about the mostdiﬃcult thing he had ever experienced,
Master Kong Nay replied, Losing mysight. In response to a question about
how he ﬁrst encountered the chapey, herecalled, When my father bought me achapey when I was 13 years old, I
remembered the sound of the chapey that I
had heard at a festival and I thought that I
could make living from chapey dang veng.
Master Kong Nay thanked the students
again for their gift of song, saying, I don t
understand Japanese, but I understand thebeauty of song. I am most moved to havethis interaction with you. The students
then sang the school song together andtook a commemorative photograph withMaster Kong Nay. It was a very relaxed,congenial event.

The study of humanity in the arts and social sciences over our
lifetime was shaped in the period from roughly 1945 to 1960.
Over 25 years, this framework has been disturbed by a seriesof shocks : the postmodern-postcolonial shock, the technology
shock, the failure of economies shock, the decline of the liberal-democratic package shock, etc. These shocks and the issues
they create are not contained with the old frame work of disciplines or within the boundaries of the nation-state.
We have chosen four that should guide study, research andteaching: 1) A new mix of disciplines, techniques, and approaches
on mega-cities where more and more of Asia s people are living 2)
A focus of research and learning on impacts by climate change andearthquakes, and resolutions of those inﬂuences on the environment and natural resources from a comprehensive and international
point of view 3) Study on relations between China returning to
global prominence and countries all around Asia from an
Asian-wide perspective with Japan s long-standing close cultural
relations with China 4) Devise new approaches to the study of politics which put people rather than states at the center of the study.
The new approach, new school, and new courses at Kyushu
University are very exciting. We congratulate everyone involved,
and we wish you
every success in theyears ahead.

Hiromu SHIMIZU(Specially Appointed Professor, Kansai University,
Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University)

Katsuro TAKEMORI（Director, International Policy Section, International Aﬀairs
Department, General Aﬀairs & Planning Bureau, Fukuoka City Government）

Makoto Aratono opened the session by presenting the state ofexchanges between Kyushu University and the various Asian
nations, the outcomes of the university s 100th anniversary project, the Research Institute for East Asia Environments, and the
Platform of Inter-/Transdisciplinary Asia Research project that the
University is seeking to establish. Explaining, We want to be theleading university in Asian research and education, so people will
immediately think of Kyudai when they think of Asia and that it will
be students ﬁrst choice for post-high school enrolment and study
abroad, he described the University s enthusiasm for the establishment of the new School of Interdisciplinary Science and Innovation in April 2018.
In the following panel discussion, Takashi Shiraishi proposed that
Kyushu University become a place that people can return to after
they have built up a range of experiences and struggles in society,having developed a better awareness of issues. Hiromu Shimizu
prefaced his remarks by saying that exhaustive discussion needed tobe conducted before the new school opened, before proposing thatwhat the School of Interdisciplinary Science and Innovation needed
to do is to create a place for people from diﬀerent ﬁelds to cometogether for debate and interaction. Katsuro Takemori presented theinitiatives being undertaken by the Fukuoka City Government in its
quest to become a leading city
in Asia and its collaboration
with Kyushu University, andexpressed great expectations for the new challenges that the University is
taking on, saying, Kyushu
University is indispensable
to any consideration of theCitys growth strategies.

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Introduction of Laureates and Public Relations Activities
Introduction of Laureates
Journalists from overseas, including thelaureates home countries, were invited tothe introduction of the laureates and a
Q&A session held in English.
It began with Mayor TAKASHIMA Soichiro
presenting a video to introduce the City of
Fukuoka in English. He explained that
Fukuoka is a compact city in which the city
center and natural environment are in harmony, and presented the attractions thatmake it such a livable city, including its hisMayor TAKASHIMA giving a presentation, promoting the appeal of Fukuoka City
torical sites, cultural traditions, and richfood culture. He also talked about Fukuoka s Asia policy.
He then introduced the laureates and acommemorative photograph was taken,
before the ﬂoor was opened for questions.
In response to the questions, Will social
media narrow the distances between Asian
nations? one of the laureates replied,Social media is beneﬁcial for citizens
exchanges and cultural exchange, and thatwill become a bridge to the future. Asked
about the signiﬁcance of the Prize, the laureates said they were grateful that it has
cast a spotlight on our research and activiA member of the overseas media asking questions
The Mayor introducing the laureatesties, and expressed their joy at receiving
the Prize, which had given the laureates
themselves the opportunity to understandand cooperate with each other. When
asked by a high school reporter what theirmotto is for life, their advice was Do yourbest in everything you do, and Life isshort. Think about what you can do.

Laureates of the Fukuoka PrizeFUKUOKA PRIZE Roll of Honor

1990 - 2016

【Introduction of Laureates】◆Date：Wednesday, Sep. 20, 2017
(15:00‒15:45)◆Venue：Savoy I & II
Grand Hyatt Fukuoka

The laureates responding to questions

High school reporter asking a question

Press Tour for Foreign MediaIn collaboration with the Japan Foundation Asia Center,a press tour was held for the foreign media. Journalists
from the laureates home countries, namely Thailand,
China, and Cambodia, as well as from other Asian
nations, were invited to Fukuoka to ensure widespreadcoverage of the Fukuoka Prize and of the appeal of
Fukuoka City.

Scenes from the foreign media reporting◆Participating media: 10 journalists from 6 countries
・Bangkok Post (Thailand)

・Sabay News (Cambodia)

・Matichon Group (Thailand)

・Phnom Penh Post (Cambodia)

・The Nation Newspaper (Thailand) ・D&D Press Japan (Philippines)
・Life Week (China)

・Jang Media Group (Pakistan)・Southern Metropolis Daily (China) ・Independent (Indonesia)◆Date：Wednesday, Sep. 20 ‒ Monday, Sep. 25, 2017
◆Itinerary：Award ceremony, public lectures, school visits,
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Articles in overseas media

Media Reports 【Media coverage】Domestic: 97 Overseas: 100 Total: 197 (as of Dec. 2017)17

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学術研究賞

Ambeth R. OCAMPO

Yasmeen LARI

(India / Composer, Song writer, Singer)(Philippines / Public Historian)(Pakistan / Architect, Humanitarian Aid Worker)

2016

A. R. RAHMAN21

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A world-renowned popular Indian
artist whose distinctive compositions, which boldly mix traditional
South Asian, classical Westernand contemporary popular
music, opening up a new arena
for ﬁlm music

An outstanding historian who has
contributed to academic, cultural andsocial progress in the Philippines throughhis publications and writing for the media,
which give clear and accessible explanations of Philippine history and help topromote an international sensibility
among Philippine citizens

Pakistan s ﬁrst female architect, whois active in the preservation andrestoration of many historicalbuildings and is committed tohumanitarian aid work, such as theprovision of low-cost, environmentally-friendly shelters for victims of earthquakes, ﬂoods, and other disasters

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