Fiscal Year 2025 THE JAPAN FOUNDATIONPROGRAM GUIDELINES

Arts and Cultural Exchange

Support Program for Translation andPublication
Application Form: Q-TPS
Section in Charge: Planning and Coordination / Literary Arts Section, Arts and Culture Department

This program is designed to provide partial financial support for overseas publishers
intending to translate and publish works originally written in Japanese. The programaims to foster better understanding of Japanese culture by encouraging overseas
publishers to translate and publish Japanese works. The grant covers part of thetranslation and publishing costs (e.g., costs for paper, typesetting, platemaking, printing,and binding).

Eligibility
Publishing companies outside of Japan.

Eligible Projects
Translation and publication projects of works written in Japanese and already published in Japan(works of fiction and works of nonfiction in humanities and social sciences). The projects must fulfill
all of the following requirements:
1 The translated work must be published between April 1, 2025, and February 28, 2026. However,applicants may apply for support for translation fee only, provided that they publish the translated
edition within two years of completion of the translation. They may also apply for support for thepublication costs of the same project in a different fiscal year (e.g., applying for translation support
in the first year and for publication support in the following year).
2 The original work written in Japanese must already be published at the time of application.
3 As a general rule, translations must be made directly from the original works. Regarding translationand publication in languages where the translator pool is limited, approval may be given forsupport for translation from a previously translated edition of the work.
4 In principle, the contract for acquisition of translation rights of the original work must have beenconcluded. In case of indirect translation, permission must also be obtained from the copyrightholder of the foreign language edition from which the applicant’s translator intends to translate.
As for the translation fee, a written contract between the publisher and the translator must havebeen concluded at the time the application is submitted. Submission of a copy of each contract isrequired for the application.
5 A part of the draft translation should accompany the application. The draft should be equivalentto approximately 30 pages of the original work.

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6 The plan for the project should be appropriate to the realistic and practical completion of thetranslation.
7 Projects must not be used for religious or political purposes.
* Grant applications for e-book publication projects are accepted.
* The following categories of works are not eligible:• Works originally written in a language other than Japanese;• Reprints of previously published translations• Periodicals (including special issues), proceedings, exhibition catalogues, travel brochures,language dictionaries, and Japanese-language teaching materials;• Works not expected to secure wide distribution, including those only to be published for donation
purposes;* Applicants cannot reapply for projects that were rejected in the past without a new plan and/orrevised translation.
* If payment to the translator is to be in the form of royalties (i.e., the translator is paid only basedon the actual number of copies sold after the book is published), the applicant may not apply forsupport for translation (it is possible to apply for support for publication only).

Grant Coverage
Part of the following costs paid between April 1, 2025, and February 28, 2026:
1 Translation fee (paid to a translator by an applicant);
2 Publication costs such as costs for paper, typesetting/platemaking, printing, and binding; paid toprinting companies.
* Copies of the contract between the translator(s) and applicant, as well as estimates for the costs
that the applicant intends to cover by the grant, from the printing or other companies, will berequired at the time of application. Receipts from the translator(s), printing company, and paper
manufacturers, will be needed when the applicant claims the grant payment after publishing thebook.
• Please note that only the expenses paid on and after April 1, 2025, are applicable. Any expenses
paid before April 1, 2025, are not applicable.
• The grant shall cover part of the translation cost and part of the publication costs mentionedabove.
• Costs for editing, acquisition of translation rights, copyright clearance, proofreading, and otherin-house expenses are not applicable.
• Grant payments will be made after the completion of translation and/or publication.
• The grant should not cover any part of the project expense(s) funded by other organizations.

Number and the average amount of assistance of Grants (Reference)
Number of assistance: 56 out of 70 applications for FY 2024
Average amount of assistance for FY 2024: Approximately JPY 500,000— 20 —

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Selection Policies
1 See p. 2 for the selection policy common to all programs.
2 Screening will be conducted after consulting with experts in the field.
3 Relatively higher evaluation will be given to the translation and/or publication of the following
works:
a. The titles in Worth Sharing — A Selection of Japanese Books Recommended for Translationand Lifelong Favorites — Selections from the Bookshelves of Young Readers in Japan. The listof the titles is available on the Japan Foundation's website:
https://www.worthsharing.jpf.go.jp/en/b. Works that are considered to have a wide influence on society; not only limited to researchers
but expected to get a wide range of readers in the applicant's country;c. Works by authors who have never been translated and published in the applicant's country
before, or works directly translated from Japanese works in languages or areas wheretranslations of Japanese works are rarely published.
4 The grant amount will be determined by the Japan Foundation based on the project plan.

Application Deadline
Apply through Online Application Portal by 1 p.m., December 3, 2024 (Japan Standard Time)

Notification of Results
Late April 2025

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