For more than 40 years, The Japan Foundation has provided support in the form of fellowships to scholars of Japanese studies, from Ph.D. candidates to preeminent leaders in their fields. These prestigious fellowships have given scholars the opportunity to conduct critical research in Japan.
Now, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the founding of The Japan Foundation, Toronto, we wish to shed light on the Japan Foundation Fellowship program and to commemorate past years of valuable intellectual exchange between Canada and Japan. We invite all of our supporters, patrons, and friends to meet our past Fellows and learn about their achievements and experiences during and after their fellowship.

Professor Dan Adler
2019 Fellow

Professor David Anderson
2009 Fellow

Professor Sonja Arntzen
1976-77 & 1990-91 Fellow

Professor Robert Bedeski
1980-81 & 1993-94 Fellow

Alan Belcher
1997 Fellow

Dr. Michael Berthin
2008-09 Fellow

Professor Andrew Campana
2015-16 Fellow

Honorary Professor Claude-Yves Charron
2017 Fellow

Dr. Ken Coates
2010 & 2014 Fellow

Jesse Cumming
2020 Fellow

Professor Michael Wade Donnelly
1995-96 Fellow

Akané D'Orangeville
2013 Fellow

Professor Emeritus David W. Edgington
2004-05 Fellow

Professor Gideon Fujiwara
2010-11 Fellow

Professor Jill L. Grant
1999 Fellow

Dr. Caitilin J. Griffiths
2004-05 Fellow

Professor Kimie Hara
2017-18 Fellow

Dr. Kazue Harada
2012-13 Fellow

Professor Ruth Emilie Scott Hayhoe
1996 Fellow

Dr. Carin Holroyd
2010 & 2020 Fellow

Professor Nam-lin Hur
1990-91, 1999, & 2004 Fellow

Professor Gergana E. Ivanova
2010-11 Fellow

Professor Tsuyoshi Kawasaki
2000-01 Fellow

Professor Jacob Kovalio
1996 Fellow

Professor Seng Kuan
2005-06 Fellow

Professor Namiko Kunimoto
2008 & 2016 Fellow

Professor Christina Laffin
2002-03 Fellow

Dr. Victoria Lee
2010-11 Fellow

Professor Matthew Linley
1997 & 2006-07 Fellow

Professor Marie-Josée Lorrain
2015-16 Fellow

Professor Brian K. MacLean
1993 Fellow

Professor Janice Matsumura
1991-92 Fellow

Dr. Susan A. McDaniel
2011 Fellow

Professor Levi McLaughlin
2007 Fellow

Dr. Rudiger Meyer
2010 & 2019 Fellow

Professor Joshua Scott Mostow
1994-95 & 2017 Fellow

Dr. David Murakami Wood
2019 Fellow

Dr. Simon Nantais
2007-08 Fellow

Professor Robin O'Day
2007-09 Fellow

Professor Hisako Omori
2006-07 Fellow

Professor Tsuyoshi Ono
2008 & 2012 Fellow

Professor Jerry Patchell
1989-90 & 1994-95 Fellow

Professor Emerita Laure Paquette
1997 Fellow

Dr. Maria Grazia Petrucci
2010-11 Fellow

Dr. Maxime Polleri
2015-16 Fellow

Dr. Robert Pontsioen
2016-17 Fellow

Professor Xiaoli Qin
2010-11 Fellow

Professor Geoffrey Rockwell
2011 Fellow

Professor Catherine Russell
1997 Fellow

Dr. Dominic Steavu
2006-07 Fellow

Professor Romin Tafarodi
2004 Fellow

Dr. Ming Tiampo
2009-10 Fellow

Dr. Chih-mien Adrian Tseng
2010-11 Fellow

Dr. Mitsuyo Wada-Marciano
2012 Fellow

Professor X. Jie Yang
1996 & 2007-08 Fellow