The is a

research institute A research institute, research centre, research center or research organization, is an establishment founded for doing research. Research institutes may specialize in basic research or may be oriented to applied research. Although the term often i ...

founded in 1975 to carry out research on historical Dutch-Japanese relations and to foster and promote modern academic and cultural exchange. In 1986, they received the

Japan Foundation The was established in 1972 by an Act of the National Diet as a special legal entity to undertake international dissemination of Japanese culture, and became an Independent Administrative Institution under the jurisdiction of the Ministry o ...

's special prize for contributions to cultural exchange and mutual understanding between Japan and other countries.

Work

;Intercultural-academic exchange In 1986, the Japan-Netherlands Institute began a program to enable Dutch students and researchers to carry out an integral part of their research in Japan.Academic Cooperation and Exchange
, Japanese-Netherland Institute, 28 Feb. 2011 Starting in 1994 the

Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science ( nl, Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschappen; OCW) is the Dutch Ministry responsible for education, culture, science, research, gender equality and communications. The Ministry was cre ...

began supporting the institute eventually leading to its Japan Prizewinners Program(JPP) from 1995–2008 wherein Dutch students were selected to study Modern Japan for a year before being sent to Japan to study and carry out their research plans. 210 students ultimately passed through the JPP before its conclusion in 2008. Study abroad programs are still supported by the institute however. In addition to their exchange programs, the Japan-Netherlands Institute holds symposiums on a wide range of topics, organizes lectures at their site or at Japanese universities by prominent Dutch scientists, publishes notices of the findings of young Japanese and Dutch scholars, and offers aide and assistance to Japanese and Dutch scholars within either country. ;Research Research on Dutch-Japanese studies is both supported and carried out by the institute, and forms the basis for a majority of their publications.Research
, Japanese-Netherland Institute, 28 Feb. 2011

References

{{Reflist

External links

History institutes Linguistic research institutes Research institutes in Japan Research institutes of international relations Japan–Netherlands relations