Ningen Bunka Kenkyū Kikō

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The Ningen Bunka Kenkyū Kikō ( Japanese 人間 文化 研究 機構 , "National Institutes for the Humanities", English National Institutes for the Humanities , short: NIHU ), is a Japanese corporation under public law, which was formed on April 1, 2004 and headquartered in the district Minato in Tokyo has. Six state research institutions belong to the organization. It is part of the Inter-University Research Institute Corporation , an umbrella organization for collaboration and interdisciplinary research between universities and research institutions. The six humanities and government institutions are combined in the NIHU for the purpose of interdisciplinary research.

The current head of the humanities research facility is Narifumi Tachimoto; its first director was the historian Yoneo Ishii (1929-2010). The organization employs 595 people (including all subordinate facilities) and had a 2014 budget of 13.4 million yen . The organization has been awarding the NIHU Research Prize every year since 2011.

The logo of the humanities research institutions shows the calligraphy of the character hito ( 人 , human) by Kūkai in a green circle. The characters stand for humanity and knowledge, the color green refers to nature and peacefulness.

Subordinate research institutions

  1. the National Museum of Japanese History - founded in 1982
  2. the National Institute of Japanese Literature ("National Research Institute for Japanese Literature") - founded in 1972, since 2009 part of the NIHU
  3. the National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics ( 国立 国語 研究所 , “National Research Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics”) - founded in 1947
  4. the International Research Center for Japanese Studies (" International Research Center for Japanese Studies ") - founded in 1987
  5. the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature ( 総 合 地球 環境 学 研究所 , "Research Institute for Environmental Sciences") - founded in 2001
  6. the National Museum of Ethnology ( 国立 民族 学 博物館 , "National Museum of Ethnology") - founded in 1974

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Budget and Number of Staff Members. (No longer available online.) National Institutes for the Humanities, 2004, archived from the original on February 19, 2015 ; accessed on February 19, 2015 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nihu.jp
  2. ^ Message from the President. (No longer available online.) National Institutes for the Humanities, 2004, archived from the original on February 19, 2015 ; accessed on February 19, 2015 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nihu.jp
  3. ↑ NIHU's history. (No longer available online.) National Institutes for the Humanities, 2014, archived from the original on February 19, 2015 ; accessed on February 19, 2015 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nihu.jp

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Coordinates: 35 ° 39 ′ 49.6 "  N , 139 ° 44 ′ 38.7"  E