Professor Wataru Kusaka Receives the Daido Life Foundation Incentive Award for Area Studies

August 31, 2026

On Friday, July 3, 2026, the recipients of the 2026 (41st) Daido Life Foundation Award for Area Studies were announced, and Professor Wataru Kusaka of the Institute of Global Studies at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS) was named a recipient of the Daido Life Foundation Incentive Award for Area Studies.

This award was established with the objective of promoting a "better understanding of the peoples and cultures of various regions," and honors researchers who have contributed to "area studies on a global scale." Professor Kusaka was selected in recognition of his research achievements to date on the topic “Democracy, Civil Society, Populism, and Anarchism in the Philippines as Interpreted through Everyday Life,” and the award ceremony was held in Osaka City on Wednesday, July 22, 2026.

Previously, Associate Professor Takanori Oishi of the Institute of Global Studies (FY2022 recipient) and Professor Wakana Shiino of the Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (FY2013 recipient) have also received this incentive award, further highlighting the long-standing ties between the Daido Life Foundation and TUFS in the field of area studies.

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