Support for the Asia-Pacific Children's Convention in Fukuoka
The Asia-Pacific Children's Convention in Fukuoka (Japan)

15, 000,000 (yen)

This event is held annually to help cultivate cross-cultural understanding and international perspectives in children throughout Asia and the Pacific. This year's convention, help for one week in August, brought together ten children from each participating country in Fukuoka, Japan. They attended classes at the ªgAsia-Pacific Schoolªh and stayed in the homes of the local residents.

Translation and Publication of the Works of Hisakatsu Hijikata
The Sasakawa Peace Foundation

5, 825,302 (yen)

The studies of Hisakatsu Hijikata, an amateur ethnographer who made intensive field observations in Micronesia before and during World War, are regarded as a valuable contribution to the recording and preserving of the region's traditional cultures. So as to make these studies available to English-speaking students and researchers in the South Pacific and elsewhere, one volume of his works, Palauan Society and Culture, was translated into English and published. Copies were donated to libraries, universities and research institutes throughout the Pacific Islands and around the world.

The 6th Festival of Pacific Arts
The 6th Festival of Pacific Arts Organizing Committee(Cook Islands)

11, 105,704 (yen)

Held every four years on a rotational basis among the Pacific Island Nations, the Festival of Pacific Arts promotes both regional leadership and intra-regional unity by affirming the cultural ties existing among the peoples of the Pacific. Organized by a committee comprising representatives from 27 nations, this year's Festival offered exhibitions and lectures on the region's traditional canoe voyages from the participating countries to the festival site on Rarotonga in the Cook Islands.

Japan-Micronesia Youth Exchange Program
International Youth Exchange Organization of Japan

5, 000,000 (yen)

This project was initiated to explore the possibility of conducting an exchange program between youth groups in Hiroshima Prefecture and the Micronesian state of Kosrae. Reciprocal visits by delegates from the two communities were conducted in April/May and August 1992. Various exchange activities were undertaken, including a can recycling drive and a study meeting on regional peace.

Inviting Newspaper Editors from the Pacific Island Region to Japan
The Sasakawa Peace Foundation

9, 818,869 (yen)

Five editors from leading newspapers in the Cook Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Tonga were invited to Japan to observe elements of contemporary Japanese society. Upon returning to their home countries, they wrote a number of newspaper articles aimed at fostering deeper understanding and stimulating keener interest in Japan in their respective communities. These articles were later compiled into a newsletter by the Fund's secretariat and distributed to interested parties in the region.

The Science of the Pacific Island Peoples Conference
University of the South Pacific (Fiji)

4, 023,422 (yen)

Held out of widespread concern over the rapid disappearance of folk traditions throughout the South Pacific, this conference sought to promote a renewed awareness in the value of preserving the region's traditional culture. Ethnologists and other researchers from in and outside the region used this opportunity to classify and document a number of key issues requiring further study and discussion.

Japanese Language Course Development Project
University of the South Pacific (Fiji)

3, 283,713 (yen)

In response to the increasing interest in Japan emerging throughout the South Pacific, a Japanese language course was instituted at the University of the South Pacific. It is expected to foster a deeper understanding of Japan in the island region through the study of its language and culture. Seventeen students joined the beginning ª\level course and one joined the intermediate course.

Education Support for Pacific Island Nations
Canadian Organization for Development through Education (Canada)

17, 563,446 (yen)

Among the problems targeted by CODE were the low literacy rates in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands and the underdeveloped primary education system in Kiribati. Local advisory committees were set up in these countries to provide community-specific educational support. In all, five projects were conducted in the Milne Bay area of Papua New Guinea, including a workshop on literacy education; 15 were undertaken in the Solomon Islands, of which a major one provided support for literacy education; and five were carried out in Kiribati, including an essay competition; and development of audiovisual teaching aids.

The Pacific Island Nations Scholarship Fund
The Sasakawa Peace Foundation

11, 663,213 (yen)

Opportunities were provided for promising students from the Pacific island region to study at Japanese universities. This year, scholarships were awarded to one student from each of the following countries: Fiji, Kiribati, Micronesia, Papua New Guinea and Western Samoa. They took preparatory courses for entering Asia University and International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan.