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“The Japan Mecenat Awards 2016” Award Winners Announced

“The Japan Mecenat Awards 2016” Award Winners Announced

Grand Mécénat Award goes to the support of ‘hand-made manufacturing’

 Activities over 50- year history, Okinawa enterprises awarded Award Granted by the Commissioner for Cultural Affairs

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Association for Corporate Support of the Arts:”KMK” (President: Motoki Ozaki) has announced seven winners of the Japan Mécénat Awards 2016 (the Grand Mécénat Award, five Mécénat Awards, and the Award Granted by the Commissioner for Cultural Affairs).
The Japan Mécénat Awards are to honor corporations and corporate foundations whose supports for the arts have significant impacts to Japanese culture and society.

Grand Mécénat Award goes to The Japan Wool Textile Co., Ltd., who has been supporting Japan’s world-class ‘handicrafts’ and nurturing a beautiful life culture with natural blessings. This year’s awards go to Mécénat activities such as the support and grants for professionals behind the scenes and young artists, the competitions nurturing children’s creativity, the fostering program for a rich children’s culture; which are to encourage current/future bearers of Japanese diverse culture. In addition, there are also four awarded activities that have continued for more than 50 years including excellent corporate press magazines disseminating architectural culture.

The areas of awarded activities are not only in Tokyo but also Okinawa, Osaka and Aichi.

Japan Mécénat Awards 2016 Results

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