2019 Migrants and Japanese Society | Migrants and Japanese Society

Program Information for previous years

Program Objectives
Comments by Selection Committee Chair
List of Grant Projects
Grant Framework

Program Objectives

The grant of the Special Subject "Migrants and Japanese Society" will be given to projects that study any of the five issues below and implement measures to address these issues (for example, building a mechanism or system to solve an issue or improve a situation) during the grant period.

(1) Creation of an environment for maximizing the skills and potential of foreign talent
(2) Minimizing gaps among foreign residents in their access to information
(3) Examination of human and other resources in support of the care and support systems for foreign residents
(4) Attracting skilled human resources from abroad
(5) Lessons from insights and experiences gained through Japanese companies’ overseas operations

Comments by Selection Committee Chair

The chairperson of the selection committee provides comments on the content submitted in the previous year's application and on projects that received funding. Please take a moment to read these comments as they may be helpful for this year's application. For information on submissions made before this period, please refer to the annual reports.

List of Grant Projects


TYTID	Project Title	Project Leader	Position, Organization	Grant Amount (yen）
D19-MG-0016	For Japanese medical care to be better for people from Islamic countries in Southeast Asia as well: Interactive communication strategy and social implementation through mixed-methods research	Ayako Kohno	Graduate Student (PhD Candidate), Department of Health Informatics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University	4,500,000
D19-MG-0031	Survey and promotion of multicultural society through supporting children with international roots－Creating a community where information can be shared and trust can be established across cultures and languages	Noriko Yamada	Research Fellow, Institute for Future Engineering	8,500,000
D19-MG-0034	Transformation from Home Care to Elderly Care National Insurance: Stabilization and Establishment of Cross-Cultural Cooperation for Foreign Employees at Japan's Nursing Homes	Nimonjiya Osamu	Operating officer, AHP NETWORKS	6,500,000
D19-MG-0035	Implementation and dissemination of “Easy Japanese” training for health care professionals and students through a workshop assisted by foreign residents in a community	Yuko Takeda	Professor, Department of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, Juntendo University	4,000,000
D19-MG-0051	A Strengthening Project of a Multilingual Consultation Service System Through Public-Private Partnerships－Towards Reaching Sustainable Management of (Japan’s) Newly Formed Multi-Cultural General Information Consultation System “One-Stop Centers”	Doi Yoshihiko	Representative Director, Resource Center for Multicultural Community Tokai	9,000,000
D19-MG-0062	Building a comprehensive platform for systems related to the acceptance of foreign workers	Sugita Shohei	Project Assitant Professor, Keio University Law School	7,500,000
D19-MG-0086	Research and Verification survey for a Support Model for local foreign highly skilled personnel by the Industry-Academia-Government-Bank collaboration	Ogino Sayuri	CEO, B&M Inc.	5,000,000
Total 7				45,000,000

Grant Fremework


Proposal Submission Period	From October 1 to November 30, 2019, 23:59 Japan Standard Time
Application Requirements	Details are available in the Guidelines
Total Amount of Grants	40 million yen
Expected Grant Amount (per project)	JPY 5,000,000 to JPY 10,000,000
Project Period	Two years (May 2020 – Apr 2022) or Three years (May 2020 – Apr 2023)
Selection of Grants	Formal decisions on the awarding of grants will be made by the Toyota Foundation Board of Directors at a meeting, based on the deliberations of responsible Selection Committee consisting of external experts.