Asahi Shimbun Foundation

The Asahi Shimbun Foundation (公益財団法人 朝日新聞文化財団) is a public interest incorporated foundation established in May 1992 as a foundation approved by the Minister of Education, and recognized as a public interest incorporated foundation by the Prime Minister on April 1, 2011. Its main activities are grants for music concerts, art exhibitions and cultural heritage protection, the presentation of the Asahi Prize, and hosting the Osaka International Festival. Its office is located in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.

The Asahi Shimbun Foundation was established in May 1992 as a foundation approved by the Minister of Education, and on April 1, 2011 it was recognized as a public interest incorporated foundation by the Prime Minister. At establishment, it used a 1 billion yen donation from the Asahi Shimbun Company as its basic endowment, and through grants for arts activities (music and fine arts) and the presentation of the Asahi Prize it contributed to the development of Japanese culture, arts and scholarship. In 1998 it took over the operation of the Osaka International Festival, a music festival held at Festival Hall in Nakanoshima, Osaka, which began in 1958. In 2009 it received a donation of TV Asahi Holdings shares from the Asahi Shimbun Company and began grants for cultural heritage protection activities. The Asahi Prize was created in 1929 by the Asahi Shimbun Company as a project commemorating the 50th anniversary of its founding, and the foundation took over the awarding project in 1992.

A public interest incorporated foundation contributing to the development of culture, arts and scholarship.

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