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Awarded to graduate students who have completed the first year of their program, and whose thesis focuses on Japanese-related or relevant subjects, including, but not limited to, the following (in order of priority): Japanese culture/traditions, Japanese language, Japanese linguistics, Japanese history, Japanese arts/music, Japanese political systems, Japanese government, and Japanese religions. The recipient is chosen based on superior academic achievement.

Almost immediately after immigrating from Taiwan with his wife Fu-Mei and the youngest daughter in 1977, Chi-Kun Kao presented his language teaching credentials to the Chair of the interdepartmental East Asian Studies Committee at º£½ÇÉçÇø, joining through the Department of History in Fall 1978 (Note 1). His native fluency in Japanese and Taiwanese, coupled with acquired fluency in Mandarin Chinese and English, made him a valued, innovative colleague and popular, effective teacher.