International Académie Union (English: International Académie Union)

…Thus, the Ministry of Education, with the cooperation of scholars from the Meirokusha, established the Tokyo Academy. In this way, the Tokyo Academy was born as a sort of academic Rokumeikan, and it was natural that it did not have much substance when it was first established. However, after joining the Union of International Academies (UAI), it was reorganized into the Imperial Academy in 1906, and gradually took on the appearance of an academic institution. In other words, the award system, such as the Imperial Prize, which was established in 1917 with a grant from the Imperial Household, and the Academy Prize, which was established the following year with donations from zaibatsu, enhanced the authority of the Academy, and various research grants played a certain role in promoting academics. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Union Académique internationale" is listed below.

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…かくて，文部省は明六社系の学者たちの協力を得て，東京学士会院を設立したのである。このように，東京学士会院はいわば学術上の〈鹿鳴館〉として誕生したわけであり，設立当初はさしたる内実をもたなかったのは当然であったが，万国学士院連合Union académique internationale(略称UAI)への加盟を契機に，1906年には帝国学士院へと改組され，しだいに学術機関としての体裁を整えるにいたった。すなわち，10年皇室からの下賜金を基金に制定された恩賜賞や，翌11年財閥からの寄付金により設けられた学士院賞などの授賞制度は学士院の権威を高めたし，各種の研究補助金は学術振興に一定の役割を果たした。…

※「Union académique internationale」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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