Japanese Academy Awards

Japan Academy Prize
40th Japan Academy Prize
Awarded for	Excellence in film making
Country	Japan
Presented by	Japan Academy Prize Association
First awarded	1978
Official website	http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/

The Japan Academy Prize (日本アカデミー賞, Nippon Akademī-shō^?), often called the Japan Academy Awards or the Japanese Academy Awards, is a series of awards given annually since 1978 by the Nippon Academy-shō Association for excellence in Japanese film. Award categories are similar to the Academy Awards.

The award statue itself measures 27 cm × 11 cm × 11 cm (10.7 in × 4.4 in × 4.4 in).

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