Awards of the Japanese Academy

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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