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The Japan Academy Prize (日本アカデミー賞, Nippon Akademī-shō) is a group of awards that is given every year to Japanese movies. It is also called the Japan Academy Awards and the Japanese Academy Awards. It is given out by the Nippon Academy-shō Association. The categories of the awards are very similar to the Academy Awards. The awards have been given every year since 1978.[1]

Japan Academy Prize
41st Japan Academy Prize
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Awarded forExcellence in film making
Presented byJapan Academy Prize Association
First awarded1978
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  1. "第42回 日本アカデミー賞 授賞式" [The 42nd Japan Academy Film Prize Award Ceremony]. チヶツトぴあ (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2019.

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