والجدير بالذكر أن هذه الجائزة تُمنح برعاية جريدة يوميوري، وهي إحدى الجرائد اليابانية الرائدة، والتي تم الاعتراف بها من قبل موسوعة جينيس كأكبر توزيع في العالم، حوالي 8 ملايين نسخة في اليوم، وهي جائزة ذات شهرة واسعة في اليابان، وتُمنح للأفراد والجماعات اليابانية مِمَن يحققون إنجازات بارزة في مجال التعاون الدولي.
The Antiquities Preservation and Restoration Project at the Grand Egyptian Museum won the “Yomiuri” prize for international cooperation
The Japanese International Cooperation Agency team (JICA), “The Egyptian-Japanese Joint Project for the Preservation and Restoration of Antiquities in the Grand Egyptian Museum,” won the Yomiuri International Cooperation Prize, in its 27th edition, due to the effort made by the Egyptian-Japanese team for the work of restoring and preserving artifacts in the museum.
It is worth noting that this award is given under the auspices of the Yomiuri Newspaper, one of the leading Japanese newspapers, which has been recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest circulation in the world, about 8 million copies per day, and it is a widely known award in Japan, and it is awarded to Japanese people and groups who investigate Notable achievements in international cooperation.