Mar. 31, 1999

Asia Center News No. 11 Issued

Mar. 31, 1999

ASEAN-Japan Cultural Dialogue Forum
Beyond the Crisis: Reflections on Cultural Discourse in Asia
ASEAN -Japan Cultural Dialogue Forum was successfully held from Mar. 10 to 11, 1999 at The Japan Foundation International Conference Hall organized by the Japan Foundation Asia Center.

Mar. 31, 1999

Film Production Support Program
Very Very Kyoto

Mar. 4, 1999

Overseas Film Screening
The 23rd Hong Kong International Film Fesitval
Introduction of film festivals held from Mar. , 1999

Mar. 4, 1999

Film Production Support Program
"After America - After Japan"
Introduction of the film that havs been produced recently under Film Production Support Program

Mar. 4, 1999

Program to Introduce Foreign Cultures A Beautiful Synthesis of Present and Past
DD SYNTHESIS
During fiscal 1999, it has been decided to extend an invitation to Japan to the folk-music group DD Synthesis from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and carry out a performance tour in seven venues in Japan.

Mar. 4, 1999

Invitations to Japan
Harvey Lichtenstein Visits Japan
Harvey Lichtenstein is the chariman of the board of directors at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in New York City. The Japan Foundation has extended him an invitation to visit Japan from March 25 to April 8, 1999 on the Distinguished Visitors' Program.

Mar. 4, 1999

Film Studios in China Series No. 1
Masterpieces made in 1930s Shanghai
From Mar. 12 (Fri) to 21 (Sun), 1999 at the Japan Foundation Forum, Tokyo

Mar. 4, 1999

After Completion of the Sankai Juku Tour of Russia and Eastern Europe Discussion between
Ushio Amagatsu, Choreographer and Founder of Sankai Juku, and Hiroaki Fujii, President of the Japan Foundation
January 13, 1999 in the Office of the President of the Japan Foundation

Jan. 29, 1999

Takeshi Kaiko Memorial Asia Writers' Lecture Series #8: Indonesia
"Literature as Strategies: Beyond the Limits of Journalism"

Jan. 20, 1999

Theatre
"Lear" A Theatre Production by the Japan Foundation Asia Center
Asia Center, in collaboration with a top level staff and cast assembled from the six countries of Southeast Asia, produced a new work titled "Lear," which made its debut in Japan in 1997. The production subsequently toured Hong Kong, Singapore, Jakarta, and Perth (Australia) from Jan. 1999.

Jan. 29, 1999

Overseas Screenings
Introduction of The 49th International Berlin Film Festival and other film festivals held from February, 1999

Jan. 29, 1999

Film Production Support Program
Tsuru-Henry

Jan. 29, 1999

Screenings
"Viewing Indonesian Animation"

Dec. 28, 1998

Overseas Film Screening
Fifty Years of Japanese Cinema Part 2-The 1960s
Introduction of film festivals held from Jan. , 1999

Dec. 28, 1998

Film Production Support Program
Have You Seen The Moon-Yoshi Oida

Dec. 28, 1998

Invitations to Japan
JF-NDL Training Program for Japanese Studies Librarians
Joint Sponsorship by the Japan Foundation and the National Diet Library with the cooperation of NACSIS (National Center for Science Information Systems) and the International House of Japan

Dec. 28, 1998

Invitations to Japan
Brief Report of Poetry Reading by Seamus Heaney
Recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature

Dec. 1, 1998

Overseas Screenings
Introduction of film festivals held in Dec. , 1998

Dec. 1, 1998

Film Production Support Program
Fine Tuning -The Pacific Music Festival Experience

Nov. 24, 1998

Invitations to Japan
Visit to Japan by Seamus Heaney
Recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature

Oct. 30, 1998

Film Screenings
The 1998 Japanese Film Festival of Russia
and other film festivals held in November, 1998

Oct. 30, 1998

Invitations to Japan
Group Invitation Extended to Indian Philanthropic Leaders

Oct. 30, 1998

Asia Leadership Fellow Program
Public Symposium
Asia in Transition: Localizing Strategies; Globalizing Processes

Oct. 30, 1998

Publicathion
Asia Center News No. 10

Oct. 1, 1998

Film Screenings
A Screening Tour of Japanese Films to the Countries of Africa in Celebration of TICAD II
and other film festvals held in Oct. , 1998

Sep. 8, 1998

Performing Arts
Wind Blowing through Bamboo
South Indian Classical Music Concert

Sep. 8, 1998

Exhibition
Private Mythology: Contemporary Art from India

Sep. 1, 1998

Sankai Juku Tour of Russia and Eastern Europe

Sep. 1, 1998

Lion Dance (Shishi Mai) Festa
The Japan Foundation will serve as co-sponsor with this festival of the "Nepal Lion Dance Performance" and the "Asia Lion Dance Seminar" for the purpose of introducing the lion dances of Nepal and all the rest of Asia to the world.

Sep. 1, 1998

Film Screenings
A Special Retrospective of Films directed by Kohei Oguri in Thailand and the Philippines

Sep. 1, 1998

Film Production Support Program
Introduction of films that have been produced recently under Film Production Support Program

Aug. 1, 1998

Cultural Demonstration Tours Support Program
"The Propagation of Shogi in Australia" and "Nihon Buyo (Japanese Dance) Lectures and Demonstrations"

Aug. 1, 1998

Athletic Instructors' Dispatch Support Program "Special Seminar on Shorinji Kempo in Africa"

Aug. 1, 1998

The 7th International Animation Festival, Hiroshima '98
Special Retrospective of Indian Films

Aug. 1, 1998

Overseas Screenings
Japan Film Festival in Malaysia

Aug. 1, 1998

Overseas Screenings
Introduction of films that have been produced recently under Film Production Support Program

Jul. 1, 1998

Exhibition
Asian Cartoon Exhibition in Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of UNESCAP

Jul. 1, 1998

Asian Film Series No.7
The Indian Film Festival in Japan

Jul. 1, 1998

Publication
Asia Center News No. 9

Jul. 1, 1998

Overseas Screenings
Retrospective of Films Directed by Yasuzo Masumura

Jun. 9, 1998

Overseas Screenings
A Special Retrospective of Films by Director Tai Kato
12 films, including Oiwa the Ghost, Sasuke and His Comedians, and Brutal Story at the End of the Tokugawa Shogunate will be screened in Los Angeles.

Jun. 9, 1998

Asian Filmmakers Series No. 7
Homage to Kim Ki-Young

Film Screenings
Memorial screenings of films directed by the late Kim Ki-Young, who died in Feb. of this year, will be given.

May 13, 1998

Overseas Screenings
"New Films from Japan 1998"
A retrospective of such recent Japanese films as "Swallowtail," "Leaving," and "Tokyobiyori."