The Japan Foundation dispatches or provides aid for sending out performance groups in cooperation with local related organizations for the introduction of Japanese stage and performing arts overseas.

 

Fiscal Year 2012-2013

Project Title	Dates
Showcasing Traditional Japanese Music in Cambodia, Myanmar, and Laos “Sho Asano & Ensemble” Tour in Southeast Asia New Age of Japanese Music ~Tradition & Challenge~	Feb. 21 - Mar.1, 2013
Oriza Hirata’s Seinendan Theater Company to Tour North America to Perform a Double-Bill of one-act plays: Android-Human Theater Sayonara and Robot-Human Theater I, Worker	Jan 31 - Mar 9, 2013
AUN&HIDE: Performance in South Asia	Nov 30 - Dec 8, 2012
“Leonard Eto TAIKO Ensemble” Concert in Central Asia	Nov 11 - 23, 2012
Tomo Yamaguchi, Sizzle Ohtaka, Yuriko Mukoujima Timor-Leste Performance "Creating a Circle of Music Together"	Nov 14 - 19, 2012
Traditional Japanese Music Concert Delivering the Timbre of Japan in Appreciation of the Recovery Support in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru	Nov 1 - 5, 2012
Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra to tour Russia in Appreciation of the Support	Mar 27 - Apr 1, 2013
The 30th Anniversary of Malaysia’s Look East Policy Contemporary Hogaku Performance with Noh-gaku, Contrabass, and Guitar “Sok-Ryu-Teki-Ha”	Oct 24- 28, 2012
"Chikudo & Friends" Traditional Japanese Music Concert in Middle East and Africa	Oct 17 - 26, 2012
Kabuki Performance: The 60th Anniversary of Japan-Israel Diplomatic Relations	Aug 30 - Sep 9, 2012
Shishi-Odori (Deer Dance) at The Mayor’s Thames Festival	Sep 6-9, 2012
The Japan Foundation's Overseas Performances 2012 "ABEYA" Tsugaru Shamisen Tour on the West Coast and in Hawaii In Honor of the Japan-U.S. Cherry Blossom Centennial	Apr 9-20, 2012

 

Fiscal Year 2011-2012

Project Title	Dates
TAIKO LEGEND - Heart Beat from Japan	Feb.22 - Mar.10, 2012
Edo Utsushi-e Performances in Eastern Europe Reviving the Edo Phantasm	Nov 18-28, 2011
Hogaku Concert in Southeast Asia: Trinity	Nov 16-20, 2011
Taiko Performances in Kuwait and Jordan	Nov 23-28, 2011
Les Frères Concert Tour in South Korea - PIANO SPATIAL	Nov 9-15, 2011
Hogaku Concert Tour in Central American and Caribbean Countries - OYAMA x NITTA with Special Members -	Nov 4-13, 2011
Ryukyu-Okinawa Traditional Performing Arts Tour of the South Pacific: Chimu	Nov 8-23, 2011
FUKUDA Eika & MITSUHASHI Kifu Joint Concert in Indonesia	Oct 18-26, 2011
World premiere of onomatopoetic play in Palestine	Oct 10-20, 2011
Kuromori Kagura Performances in Russia	Oct 2-3, 2011
Hogaku concert in Canada: TsuguKaji-KOTO+ Akihito Obama+ Makoto Yamamoto	Sep.28 - Oct.4, 2011
Min'yo -Japanese traditional folk songs- conveying heart and rhythms in daily life in Japan	Sep 14- Oct 2,2011
“Sho Asano & Ensemble” Tour in Baltic States	Sep.12 - 20, 2011
Japan Foundation Performances Abroad Program: Performances of Contemporary Japanese Music in Central Asia ZATAIVSHIYSYA DRAKON 〈Sleeping Dragon〉	Aug. 25- Sep. 6, 2011

 

Fiscal Year 2010-2011

Project Title	Dates
Butoh Performances in China: “Butoh: The Great Spirit”	Mar. 5 - 6, 2011
Karin Quartet Music Concert Japanese contemporary music with traditional instruments	Nov. 29 - Dec.12, 2010
Butoh Performance in Russia Butoh — The Great Spirit	Nov. 20 - 28, 2010
Minosuke Nishikawa Nihon Buyo Performances in Singapore and Malaysia	Nov. 2 - 5, 2010
Japan-Turkey Contemporary Music Collaboration Sound Migration	Oct. 1 - 7, 2010
Mio Matsuda, Tomohiro Yahiro, Hugo Fattoruso South-America Concert Tour TRANS-CRIOLLA	Aug.6 - 14, 2010
AGA-SHIO + Music & Rhythms Tour in Africa	jun.6 - jul 3, 2010

 

Fiscal Year 2009-2010

Project Title	Dates
Kyogen Performance Tour in US The Okura School of Kyogen by the Shigeyama Family	Mar. 21 - 29, 2010
WARIKI - Performance Tour in Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro	Feb.26 - Mar. 10, 2010
Beat & Wind from Japanasia	Feb.14 - Mar. 8, 2010
HOGAKU: NEW SOUNDS OF JAPAN 2010	Jan. 9 - 15, 2010
Min’yo: Echoes of Japanese Folk Songs	Dec. 2 - 17, 2009
Shinnai Joruri and Hachioji Kuruma Ningyo Tour in Eastern Europe and Greece	Nov. 20 - Dec. 3, 2009
A Thrilling Night of Music with Four Japanese Musicians	Nov. 17 - 27, 2009
Okinawan Folksongs Performed in India	Nov. 15 - 26, 2009
Japanese “Funky” JAZZ in South America	Oct. 30 - Nov. 12, 2009
Kabuki Lecture and Performance Backstage to Hanamichi -	Oct. 15 - 24, 2009
	Sep. 19- Oct. 17, 2009
“Garibaba’s Strange World” in Indonesia	June 7,11-12, 2009
The Kita-ryu (school) Oshima Noh Theatre Finland & Sweden performance tour	May 13 - May. 18, 2009

 

Fiscal Year 2008-2009

Project Title	Dates
Concert “Fuku No Ne Ensemble - Japanese Music Tradition and Innovation”	Mar. 29, 2009
THECO - zako - THE Performance COncert with COntemporary MUSIC COmposers & a DANCE ChOreographer	[Dance workshop] Mar. 25 - 26, 2009 [show] Mar. 31, 2009
Wadaiko (Japanese Drum) Ensemble “Abe-Ya” Performances in India	Mar. 3 - 19, 2009
Yoshida Brothers Oceania Tour 2008 Tsugaru-Shamisen Concert	Nov. 13 - 18, 2008
Okinawa traditional dance and music concerts in South Africa and Tanzania	Oct. 12 - 19, 2008
Contemporary Dance Tour in Brazil by Miyako Kato Dance Space	Aug. 9 - 29, 2007
YUI-Vibes from Southern Islands- Okinawan Traditional and Folk music and dance concerts tour in Middle East	Jul. 23 - Aug. 3, 2008
Infinite Echoes from Japan: New Directions in Traditional Japanese Music	Apr. 22 - May 1, 2008

 

Fiscal Year 2007-2008

Project Title	Dates
SATORU SHIONOYA GROUP Jazz Concert 2007	Nov. 14 - 23, 2007
Taiko Drumming Concert Tour in Spain	Sep. 14 - 22, 2007
Performing Women – Reinterpreted from Greek Tragedy	Oct. 13 - 14, 2007 Jan. 20, 2008
European Tour of Hinokiya	Jun. 21 - Jul. 5, 2007
Dynamic Japanese “Tsugaru Shamisen” Masahiro Nitta on the Tsugaru Shamisen	Jun. 14 - 18, 2007
Chieko Fukuda Ensemble	Jun. 9 - 14, 2007
BATIK in Europe	Jun. 4 - 27, 2007

 

Fiscal Year 2006-2007

Project Title	Dates
Shigeyama Kyogen in Europe	Mar. 23 - Apr. 15, 2007
Wasan Bom Middle East, Africa Concert Tour	Mar. 2 - 12, 2007
Performing Women – Reinterpreted from Greek Tragedy	Jan. 7 - 8, 2007 Feb. 15, 2007
Japanese taiko drum performances for Japan-India Friendship Year	Feb. 7 - 15, 2007
Dance Unit "Condors" Tours in Europe - JUPITER -	Jan. 12 - 23, 2007
Taiko Drum Tour: Thai, Malaysia, and Brunei Darussalam	Jan. 13 - 24, 2007
Rakugo: Traditional Japanese Comic Storytelling in Canada	Dec. 7 - 13, 2006
Africa Tour of HA YA TO Drum Group	Dec. 5 - 15, 2006
Tsugaru Shamisen and Wadaiko Concert in Ukraine and Lithuania	Nov. 25 - 29, 2006
Rakugo in Pakistan: Tickle Yourself with Traditional Japanese Humor	Nov. 21 - 24, 2006
Yuko Suzuki Piano Concert in Brazil	Sep. 22 - Oct. 15, 2006
Bakeretta (Ghost Operetta)	Oct. 20 - 22 and Nov. 10 - 26, 2006
TSUGARU— Soul & Beat of Japan	Aug. 18 - 25, 2006
Dance Performance by Un Yamada	July 20, 2006
RAKUGO – Japanese Yose-Style Vaudeville in Australia	May 20 - 25, 2006

 

Fiscal Year 2005-2006

Project Title	Dates
Eitetsu Hayashi, Taiko Drummer, to Tour Australia	Feb. 20 - Mar. 1, 2006
Theatre Performance by TAIHEN	Jan. 16 - 22, 2006
RAKUGO in English – A Japanese Traditional “Sit-down” Comedy -	Sep. 9 - 10, 2005
The Japanese taiko and drum collaboration unit "Hida Jimbo" performs in Eastern Europe	Aug. 16 - 25, 2005

 

List of supported programs for Performing Arts Exchange

 

Grant Program for Overseas Performances

• List of supported programs for overseas performances 2009 (grant application period ending Dec. 2008)
• List of supported programs for overseas performances 2008
• List of supported programs for overseas performances 2007

 

Performing Arts for North America

>> Program Guidelines and Application Form 2012-2013

• 2012-2013 schedule of Japan Foundation supported PAJ for North America programs
• 2011-2012 schedule of Japan Foundation supported PAJ for North America programs
• 2009-2010 schedule of Japan Foundation supported PAJ for North America programs
• 2008-2009 schedule of Japan Foundation supported PAJ for North America programs

 

Performing Arts for Europe

 >> Program Guidelines and Application Form 2012-2013

• 2012-2013 schedule of Japan Foundation supported PAJ for Europe programs
• 2011-2012 schedule of Japan Foundation supported PAJ for Europe programs
• 2010-2011 schedule of Japan Foundation supported PAJ for Europe programs
• 2009-2010 schedule of Japan Foundation supported PAJ for Europe programs
• 2008-2009 schedule of Japan Foundation supported PAJ for Europe programs

*As projects in the list indicate only planned ones at the time of application, actual projects carried out could be different from those in the list.