JAPAN FOUNDATION WORLDWIDE

For general information on the activities of the Japan Foundation, please see our official website. The official website provides wide range of information on the Japan Foundation’s activities and available programs.　
Our main recent activities:

Address: 4-4-1 Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0004
Tel: 03-5369-6075 Fax: 03-5369-6044 (Information and Resource Center)
URL: http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/

Japanese-language Institute, Urawa is an affiliated organization of the Japan Foundation and was established in Urawa City (Present Saitama City) in Saitama Prefecture in July 1989.
The institute runs training projects to educate leading human resources of Japanese-language education overseas and assists development & production of Japanese-language educational materials for enriching Japanese-language education overseas. (It also runs "Minna no Kyozai" available on the Internet.)
There is a special library that collects and offers materials and information including Japanese textbooks, Japanese educational materials, Japanese-language education, Japanese-language, linguistics, Japanese affairs, and foreign language education. It is open not only to parties concerned with the Japanese language but also to the general public.

• Website of "Erin's Challenge! I Can Speak Japanese" Opened
• Website of "Standards for Japanese-Language Education" Opened
• "Nihongo Kyoiku Tsushin" Update
• " The Japan Foundation Nihongo Kyojuho (Japanese-Language Teaching Method) Series” Volume 11 ‘How to Teach Japanese Customs and Culture’ published
• "Let's Learn Japanese by DVD Erin’s Challenge! I Can Speak Japanese”　Vol.1- Vol.3

Address: 5-6-36 Kita-Urawa, Urawa-ku Saitama City 330-0074
Tel: 048- 834-1180  Fax: 048- 834-1170
URL: http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/urawa/

Japanese-language Institute, Kansai is an affiliated organization of the Japan Foundation and was established at Tajiri-cho, Osaka Prefecture in May 1997.
The institute provides special Japanese-language training to people who require Japanese language for their specific duty or the purpose of research and also Japanese-learners' training in Japan to encourage Japanese-language learners overseas.

• Website of "NIHONGO e! な Opened
• "Japanese in Anime & Manga" Website Grand Opening!

Address: 3-14 Rinku Port Kita, Tajiri-cho, Sennan-gun, Osaka 598-0093
Tel: 0724- 90-2600  Fax: 0724- 90-2800

URL: http://www.jfkc.jp/

Kyogen: Susugigawa
(The Washing River)
by SHIGEYAMA Sengoro XIII

The Japan Foundation Kyoto Office has been organizing ”An Evening of Noh and Kyogen” every Autumn to provide foreigners with an opportunity to experience Japanese traditional culture. With the cooperation of the Shigeyama family of Kyogen as well as the Katayama and Kongo families of Noh, this event started in 1974, the year following the establishment of the Japan Foundation. The 36th staging of this annual event was on October 26, 2009.

Address: 3rd Floor, Kyoto International Community House 2-1 Torii-cho, Awataguchi,
Sakyo-ku Kyoto, 606-8436 JAPAN
Tel: 075-762-1136   Fax: 075-762-1137
URL: http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/about/outline/kyoto.html