The Activities of the Japan Foundation

Through interacting and collaborating in Japanese-language education, arts and culture, sports, grassroots exchange and intellectual exchange, Asia Center conducts and supports collaborative initiatives with its Asian—primarily ASEAN—counterparts. Asia Center aims to develop the sense of kinship and coexistence as neighboring inhabitants of Asia and nurture human resources to become a bridge between Asian countries.

Left: Online Seminar Series "Asia Center TERAKOYA" (c) SATO Motoi
Center: Online lesson support by person with former NIHONGO Partners
Right: Streaming "JAPAN-ASEAN JITA-KYOEI PROJECT" seminar

Background of the Establishment of Asia Center

Asia Center was established in April 2014 to implement "WA Project: Toward Interactive Asia through Fusion and Harmony," a new policy for cultural exchange in Asia announced by the Japanese government at the ASEAN-Japan Commemorative Summit Meeting in Tokyo in December 2013.

Support for Japanese-Language Learning

Students taught (total): 678,650 students

Number of NIHONGO Partners dispatched (total): 2,375 persons

Arts and Cultural Exchange

Number of events organized/supported: 2,504

Participants (total): 5,538,490 participants

* Accumulative total from FY2014 to FY2020