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The Activities of the Japan Foundation

Dialogue: Japanese Studies and Global Partnerships Programs

The Japan Foundation promotes Japanese studies overseas and seeks to sustain dialogue with the rest of the world, thereby increasing mutual understanding and trust, and enhance global collaboration and human networks that can solve common issues.

Photo of a panel discussion on “Developing Asian Business through Cultural Exchange”

Panel discussion on "Developing Asian Business through Cultural Exchange" in May 2022 at the 27th International Conference on "The Future of Asia" held by Nikkei Inc.

From right to left: ISOBE Daisuke (Former President Director, PT. Aeon Mall Indonesia), KAWASHIMA Nobuko (Professor, Doshisha University), Apinan Poshyananda (Chief Executive and Artistic Director, Bangkok Art Biennale, joined online) and SATO Yuri (Executive Vice President, the Japan Foundation)

  • Pthoto of Prof. Dr. Carola Lentz
  • Photo of Matthew Knowles
  • Photo of UMEMOTO Kazuyoshi, President, the Japan Foundation
  • Photo of Jonathan McClory, Moderator

International symposium "International Cultural Exchange in a Fragile World: Views from Germany, the U.K., and Japan" held in October 2022

Top row right: Matthew Knowles, Director, British Council Japan
Top row left: Prof. Dr. Carola Lentz, President, Goethe-Institut
Bottom row right: Jonathan McClory, Moderator/Partner, Sanctuary Counsel
Bottom row left: Ambassador UMEMOTO Kazuyoshi, President, the Japan Foundation