Websites and Social Media

Websites

The Japan Foundation Official Website

The Japan Foundation provides a wealth of information and resources online, including information about our programs and upcoming events, how to apply to participate in various applicable programs, Japanese-language teaching materials, past survey reports, and links to our overseas offices.

Online Contents (videos, reading materials)

The Japan Foundation offers videos of performances, exhibitions, lectures, seminars, and other events that can be enjoyed online as well as other online content such as interviews with and contributions from people who are active at the front lines of cultural exchange.

• JF digital collection
• Web magazine Wochi Kochi
• Performing art website PANJ (Performing Arts Network Japan)
• Online distribution project STAGE BEYOND BORDERS
• Portal website Doors to Arts of Japan
• The Official Website of the Japan Pavilion, La Biennale di Venezia
• Japanese Film Website JFF+
• Free Online Streaming Program JFF+ INDEPENDENT CINEMA
• Free Online Streaming Program JFF+ INDEPENDENT CINEMA 2023
• Japan-China 21st Century Friendship Program (“Heart to Heart” website
• Online Japanese-Language Education Programs
• Japan Outreach Initiative (JOI) Program

Information on Japanese-Language Education

Tests

The Japan Foundation offers information about Japanese-language tests that measure and provide certification of the Japanese-language proficiency of non-native Japanese-language learners.

• Take Japanese-Language Test

Support for Japanese-Language Teachers

The Japan Foundation provides a wide range of information on Japanese-language teacher training and Japanese-language teaching materials, as well as ideas for classes and voices of people at overseas Japanese-language educational institutions.

• Teach Japanese Language

Support for Japanese-Language Learners

The Japan Foundation provides teaching materials for learning Japanese, e-learning sites for online learning, videos, and web-based teaching materials.

• Learn Japanese Language

State of Japanese-Language Education

The Japan Foundation provides the report titled “Survey Report on Japanese-Language Education Abroad,” which covers the entire world and information such as on the state of Japanese-language education in each country.

• Know about Japanese-Language Education Abroad

NIHONGO Partners Program

The program sends people to middle and high schools in Asia to serve as partners for Japanese-language teachers and their students by acting as teaching assistants and introducing Japanese culture.

• NIHONGO Partners

Materials / Resources / Databases

Translation/Publishing

The Japan Foundation provides information on Japanese literary works translated into foreign languages and recommended books for translation and publication.

• Japanese Literature in Translation Search
• Worth Sharing — A Selection of Japanese Books Recommended for Translation
• Lifelong Favorites — Selections from the Bookshelves of Young Readers in Japan

Films

The Japan Foundation disseminates information in Japanese and English on more than 6,800 Japanese films.

• Japanese Film Database (JFDB)

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