Events / Projects

The Japan Foundation cultivates empathy, trust and friendship between Japan and the world by creating opportunities to establish ties through culture, language,and dialogue.

• Japanese Film Screenings Overseas
• Traveling Exhibitions

• Performing Arts

  Japan
  

  Saturday 4, Sunday 5, Monday, October 6, 2025

  Creative Methodology Workshop by Malaysian Director Mark Teh, Plus Performances for His New Work Fragments of Tuah and Talks for Five Arts Centre

  ROHM Theatre Kyoto: Saturday 4, Sunday 5, Monday, October 6, 2025
• Exhibition

  The Americas
  

  Dates: Wednesday, October 8, 2025 – Sunday, January 25, 2026

  “Antípodas: tão distantes, tão próximos” Opens in São Paolo. Commemorating the 130th Anniversary of Japan-Brazil Diplomatic Relations

  Sesc Vila Mariana (São Paulo, Brazil): Wednesday, October 8, 2025 – Sunday, January 25, 2026
• Performing Arts

  Asia
  

  Date： Sunday, October 12, 2025

  “KOSÉ 8ROCKS” to Perform at the “Korea-Japan Exchange Festival 2025 in Seoul” – Holding a Dance Exchange Project in Collaboration with JINJO CREW

  Date: KOSÉ 8ROCKS Special Stage with JINJO CREW : Sunday, October 12, 2025 / Dance Exchange Program with JINJO CREW : Saturday, October 11, 2025
• Film Screening

  Japan
  
  (c)1952 KADOKAWA

  Wednesday, September 3, 2025

  The Japan Foundation Kyoto Office Japanese Film Screening with English subtitles

  Dates: Wednesday, September 3, 2025
• Performing Arts

  Japan
  

  Friday, November 21, 2025

  An Evening of Noh and Kyogen 2025

  Dates: Friday, November 21, 2025
• Performing Arts

  Americas
  

  Date： Wednesday 23, Friday 25, Saturday 26, Tuesday 22, Friday, July 25, 2025

  Artist Saeborg to Make South American Debut Performance in São Paulo Part of the “130th Anniversary of Japan–Brazil Diplomatic Relations”

  Date: Performance: Super Farm November 15 (Sat), 16 (Sun), 18 (Tue), and 19 (Wed), 2025 (Exact schedule to be announced) / Lecture & Talk Session 1-Thursday, August 28, 2025, / Lecture & Talk Session 2 -Friday, August 29, 2025
• Talk Session

  Japan
  

  Schedule: 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 21

  The Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9) Thematic Event “Resonance with Africa: The Present and Future of Cultural Exchange between Japan and Africa”
• Performing Arts

  Asia
  

  Date： Wednesday 23, Friday 25, Saturday 26, Tuesday 22, Friday, July 25, 2025

  Ryukyu Buyo Performances in Indonesia -Court Dances Bound by the Sea-

  Date： Wednesday 23, Friday 25, Saturday 26, Tuesday 22, Friday, July 25, 2025
• Exhibition

  Europe
  Saturday, May 10 – Sunday, November 23, 2025

  The Japan Pavilion at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia 2025

  Dates: Saturday, May 10 – Sunday, November 23, 2025
  Venues: Giardini di Castello, Arsenale, etc.
• Exhibition

  Asia
  
  Photo by Kayhan Kaygusuz

  Dates: September 6, 2024 – January 25, 2026

  Exhibition ‘Chiharu Shiota: Between Worlds’ at Istanbul Modern

  Dates: September 6, 2024 – January 25, 2026