Fiscal Year 2016-2017

Japanese-Language Education Overseas March 31, 2017 "Nihongo Kyoiku Tsushin" was updated
Press Release March 30, 2017 Short Films Jointly Made by Japanese and Southeast Asian Students Are Now Available Online
“…and Action! Asia #03: Exchange Program for Students in Film Studies”
About Us March 29, 2017 Annual Report 2015/2016
Arts and Cultural Exchange March 29, 2017 Worth Sharing - A Selection of Japanese Books Recommended for Translation Vol.5 Japan's tomorrow
Japanese-Language Education Overseas March 28, 2017 Kokusai Koryu Kikin Nihongo Kyoiku Kiyo Vol. 13 (The Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Education Bulletin)
Arts and Cultural Exchange March 22, 2017 The Japan Foundation Traveling Exhibitions
Japanese-Language Education Overseas March 21, 2017 Survey Report on Japanese-Language Education Abroad 2015 was updated.
Japanese Studies and Global Partnerships March 17, 2017 The Japan Foundation Summer Institute in Japan 2017
Application Deadline: Sunday, April 30, 2017
Arts and Cultural Exchange March 16, 2017 Shigeyama Kyogen Troupe, EL SQUAD, May J.,
Coming on the Opening Ceremony of the 2017 National Cherry Blossom Festival

Date: Saturday, March 25, 2017
Venue: Warner Theatre 513 13th Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
March 16, 2017 The website of the the Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute, Urawa has been redesigned.
About Us March 13, 2017 Japonismes 2018
Date: June 2018 - February 2019
Press Release March 8, 2017 SUNSHOWER:CONTEMPORARY ART FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA 1980S TO NOW
Library March 1, 2017 New Arrivals in February 2017
Japanese-Language Education Overseas February 28, 2017 "Nihongo Kyoiku Tsushin" was updated
Arts and Cultural Exchange February 28, 2017 Japanese Film Screenings Overseas in March 2017
Japanese-Language Education Overseas February 24, 2017 The 58th International Speech Contest in Japanese: Call for Applications for 2017
Deadline: Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Library February 14, 2017 Small Exhibition “From Our Rare Book Collection” (February 2017)
Dates: Monday, February 20 – Friday, February 24, 10:00a.m. - 7:00p.m.
Place: 1st floor, Library
Japanese Studies and Global Partnerships February 10, 2017 “Promotion of Japan-Sri Lanka Business Relations through Sri Lankan Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Japan” Research in Progress by 2016-17 the Japan Foundation Fellows
Date: Monday, March 13, 2017
Venue: The Japan Foundation Headquarters (Main Building) Seminar room 1, 9th floor
Arts and Cultural Exchange February 7, 2017 The Japan Foundation Traveling Exhibitions
Library February 1, 2017 New Arrivals in January 2017
Japanese-Language Education Overseas January 31, 2017 "Nihongo Kyoiku Tsushin" was updated
Arts and Cultural Exchange January 31, 2017 Japanese Film Screenings Overseas in February 2017
Arts and Cultural Exchange January 25, 2017 The Japan Foundation Presents Disability × Performing Arts Series 2017: With Claire Cunningham
Date: Monday, January 30 -Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Venue: KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre
Arts and Cultural Exchange January 18, 2017 The Japan Foundation Traveling Exhibitions
About Us January 17, 2017 The 150th Anniversary of Japan-Denmark Diplomatic Relations (2017)
About Us January 17, 2017 The Japan Foundation Awards 2017 Call for Nominations
Deadline: All nominations must be received by Friday, March 3, 2017.
Arts and Cultural Exchange January 16, 2017 Noism, RYUTOPIA's residential company, to perform in two cities in Romania
Date: Bucharest: Thursday, March 30, 2017
Sibiu: Wednesday, April 5 – Thursday, April 6, 2017
Venue: Bucharest: I.L. Caragiale National Theatre of Bucharest
Sibiu: Teatrul National Radu Stanca Sibiu
JF Worldwide January 12, 2017 Japanese Film Screening - Osaka
Dates: Friday, February 10, 2017 / Friday, March 17, 2017
Press Release January 11, 2017 Tokyo International Film Festival CROSSCUT ASIA tie-up event Colorful Indonesia 2 January 25-28, 2017
About Us January 4, 2017 New Arrivals in December 2016
About Us January 4, 2017 The Visitors to the Japan Foundation
Arts and Cultural Exchange December 28, 2016 Japanese Film Screenings Overseas in January 2017
Japanese-Language Education Overseas December 27, 2016 "Nihongo Kyoiku Tsushin" was updated
Arts and Cultural Exchange December 21, 2016 The Japan Foundation Traveling Exhibitions
Arts and Cultural Exchange December 2, 2016 The Japan Foundation Traveling Exhibitions
About Us December 1, 2016 JFIC Library: New Arrivals in November 2016
Press Release November 30, 2016 Southeast Asia Short Documentary Film Screening and Discussion
Visual Documentary Project 2016
Japanese-Language Education Overseas November 30, 2016 "Nihongo Kyoiku Tsushin" was updated
Arts and Cultural Exchange November 30, 2016 Japanese Film Screenings Overseas in December 2016
Press Release November 25, 2016 480,000 People around the World to Challenge the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test in December
Press Release November 22, 2016 350 Guests Attended the Japan Foundation CGP/Abe Fellowship Program 25th Anniversary Symposium
Arts and Cultural Exchange November 18, 2016 CURATOR MEETING 2016: ART NEXT
Dates: Friday, November 25 – Sunday, November 27, 2016
Venue: The National Museum of Art, Osaka
Japanese-Language Education Overseas November 11, 2016 KANJI Memory Hint 1[English version] has just launched.
Arts and Cultural Exchange November 9, 2016 The Japanese House: Architecture and Life after 1945
Exhibition focusing on Post-war Japanese Residential Architecture held in Rome
Dates: Wednesday, November 9, 2016 – Sunday, February 26, 2017
Venue: National Museum of the 21st Century Arts (MAXXI)
Press Release November 8, 2016 The Spirit of Asia Award of Tokyo International Film Festival 2016 goes to
Indian director Alankrita Shrivastava
About Us November 8, 2016 The Visitors to the Japan Foundation
Arts and Cultural Exchange November 7, 2016 “From Rio to Tokyo: Olha Pro Céu
～Look at the Sky～” Tokyo Concert
Date: Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Venue: Liquidroom (Ebisu, Tokyo)
Arts and Cultural Exchange November 7, 2016 Japanese Film Screenings Overseas in November 2016
About Us November 1, 2016 JFIC Library: New Arrivals in October 2016
Arts and Cultural Exchange November 1, 2016 The Japan Foundation Traveling Exhibitions
Japanese-Language Education Overseas October 31, 2016 "Nihongo Kyoiku Tsushin" was updated
Arts and Cultural Exchange October 20, 2016 YUGEN -THE HIDDEN BEAUTY OF JAPAN-
World Premiere Noh in 3D Live at the River Night Festival 2016
Date: Friday, October 28 and Saturday, October 29, 2016
Venue: Asian Civilisations Museum (Singapore)
Arts and Cultural Exchange October 13, 2016 Art Mix Japan to be Held in Mexico!
Date: Saturday, December 3 and Sunday, December 4, 2016
Venue: Centro Nacional de las Artes (CENART)
Japanese Studies and Global Partnerships October 13, 2016 “Refugees in Lithuania and Chiune Sugihara in 1939-1940” Research in Progress by 2016-17 the Japan Foundation Fellows
Date: Monday, October 24, 2016
Venue: The Japan Foundation Headquarters(Main Building) Seminar room 1, 9th floor
Arts and Cultural Exchange October 13, 2016 The Japan Foundation Traveling Exhibitions
Program Guidelines October 7, 2016 Program Guidelines 2017 - 2018
Arts and Cultural Exchange October 5, 2016 Japan-China Curator Exchange Program invites young Chinese curators to Japan
Invitation Period: October 11 - 20, 2016
Arts and Cultural Exchange October 4, 2016 Japanese Film Screenings Overseas in October 2016
About Us October 3, 2016 JFIC Library: New Arrivals in September 2016
Japanese-Language Education Overseas September 30, 2016 "Nihongo Kyoiku Tsushin" was updated
About Us September 29, 2016 The Japan Foundation Awards 2016 Commemorative Lectures(Lecture by Armando Toshiharu Tachibana, President, Centro Brasileiro de Língua Japonesa (CBLJ))
Date & Time: Thursday, October 20 12:30 p.ｍ. – 2:00 p.m.
Venue: Hall Sakura, Japanese Language Center for International Students, Fuchu Campus, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Date & Time:Friday, October 21, 2016 2:40 p.ｍ. – 4:10 p.m.
Venue: Lecture Room176, South 1F, Shizuoka University of Art and Culture
Press Release September 27, 2016 The Japan Foundation Asia Center × Tokyo International Film Festival Launching a New Comprehensive Platform to Create New Japanese Film Market Opportunities in Asia
About Us September 26, 2016 The Japan Foundation Awards 2016 Commemorative Lectures(Lecture by Susan J. Pharr, Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics and Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University)
Date & Time: Friday, October 21, 2016 7:00 p.m.
Venue: Iwasaki Koyata Memorial Hall, International House of Japan
Press Release September 21, 2016 CROSSCUT ASIA #03: Colorful Indonesia Lineup Announced
Japanese Studies and Global Partnerships September 15, 2016 “Kagawa Toyohiko’s 1938-39 Trip to India: Intersections in Religion and Empire” Research in Progress by 2015-16 the Japan Foundation Fellows
Date: Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Venue: The Japan Foundation Headquarters(Main Building) Seminar room 1, 9th floor
Arts and Cultural Exchange September 13, 2016 Mansai Nomura + Hiroshi Sugimoto
A Performance of Divine Dance SAMBASO: Kami Hisomi Iki
A Cultural Event of the World Forum on Sport and Culture Official Program
Date: Friday, October 21, 2016
Venue: Bunkamura Orchard Hall
Arts and Cultural Exchange September 13, 2016 The Japan Foundation Traveling Exhibitions
September 2, 2016 Japanese Film Screenings 2016
Dates:Friday, November 4 - 30, 2016
About Us September 1, 2016 JFIC Library: New Arrivals in August 2016
Arts and Cultural Exchange September 1, 2016 Japanese Film Screenings Overseas in September 2016
Japanese-Language Education Overseas August 31, 2016 "Nihongo Kyoiku Tsushin" was updated
Arts and Cultural Exchange August 30, 2016 The Japan Foundation and Japan Professional Photographers Society co-organize the photo exhibition Japan’s coastline and its people in Tonga
Dates: September 9–22, 2016
Venue: Visitor Information Centre, Tonga Tourism Authority
Arts and Cultural Exchange August 25, 2016 The Japan Foundation Traveling Exhibitions
Press Release August 24, 2016 The Japan Foundation Awards 2016 Recipients- Cai Guo-Qiang, Susan J. Pharr, Centro Brasileiro de Língua Japonesa -
Arts and Cultural Exchange August 24, 2016 “Shuichi Hidano Super Taiko Concert” to be Held for the Hosting of TICAD VI Kenya
Date: Friday, August 26, 2016
Venue: Alliance Française, Nairobi
About Us August 24, 2016 The Japan Foundation Awards (2016) – Cai Guo-Qiang (Artist), Susan J. Pharr (Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics and Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University), Centro Brasileiro de Língua Japonesa (CBLJ) –
Japanese-Language Education Overseas August 24, 2016 We have announced the results of the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test conducted in July 2016.
Japanese-Language Education Overseas August 17, 2016 Hirogaru, get more of Japan and Japanese has just launched.
Library August 16, 2016 Small Exhibition “From Our Rare Book Collection” (August 2016)
Dates: Monday, August 22 - Friday, August 26, 10:00a.m. - 7:00p.m.
Place: 1st floor, JFIC Library
Arts and Cultural Exchange August 16, 2016 London Design Biennale 2016Yasuhiro Suzuki “A Journey Around the Neighbourhood Globe”
Press Release August 8, 2016 London Design Biennale 2016
Yasuhiro Suzuki “ A Journey Around the Neighbourhood Globe”
Japanese Studies and Global Partnerships August 4, 2016 Japan-India Dialogue 2016: Distinguished Visitors Program 2016
India’s New Frontier: Healthcare Technology In Making Social Impact
Date: September 1, 2016
Venue: Iwasaki Koyata Memorial Hall, International House of Japan
Arts and Cultural Exchange August 2, 2016 Japanese Film Screenings Overseas in August 2016
About Us August 1, 2016 JFIC Library: New Arrivals in July 2016
About Us July 29, 2016 The Visitors to the Japan Foundation
Japanese-Language Education Overseas July 29, 2016 "Nihongo Kyoiku Tsushin" was updated
Japanese-Language Education Overseas July 28, 2016 JF Japanese e-Learning Minato has just launched.
Press Release July 27, 2016 The Japanese language learning platform ‘JF Japanese e-Learning Minato’ Released
Online Japanese learning system which allows learners meet each other worldwide via community forums.
Arts and Cultural Exchange July 27, 2016 The Japan Foundation Traveling Exhibitions
About Us July 20, 2016 The Visitors to the Japan Foundation
Arts and Cultural Exchange July 11, 2016 The Emergence of the Contemporary: Avant-Garde Art in Japan, 1950-1970
Brazil’s First Exhibition Devoted to the Japanese Avant-Garde Movement
Dates: July 14 - August 28, 2016
Venue: Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro
Press Release July 4, 2016 Joint Symposium of the Japan Foundation Asia Center and Arts Council Tokyo
Art & Technology: Changing Times, Contemporary Trends, Future Platforms
Arts and Cultural Exchange July 4, 2016 Japanese Film Screenings Overseas in July 2016
Arts and Cultural Exchange July 1, 2016 Joint Japan-Brazil Pop Concert
“Olha Pro Céu～Look at the Sky～”
Date: Friday July 29 and Saturday July 30, 2016
Venue: Vivo Rio (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
About Us July 1, 2016 JFIC Library: New Arrivals in June 2016
Japanese-Language Education Overseas June 30, 2016 "Nihongo Kyoiku Tsushin" was updated
Japanese-Language Education Overseas June 24, 2016 The award recipients of the 57th International Speech Contest in Japanese announced.
Arts and Cultural Exchange June 21, 2016 The Japan Foundation Traveling Exhibitions
Arts and Cultural Exchange June 17, 2016 Japan Pavilion at the 57th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia in 2017
Press Release June 14, 2016 390,000 People around the World to Challenge the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test in July
Japanese-Language Education Overseas June 14, 2016 E-learning material NIHONGO Starter
Library June 13, 2016 Small Exhibition “From Our Rare Book Collection” (June 2016)
Dates: Monday, June 20 – Friday, June 24, 10:00a.m. - 7:00p.m.
Place: 1st floor, JFIC Library
Arts and Cultural Exchange June 6, 2016 The Japan Foundation Traveling Exhibitions
Arts and Cultural Exchange June 3, 2016 Japanese Film Screenings Overseas in June 2016
Press Release June 2, 2016 At the 15th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia Special Mention to Japan
About Us June 1, 2016 Application Guidelines - Eligibility Requirements for the Japan Foundation Prizes for Global Citizenship 2016
Deadline for applications: July 29, 2016
About Us June 1, 2016 JFIC Library: New Arrivals in May 2016
Arts and Cultural Exchange June 1, 2016 Site Inspection and Discussion Project“Reality, Extinguished/Generated by Science and Culture —Fiction, Institution, Technology and Bodies in the 21st Century—”Call for Application
Some of the reports on the lectures and the site inspections written by the participants are now available online
Japanese-Language Education Overseas May 31, 2016 "Nihongo Kyoiku Tsushin" was updated
Japanese-Language Education Overseas May 31, 2016 The Fifty-Seventh International Speech Contest in Japanese
Japanese Studies and Global Partnerships May 24, 2016 "Testing Boundaries: Researching Japan’s Avant-Garde" Research in Progress by the Japan Foundation Fellows 2015-16
Date and Time: Wednesday, June 29, 2016 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Venue: The Japan Foundation Headquarters Seminar room 1, 9th floor
Arts and Cultural Exchange May 23, 2016 Movie Screenings YOKOSO! EIGAKAN!
ONE PIECE FILM GOLD to be shown with English/Chinese subtitles
About Us May 12, 2016 The Visitors to the Japan Foundation
Arts and Cultural Exchange May 9, 2016 Japanese Film Screenings Overseas in May 2016
About Us May 2, 2016 JFIC Library: New Arrivals in April 2016
Japanese-Language Education Overseas April 28, 2016 "Nihongo Kyoiku Tsushin" was updated
Arts and Cultural Exchange April 27, 2016 The Japan Foundation Traveling Exhibitions
Arts and Cultural Exchange April 14, 2016 The Japan Foundation Traveling Exhibitions
Arts and Cultural Exchange April 4, 2016 London Design Biennale 2016
Yasuhiro Suzuki “A Journey Around the Neighbourhood Globe”
Arts and Cultural Exchange April 4, 2016 The Japan Foundation Traveling Exhibitions
About Us April 1, 2016 JFIC Library: New Arrivals in March 2016

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