Data
Program Activity Summaries
Summary of the Asia Center Programs
1. "NIHONGO Partners" Programs
Indonesia: 165
Thailand: 114
Vietnam: 76
Malaysia: 38
The Philippines: 15
Myanmar: 4
Cambodia: 6
Singapore: 1
Brunei: 1
Laos: 1
China: 86
Taiwan: 77
Total of 591 "NIHONGO Partners" sent to 492 schools
Japanese-Language Specialists dispatched: 8 posts in 4 countries*
Counterpart Japanese-language teacher training in Japan: 60 teachers from 2 countries*
Teachers at secondary schools in Thailand who received scholarships to visit Japan: 14 teachers*
"NIHONGO Partners" university student training in Japan: 21 people from 6 countries/regions*
*Administered by the Japanese-Language Group
2. Grassroots Exchange Programs
FUN! FUN! ASIAN CINEMA
Society for Asian Cinema Students
Cine Adobo Project (symposium and screening of films from Southeast Asia)
Match Flag Project
HANDs! — Hope and Dreams — Project
Centers for Open Interaction (Chiang Mai, Ho Chi Minh City, Yangon)
Grant Programs: 37 grants
3. The Asia Center Fellowship Program
19 fellows
4. Asian Leadership Exchanges
...and Action! Asia #4: Exchange Program for Students in Film Studies
A Working Title: Training and Development Program for Film Screening Professionals 2017
Performing Arts Presenters Invitation Program
Asia Leadership Fellow Program (ALFP)
Japan-ASEAN Media Forum (Kuala Lumpur)
- Short Term Invitation Program for Cultural Leaders
- (1) Ma Thida (Myanmar)
(2) Lisa Diño-Seguerra (Philippines)
(3) Tan Michael Lim (Philippines)
(4) Pham Chi Trung (Vietnam)
The Japan Foundation Summer Institute 2017**
Travel grant for participants in the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Annual Conference**
Travel grant for participants in the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) AAS-in-ASIA conference**
Salzburg Global Seminar**
Grant Programs: 5 grants**
**Administered by the Japanese Studies and Intellectual Exchange Program
5. Cultural Collaboration Programs
SUNSHOWER: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980s to Now
Media Art Exchange Programs (Exhibitions INTERSTICES: Manifolds of the In-between, x-pol: Buwan Buwan X Maltine, Open workshops BioCamp: Gardens as 'Biotechnik', MeCA | Media Culture in Asia: A Transnational Platform)
Condition Report project
Thailand: Brilliant Land of the Buddha
Celebrating 130 Years of Amity between Japan and Thailand
Culture Exchange Projects with the Tokyo International Film Festival (CROSSCUT ASIA #04: What's Next from South East Asia and others)
Japanese Film Festival (JFF) Asia-Pacific Gateway Initiative
Visual Documentary Project 2017
Talents Tokyo 2017
Focus on Asia Fukuoka International Film Festival 2017 "Thai Films-A Diversity of Charm" and others
DANCE DANCE ASIA—Crossing the Movements (Performances in Hanoi and Manila (2017), Tokyo (2018))
TPAM–Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama 2018 (TPAM 2018)
ENSEMBLES ASIA (Asian Meeting Festival 2017, OPEN GATE 2017 An ever-changing exhibition)
The Power of Tradition, the Form of Artistry
Next Generation: Producing Performing Arts
NOTES: composing resonance
Collaborative project with SCOT (co-production with Indonesia and Japan)
Manila Notes directed by Oriza Hirata
International Collaboration with Toshiki Okada in Thailand
Collaborative project with Kirari Fujimi: A new platform for performing arts creation in Asia
Tomomi Nishimoto Concert
Festival/Tokyo 2017 Toky Toki Saru
Asian TYA Network Program
Asian Performing Arts Forum 2017
JFA×J.League×Asia Center Football Exchange (ASIAN ELEVEN)
Saitama International Football Festival 2018
Judo Exchange Program JAPAN-ASEAN JITA-KYOEI PROJECT
Innovative City Forum 2017
Symposium of the Japan Consortium for International Cooperation in Cultural Heritage
Sanriku-Asian Network Project 2017 (Sanriku International Arts Festival)
EYES for Embracing Diversity
Dialogue with Southeast Asian Youths (TAMU/Talk with Muslims series)
Special projects relating to the Fukuoka Prize
Dialogue for Peace, Harmony and Security (Myanmar)
Asia-Euro Policy Dialogue (AEPD)
ASEAN Orchestra support program***
Japan-Vietnam Joint Project (KAAT)***
Modern Southeast Asian architectural heritage preservation project***
Asia Student Package Design Competition project (ASPaC)***
The "DOOR to ASIA" project involving cultural exchange between young Asian designers and people in disaster-affected areas of the Tohoku region***
Grant programs: 58 grants
***Administered by the Arts and Culture Department