News and Reports Archive

On November 25th 2016, 32 current and prospective volunteers attended a Training Day for the Japan Foundation’s Japanese Taster for Schools (JTS) Programme, in which native and fluent Japanese speakers conduct free Japanese taster sessions in UK schools. The Training Day was held at Conway Hall in London. After an…

The Japan Foundation London is inviting travel agents based in the UK to submit their offer for the service of coordinating an organised group study tour to Japan in February 2017. The necessarily procedures and specifications can be downloaded from here. Because of the nature of the tour (i.e. most…

A big thank you to everyone who visited the Japan Foundation’s stand at the Language Show Live on 14th, 15th and 16th October at the Olympia, London. Held once a year, the Language Show is the UK’s biggest event for language learners, teachers, linguists and anyone with a passion for…

In this series of mini interviews, we’d like to introduce previous winners of the Japanese Speech Contest for University Students, and catch up on how things have been going with them since winning the contest… Giulia Surace Speech Category First Prize Winner, 9th Speech Contest (2014) University: SOAS University of…

The Japan Foundation is now accepting proposals for projects to receive Performing Arts Japan Programme for Europe (PAJ Europe) Touring and Collaboration grants for the 2017-2018 fiscal year. To apply for the programme, please read the information on the Performing Arts Funding page carefully and contact the relevant Japan Foundation office in Europe…

In this series of mini interviews, we’d like to introduce previous winners of the Japanese Speech Contest for University Students, and catch up on how things have been going with them since winning the contest… Ash Leigh Spreadbury Speech Category First Prize Winner, 10th Speech Contest (2015) University: University of…

In this series of mini interviews, we’d like to introduce previous winners of the Japanese Speech Contest for University Students, and catch up on how things have been going with them since winning the contest… Laura Onciu Speech Category First Prize Winner, 11th Speech Contest (2016) University: Newcastle University Speech…

We’re pleased to announce that the new Marugoto Intermediate B1 textbook will be released on October 1st 2016. You can get a sneak preview of the contents, sample pages and audio learning materials at the Marugoto series homepage here. About Marugoto Marugoto: Japanese Language and Culture is a coursebook series…

We are delighted to announce the launch of Hirogaru, get more of Japan and Japanese, a Japanese learning website where you can enjoy studying Japanese through learning all about Japan. It is aimed at Japanese language learners with a proficiency level of A1 or A2 (Starter to Elementary) in the…

The Japan Foundation London is delighted to announce the launch of a brand new e-learning platform for Japanese! The Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute, Kansai  has released the Japanese language learning platform, JF Japanese e-Learning Minato (https://minato-jf.jp ), in order to provide an opportunity to study Japanese for all those people in…

A big thank you to the 2,000 visitors who came to the Japan Foundation’s stand at Hyper Japan on the 15th, 16th and 17th July 2016. HYPER JAPAN is the UK’s biggest celebration of Japanese culture, Japanese cuisine, and Japanese cool. The Japan Foundation London’s stand gave visitors a chance…

Japan Foundation London are delighted to welcome the newest member of staff, Kanako Ukai, to the Japanese Language team as Assistant Japanese Language Advisor! Here is a message from Ukai-san: 「はじめまして。国際交流基金ロンドン日本文化センターに日本語教育指導助手として参りました、鵜飼香奈子です。今までアメリカ、タイ、モルドバ、日本で日本語教育に携わってきました。特に興味のあるテーマは社会言語学、多文化共生、教師の成長です。ロンドンは昨年UCL IOEで1年間応用言語学を学んでいたこともあり、2度目となりますがまだまだ知らないことも多く、これからも色々な事を学んでいきたいと思いますので、どうぞよろしくお願いいたします。」 “My name is Kanako Ukai and I am Assistant Japanese Language Advisor at the Japan Foundation, London. I…