News and Reports Archive

A big thank you to everyone who visited the Japan Foundation’s stand at the Language Show Live Scotland on March 10th and 11th at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC). The Japan Foundation’s stand gave visitors a chance to experience Japanese language and culture, including having a go at…

Chinese culture and society, gender roles in Japan and the drinking culture of Britain were some of the fascinating topics explored by finalists in the Eleventh Japanese Speech Contest for University Students, which was held on February 27th 2016 at SOAS University of London. The day began with the Individual…

These are some of the Japanese taster sessions that our volunteers in the Japanese Tasters for Schools (JTS) Programme have held in schools around the UK this year so far. We would like to thank all the volunteers for their extremely hard work on the programme! If you would like…

Following the departure of  Kenichi Yanagisawa  who returned  to take up a position at our Head Office in Tokyo last November, please click here to read a welcome message from our new Director-General, Ms Mana Takatori.

We are delighted to share the latest two units of the JFL Scheme of Work for primary schools, written by Mr Makoto Netsu, the Chief Language Advisor for the Japan Foundation London as well as Dr Seiji Fukushima, former Chief Language Advisor and Dr Norifumi Hida, a specialist in drama…

The Japan Foundation are delighted to say okaerinasai (welcome back!) to Kelvin Liu, the UK participant of the Japanese-Language Programme for Outstanding Students of JF Japanese-Language Courses 2015. In this programme, a participant of the Japan Foundation’s Marugoto Japanese Language & Culture  was selected to visit the Japan Foundation Japanese…

IKIRU: The Highs and Lows of Life in Japanese Cinema: 5 February to 26 March 2016 This year’s programme is titled ‘Ikiru: The Highs and Lows of Life in Japanese Cinema’, and taking inspiration from Akira Kurosawa’s classic Ikiru (“To Live”) will look at the way in which Japanese filmmakers…

Yayakoshii (difficult), chau (different) and akan (no good) were some of the words of Kansai-ben (the dialect of Osaka and the surrounding Kansai region) that participants learned at the Japan Foundation’s Japanese Plus course for advanced learners of Japanese, which ran 11th – 19th November. The course, attended by 36…

On November 16th 2015, 24 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…

On the 29th  October, 26 teachers came to Conway Hall to share ideas about how to teach Japanese as a club activity in schools. The event involved presentations by school teachers about their Japanese club activities, followed by discussion time to allow all the participants to share their own experiences…

A big thank you to everyone who visited the Japan Foundation’s stand at the Language Show Live on 16th, 17th and 18th October at Olympia. Held once a year, the Language Show is the UK’s biggest event for language learners, teachers, linguists and anyone with a passion for languages.  The…

19th October 2015The Japan Foundation London is inviting travel agents based in the UK to submit their offer for the service of coordinating an organised group tour to Japan in February 2016. The necessarily procedures and specifications can be downloaded from here. Because of the nature of the tour (i.e.…