News and Reports Archive

The Japan Foundation is now accepting proposals for projects to receive Grants for Intellectual Exchange Conferences for the 2016-2017 fiscal year. This grant provides support to non-profit making organisations (eg. institutions of higher education, research centres, think tanks, NGOs, cultural organisations etc.) wishing to carry out collaborative intellectual projects, such…

Japan Matsuri returned to Trafalgar Square in London on Saturday 19th September 2015. This popular annual festival brings members of the Japanese community and Londoners together to enjoy the many aspects of Japan with Japanese food, music, dance and other activities. The Japan Foundation ran a stall at the festival…

The application forms for the Japanese Studies Fellowship Programme 2016 have now been released on our Tokyo website here. This programme provides opportunities to outstanding scholars in Japanese Studies who wish to conduct research in Japan. It is split into three categories: Long-Term Scholars and Researchers, Short-Term Scholars and Researchers, and Doctoral Candidates.…

On the 8th of September, approximately 17 teachers came to the Institute of Education to share ideas about teaching Japanese in their primary schools and then hear about the new Japan Foundation Japanese Scheme of Work for Primary Schools. The event started with presentations from primary school teachers to share…

24 people had a chance to learn all about bento – Japanese boxed meals – as well as some basic Japanese  at the Japan Foundation London’s Japanese from Scratch workshop for absolute beginners of Japanese language, which was held on September 8th and 9th. Led by Mio Tsunematsu, Assistant Japanese…

Whether you are about to start a Japanese degree course and need to learn the kana (the two basic Japanese scripts of hiragana and katakana) in advance, or are simply studying Japanese on your own and need a little help, here’s some helpful free resources that can give you  hand…

Performing Arts Japan Programme for Europe 2016-2017 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 2016-2017 fiscal year. To apply for the programme, please read the information on the Performing Arts Funding page carefully and contact…

From July 28th to July 30th, 15 intermediate and advanced speakers of Japanese came to the annual Japanese Refresher Course for Teachers to refresh their Japanese to get ready for the new school year. This year’s attendees were non-native Japanese language teachers from a wide range of teaching backgrounds, including private…

The Japan Foundation Japanese Studies Student Survey is part of the Japan Foundation’s periodic assessment of the state of Japanese Studies in the UK which has been conducted once every 3-4 years since 1996. The Japan Foundation is Japan’s principal organisation for promoting international cultural exchange worldwide and through our…

A big thank you to the 2,000 visitors who came to the Japan Foundation’s stand at Hyper Japan on the 10th, 11th and 12th July 2015. 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 to find out…

We have added an extra deadline for the Japanese Language Local Project Support Programme this year for primary schools. If you are a primary school, and you are considering applying for funding for Japanese language classes in September 2015, please send in your application by the 14th of July 2015.…

The Nihongo Cup Japanese Speech Contest for secondary school students was held at Conway Hall in London on June  20th 2015, open to the public for the very first time. The 18 finalists, who had been selected from 180 applicants from 20 different schools across the UK, all demonstrated great…