News and Reports Archive

We are proud to announce that a UK-based institution has been selected as a recipient of the Japan Foundation Awards 2024. The Awards are bestowed upon individuals or institutions in each of the fields of Arts and Cultural Exchange, Japanese Language, and Japanese Studies and International Dialogue. This year, three…

On Wednesday 5 June, we were proud to invite Dr Jason Danely, Reader of Anthropology at Oxford Brookes University and Chair of the Healthy Ageing & Care Research Innovation and Knowledge Exchange Network to join us for our event, “In the Shadows of Gratitude: Ageing and Care in Japanese Society”,…

The Finals Day of the 2024 JaLaChamp, Japanese Language Championship for Young Learners UK, was held on 11th May 2024 in London. JaLaChamp is a contest for primary and secondary school students studying Japanese, and consists of two categories: a speech category, and a video category where students are asked…

The Finals Day of the annual Japanese Speech Contest for University Students was held on Saturday 2nd March 2024, in the  Great Hall of King’s College London. Twenty-three students from eleven universities across the United Kingdom gave fantastic speeches and presentations in Japanese in front of a large audience. We…

The UCL-Japan Youth Challenge is now open for applications from pre-university aged students in the UK! This week-long summer school is now in its 10th year, and is a unique opportunity for UK-based students to meet and interact with students from Japan. It is an chance to exchange cultures and…

On Friday 2nd February, we hosted our 13th JF/BAJS Postgraduate Workshop at the University of Sheffield. This year, we were joined by 27 PhD students from universities all over the UK. Our attendees all research a wide range of topics, and it was illuminating to hear what current postgraduate students…

We were honoured to invite Dr Thomas McAuley, Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies at the University of Sheffield, to give the talk, Seeds in the Heart and Leaves of Words: Traditional Japanese Poetry Beyond the Haiku on Thursday 7 December at 18:30, in the event hall at Japan House London.…

UCL-Japan Youth Challenge 2023 This year, the UCL-Japan Youth Challenge returned for its ninth iteration and we were proud to support the programme once again. For the first time since 2019, the programme was able to take place in person. 49 pre-university students from Japan came to England to meet…

During The Huddle Free Programme at The Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival on 8 October, our Senior Arts Programme Officer shared her six Japanese book recommendations. Keep diving into Japanese literature and share your thoughts on social media, tagging us @jpflondon for X (Twitter) and Instagram and @JapanFoundationLondon…

*Applications Now Open* – Japan Foundation Fellowships, jointly organised with Tobunken and Nichibunken To promote Japanese Studies overseas, the Japan Foundation has jointly organised two separate Fellowship programs, together with the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia of the University of Tokyo (“Tobunken”) and the International Research Centre for Japanese…

On 8th July 2023, a sunny Saturday, dozens of young learners of Japanese from around the UK travelled to London for the JaLaChamp Japanese Language Championship for Young Learners UK 2023 Finals Day. JaLaChamp is a new contest for primary and secondary school students studying Japanese, and consists of two…

Celebrating its 20th anniversary, this year the theme title was Always Evolving. The programme included 21 Japanese films. From recently released works such as My Broken Mariko to the rare 1935 masterpiece The Million Ryo Pot, we hoped to provide UK audiences with food for thought in considering where Japanese film has come from and where it’s heading next. 24 UK leading cinemas and…