News and Reports Archive

A big thank you to everyone who visited the Japan Foundation’s stand at the Language Show Live on the 21st, 22nd and 23rd October. 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.  This year’s show, held in…

On Saturday October 29th 2011, the Japan Foundation and BATJ (the British Association for Teaching Japanese as a Second Language) co-hosted a seminar about Language Education policies at the Japan Foundation, London. Over 40 people attended including teachers of Japanese from universities and schools around the UK. The seminar started…

Lingu@net is a multilingual website for teachers and learners of languages – in fact for anyone interested in languages. It has been developed by an international consortium of experts – major organisations working in languages, technology and information science. Lingu@net World Wide has received support from the European Commission and…

On 14th October 2011, over 50 teachers and local authority advisors attended the Japan Conference for Schools, held at the Embassy of Japan in London. Co-organised by the Embassy of Japan, the Japan Foundation and the Japan Society, the event was a fantastic chance for attendees to network and share…

These sessions aimed to give candidates and teachers information about the new Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT). Over 90 people attended in London on September 14th, and around 40 came to the session in Edinburgh on September 21st 2011. Participants were given the chance to try sample questions and ask…

The Director-General of the Japan Foundation London office, Takashi Ishida, will shortly be leaving to take up a new position as Executive Director of our Toronto office. Please open the attachment below to read a farewell message from Ishida-san. The Japan Foundation welcomes his successor, Mr Tsuyoshi Takahashi.

Thursday 29th September saw the second event in our Corporate Social Responsibility Seminar Series, with the title ‘Shining the Light on Corporate Behaviour – codifying and measuring Business Ethics‘. Our first speaker was Simon Webley, Research Director at the Institute of Business Ethics, who gave a broad introduction to the…

Date: 27 July 2011 – 11 September 2011Exhibition: The Art of Connecting at Ikon Gallery Date: 27 July 2011The Art of Connecting: Curator Talk by Mizuho Kato & Jonathan Watkins at the Japan Foundation Date: 9 September 2011Atsuko Tanaka and Japanese Women Artists in the Context of Conceptualism: Curator Talk by Yuko Hasegawa…

The Japan Foundation’s “StepOutNet” Programme, which creates links between Japanese-speaking volunteers and UK primary and secondary schools, has been renamed the Japanese Taster for Schools (JTS) programme. The name change, which more accurately reflects the nature of the programme, was unveiled at the September 16th Training Day for Volunteers, which…

Old favourites among kanji teaching resources were revisited and brand new teaching methods shared at the 2011 Intermediate and Advanced Japanese Refresher Courses for Teachers, which were held at the Japan Foundation London from July 26th – August 5th. This year’s course took the theme 「漢字は楽しい！！」- Kanji is fun –…

On Tuesday 19th July we were delighted to launch our new Corporate Social Responsibility Seminar Series organised in partnership with Phillida Purvis of Links Japan. This first event took the topic of From Philanthropy to Essential Business Investment – the evolution of CSR in the UK. Following Phillida’s introduction, our…