Japan Foundation

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The Template:Nihongo was established in 1972 by an Act of the National Diet as a special legal entity to undertake international dissemination of Japanese culture, and became an Independent Administrative Institution under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 1 October 2003 under the "Independent Administrative Institution Japan Foundation Law".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The Japan Foundation aims towards comprehensive and effective development of its international cultural exchange programs in the following categories:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Promotion of (Japanese) arts and cultural exchange
Promotion of (overseas) Japanese-language education (the JLPT exam)
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Prince Takamado served as administrator of the Japan Foundation from 1981 to 2002.

Japan Foundations worldwideEdit

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Building of the "Japanisches Kulturinstitut" in Cologne, Germany

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The Japan Cultural Institute in Paris, France

The Japan Foundation is headquartered in Shinjuku, Tokyo and has a subsidiary office in Kyoto. There are also two domestic Japanese-Language Institutes in Saitama and Tajiri, Osaka.

Internationally, the Japan Foundation maintains 25 overseas branches in 24 countries:<ref>Japan Foundations Worldwide, retrieved 13 March 2019</ref>

Asia and OceaniaEdit

The AmericasEdit

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Wochi Kochi MagazineEdit

The Template:Nihongo<ref>Wochi Kochi Magazine (をちこちMagazine) Template:Webarchive</ref> is a Japanese website designed by the Japan Foundation<ref>Japan Foundation(English) </ref> to enhance the strength of information transmission about Japanese culture to the world. It replaced the paper magazines Kokusai-Kouryu (International Exchanges) (1974–2004) and Wochi-Kochi (Far and Near) (2004–2009). Those were the only domestic paper magazines which were especially published for "international cultural exchanges". The word "wochi-kochi" itself is a pronoun from ancient Japanese "Yamato" language meaning "here and there" or "the future and the present". As the web magazine title, "wochi-kochi" demonstrates places and times, and it expresses the desires to spread Japanese language/culture overseas, moreover, play a role as the cultural bridge among countries and people. Keeping those aspects from previous magazines, the Wochi-Kochi Magazine website carries interviews, contributed articles and serialized stories written by the experts from various professional fields each month.

Japanese Film Database (JFDB)Edit

The Japanese Film Database (JFDB) (日本映画データベース ) is an online information directory of films made in Japan. The database is co-produced by the Japan Foundation<ref name="JFD">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> together with UniJapan,<ref name="UNI-database">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="UNI-Portal">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and exhibited bilingually in Japanese and English.<ref name="Illinois-UC">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Harvard">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

ActivitiesEdit

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Delegates of 3rd Asian Cartoon Exhibition, held at Tokyo, in July 1997, organized by The Japan Foundation Asia Center

Let's Learn Japanese – educational Japanese-language learning series, produced 1985, 1995, and 2007
JF Nihongo - Japanese language classes offered using the Can-do evaluation system
Japanese Language Proficiency Test – Japan Foundation co-proctors exam overseas

Asian Cartoon Art ExhibitionEdit

From 1995 onward regularly inviting leading cartoonists from various Asian countries to conduct Asian Cartoon Exhibition and Conference at The Japan Foundation Asia Center, Tokyo as an annual event. Later on the same exhibition travels to the various Asian counties. In the process, it has employed the friendly medium of cartoons for introducing Asian societies to those who would like to know more about them and appreciate people other than their own kind.<ref>3rd Asian Cartoon and Art Exhibition : Manga Hai Kya, Comics by Shekhar Gurera</ref><ref>10th Asian Cartoon Exhibition at Kualalumpur : National Library of Malaysia : November 14, 2006</ref><ref>11th Asian Cartoon Exhibition at New Delhi : The Hindu : February 28, 2008</ref>