The Japan Foundation carries out arts and cultural exchange programs to enhance mutual understanding among countries throughout the world.
The performing arts exchange programs of the Japan Foundation respond to the interests of various overseas countries in Japan's arts and culture by introducing them in a variety of ways in those countries.
Emphasis is placed on the introduction of the traditional and contemporary arts of Japan overseas and overseas arts in Japan.
Audiovisual and Publication Exchange
The Japan Foundation carries out types of visual and publication exchange programs in its endeavors to deepen mutual understanding between Japan and other countries of the world.
Human Exchange and Cultural Cooperation
The Japan Foundation has been carrying out a broad range of activities to introduce aspects of Japanese culture to people abroad for the purpose of promoting their familiarity with Japan and enhancing their understanding of Japan.
Japanese Arts in Latin America (JAILA)
This program promotes cultural exchanges throughout Latin American countries, with the Japan Foundation dispatching US-based Japan specialists in a broad range of fields.
This grant aims to support projects that will further understanding of Japanese arts and culture.
Announcement: Beautiful World Heritage Photo Panels Available on Loan - Updates
Event: "Parallel Nippon–Contemporary Japanese Architecture 1996–2006” Exhibition (Mar 24-Apr 22. Houston, TX)
Event: “Sharaku Interpreted by Japan’s Contemporary Artists” Woodblock Print Exhibition (Apr 16-Jun 12. Winter Park, FL)
Grant: Performing Arts Japan (PAJ) (Call for applications. Deadline Nov 1)
The Dolls of Japan: Shapes of Prayer, Embodiment of Love Exhibit
(Mar 10-Apr 30. Nashville, TN)
New York International Children's Film Festival 2011 (March 4-27. NYC)
Event: The Elusive Tea Bowl: Art of the Contemporary Japanese Tea Bowl
(Mar 13-14. Concord & Allston, MA)
Event: Sharaku-Interpreted by Contemporary Japanese Artists Woodblock Print Exhibit
(Feb 4-Mar 26. Albany, GA)
Eiko & Koma's Retrospective Project:: Regeneration at Redcat (Mar 2-6. Los Angeles, CA)
Event: Eiko & Koma's Retrospective Project: Regeneration at Ringling Museum of Art (Feb 24-26. Sarasota, FL)
Event: SPLICE JAPAN at Dance New Amsterdam (Feb 24-27. NYC)
"Five Friends from Japan" Exhibit at Children’s Museum of Houston (Jan 29-May 31. Houston, TX)
"Kutaniyaki: A Tribute to Tokuda Yasokichi III" Pottery Exhibit at Nippon Club (Jan 26-Feb 15. NYC)
"World Heritage Photo Panels from Japan: Two Thousand Years of Legacies" at Institute of Texan Cultures (Jan 15-Mar 13. San Antonio, TX)
"Run, Salaryman, Run!": A Retrospective of Sabu's Film Works (Jan 26-Feb 5. NYC)
HOGAKU: New Sound of Japan 2011 Concert at Asia Society (Jan 8)
“An Evening of Japanese Jazz” in Jamaica (Nov. 27-Dec.1)
“Peter & the Wolf” at the Guggenheim Museum (Dec 11-19. NYC)
“Amanogawa” by Kitsune Ensemble (Dec 17. NYC)
Kenny Endo 35th Anniversary Celebration “Gateway Ma’ vs. Groove” Taiko (Oct 24-Nov 20. various cities)
Event: 6th Annual Japan Foundation Film Series (Sep 13-Nov 19. Clemson University, University of Kentucky, University of Mississippi, University of Oklahoma, University of Virginia, Asia Society)
“Sankai Juku: 2010 Tour” Butoh Dance (Oct 20-Nov 14. various cities)
“Fashioning Kimono: Art Deco and Modernism in Japan” Exhibit (Nov 3-Jan 9. New Orleans, LA)
“Light of the River” Screening at Chicago International Children's Film Festival (Oct 30. Chicago, IL)
Event: KUBO SHU Kirié: PAPER JAPONISM Workshop and Exhibition (Oct 29-30. Nov 1-Dec 3. Philadelphia, PA)
Event: “A Page of Madness” Screening with Live Score by Ensemble N_JP (Oct 22 & 23. Philadelphia, PA & NYC)
Event: Eiko & Koma Retrospective Project (Oct 21–Nov 30. Minneapolis, MN)
Report: JAILA Lecture Tour in Brazil "Telling Our Story: Coalition Building and the Asian American Journalists Association" by Lori Matsukawa
Event: Piano Concert Tour “East Meets West: A World Journey on the Keyboard” (Sep 19-Oct 2. Cuba, El Salvador and Mexico)
Event: Spirited Calligraphy East & West: Texts, Marks, and Meanings (Oct 7-Nov 19. Atlanta, GA)
Event: Eiko & Koma: Raven Dance Performance (Oct 2. Minneapolis, MN)
Event: Yasuko Yokoshi: Tyler Tyler Dance Tour (Oct 6-30)
Event: Journey to Japan: A Puppet Extravaganza!" by Tears of Joy Puppet Theatre (Sep 24-Oct 4. West Virginia)
Event: Elegant Elegies: The Films of Masahiro Shinoda (Sep 25-Oct 10. NYC)
Event: Hogaku: Traditional Japanese Music Concert Tour (Sep 7-17. Costa Rica, Honduras, Trinidad and Tobago and Panama)
Event: Lecture Tour : "Telling Our Story: Coalition Building and the Asian American Journalists Association" (Aug 18-28. Sao Paulo, Belem, Tome-Acu, and Brasilia, Brazil)
Announcement: No remaining books available in JAPANESE LITERATURE PROJECT
Event: Dai Fujikura & ICE (International Contemporary Ensemble) at the Museum of Contemporary Art (Sep 11. Chicago, IL)
Event: “Japan House/Philadelphia” at Philly Fringe Festival (Sep 9-11. Philadelphia, PA)
Event: “Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody's Fool” at Asia Society (Sep 9-Jan 2, 2011. NYC)
Grant: Performing Arts Japan (PAJ) (Deadline: Oct 25)
Event: Japanese Film Festival at the San Antonio Museum of Art (Aug 10, 17 & 24. San Antonio, TX)
Event: GREEN>SOUND performance at Soundwave Festival (Aug 1-6. San Francisco & Oakland, CA)
Event: Asian American Film Festival of Dallas (Jul 23-29. Dallas, TX)
Event: Eiko & Koma: "Raven' and "White Dance" (Jul 22-23. Middletown, CT)
The New York Asian Film Festival (Jun 25-Jul 8. NY, NY)
"Eiko & Koma: A Retrospective" at American Dance Festival (Jun 28-30. Durham, NC)
"Do Enka East Meets West" Music Collaboration (Jun 25. NY, NY)
Jeff Shapiro and Norika Maeda: "Markings: Clay and Ink from the Japanese Tradition" (Jun 22, Woodstock, NY)
Event: Samurai Week in Washington, DC (May 24-28)
Event: Eiko & Koma: Retrospective Project I: Regeneration (May 27-29, NY, NY)
Event: Peace Shadow Summit (May 27-Jun 19)
Event: New Music Collective presents N-JP: Japanese-American Experimental Music (May 21-23, Columbia and Charleston, SC)
Event: Exploring University of Michigan, Museum of Art's Japanese Art Collections (May 1-Aug 8, Ann Arbor, MI)
Event: Five Days In March by Toshiki Okada, production by Witness Relocation (May 6-23, NY, NY)
Event: Samurai in New York: The First Japanese Delegation, 1860 (Jun 25-Oct 11. NY, NY)
Japan Foundation Japanese Literature Project: Seven novels, including four new additions available!
Event: "The Legend Of Flowers"-Four New Short Musicals (Apr 23, 25)
Event: English Rakugo & Hojotei (Mar 29-Apr 17)
Event: Tyler Tyler (Mar 17-20)
Event: Blocks of Continuality/ Body, Image, and Algorithm (Mar 3-6)
Event: AURA-J (Mar 3-9)
Report: Hogaku: New Sounds of Japan 2010
Event: Japan Foundation Film Series 2010 (Western Michigan University, University of Kansas, University of Wisconsin)
Event: Rieko Matsuura: An Evening with a Contemporary Japanese Novelist (The Apprenticeship of Big Toe P, Feb 25)
Event: AUTO DA FE (Jan. 8-24)
Event: Akira Kurosawa Centennial at Film Forum (Jan 6-Feb 18)
Event: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Jan 12-30)
Event: Khoomei-Taiko Ensemble: Throat Songs and Drums (Oct 16)
Event: "Serizawa: Master of Japanese Textile Design" (Oct 9-Jan 17)
Grant: Performing Arts Japan calls for applications (Deadline: Nov 2)
Event: Weaving Japanese Sounds Annual Concert (July 10)
Event: Fusako Kuyama "Art of Integration" (July 8 - 21)
Japanese Contemporary Literature Project (Free Books Upon Request)
Event: New York Asian Film Festival (June 19 - July 5)
Event: Japan Cuts: Festival of New Japanese Film (June 30 - July 12)
Event: Megumi Kanda Trombone Recital (July 25)
Event: Rakugo, Japanese humorous storytelling (May 13)
Event: I HAVE BEEN TO HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR (May 8 - 30)
Event: Traditions, Inventions, Exchange (June 6)
Event: Beyond Golden Clouds: Lectures, Performances, and Education Programs (June 25 - Sep 13)
Event: Dogugaeshi (May 30 - June 7)
Event: Voices from Hiroshima (May 11, 18 & 25)
Event: PEN World Voices Festival (April 27-May 3)