Japan Foundation, Manila

Announcement

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Farewell Message from Director UESUGI Hiroaki

It has been my great pleasure to serve as Director of the Japan Foundation, Manila (JFM), and with sadness and pride I announce the end of my five-year term; I will be leaving the Philippines at the end of August for a new assignment in the Japan Foundation Headquarters in Tokyo.

I would like to express my sincerest gratitude for the kind support, cooperation, and friendship that made my assignment here very fulfilling and memorable. Together with my previous term as Assistant Director from 2000 to 2005, I have spent 10 years in this beautiful country. I really love the Philippines and I consider it my second home.

In the year 2020, COVID-19 has inflicted serious damage worldwide. However, I am really encouraged by the creative and laudable efforts in the Philippines by various practitioners.  I strongly believe that the Filipino people are brave, compassionate, and resourceful enough to overcome this unprecedented crisis. 

It is unfortunate that I have to go back to Japan during this time while everyone is facing this tough situation, and I deeply apologize for not being able to have the opportunity to meet with all of you who have been giving generous support to JFM.

My heartfelt thanks to all Filipino friends for giving me warm hospitality, smiles, and wonderful memories.

With JFM’s new leadership through Director SUZUKI Ben, rest assured that we will continue to make efforts to strengthen the bond and friendship between our two countries even more. I would greatly appreciate if you could extend to Director SUZUKI the same support you have generously accorded me. Let us work together so that we will be able to create a better way of life.

Once again, thank you very much and I wish you and your family the best of health, happiness, and prosperity.

Maraming salamat po.

Very truly yours,

UESUGI Hiroaki

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Rebranding the Nihongo for Every Juan Facebook page

The Japan Foundation, Manila will be rebranding the “Nihongo for Every Juan” Facebook page into “Irodori: Japanese for Life in Japan by JFM” to refocus our efforts to provide Japanese language learners the following: tips for studying Everyday Japanese, learning resources or references, and interesting events, as well as information related to the JFT-Basic.

Check out Irodori: Japanese for Life in Japan by JFM here.

 

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A Message from The Japan Foundation, Manila regarding the current Covid-19 crisis

20 April 2020

A Message from The Japan Foundation, Manila regarding the current Covid-19 crisis

We at the Japan Foundation, Manila hope that everyone is healthy and safe during this current crisis.

Following the declaration of an Extended Community Quarantine by the Philippine Government and to encourage social distancing for everyone’s safety, our Manila office is closed and our employees are working from home until the quarantine period is officially lifted. With the closure of our office, we also temporarily cancelled our Japanese-Language classes.

Moreover, as a precautionary measure against the spread of COVID-19, the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) originally scheduled on July 5 in Manila, Cebu, Davao and Cagayan de Oro will also be cancelled. More information can be found here.

As for JFT-Basic (Japan Foundation Test for Basic Japanese) scheduled in May, some changes in the schedule of the application and the test may occur in the future, so please be updated through the website. 

To stay updated with our announcements about our Japanese language classes and other programs, please follow us on Facebook.

Though the Covid-19 pandemic continues to impact our daily lives at work and home, I am really impressed with the praiseworthy actions and efforts in the Philippines by various practitioners in the field of arts & culture, education, and academe. We also want to share what we are doing to ensure the well-being of the communities in which we live in, and also to emphasize our commitment to providing helpful resources during this difficult time. Through the #JFManilaOnline project, everyone can learn Japanese, read about Philippine art, film, and literature, and watch films with free online materials and applications, as featured below:

  • Free Japanese Language online materials and applications: click here
  • Free Resources on Arts and Culture: Art Archive 01 // Art Archive 02 
  • Free online streaming of Japanese Films: click here
  • Arts and Culture Grants for Cultural Collaboration and Exchange

The Japan Foundation, Manila is looking to support imaginative cultural initiatives that reinforce solidarity between the Philippines, ASEAN countries and Japan to maintain a shared public space in response to the current global pandemic crisis and its effects. apply here

For urgent concerns and inquiries, please email us at email@jfmo.org.ph. Official announcements are posted on our Facebook page.

We hope that you and your families stay healthy, safe, and informed wherever you are.

Sincerely,

UESUGI Hiroaki
Director
The Japan Foundation, Manila

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A Message from The Japan Foundation, Manila regarding the current Covid-19 crisis

20 April 2020

A Message from The Japan Foundation, Manila regarding the current Covid-19 crisis

We at the Japan Foundation, Manila hope that everyone is healthy and safe during this current crisis.

Following the declaration of an Extended Community Quarantine by the Philippine Government and to encourage social distancing for everyone’s safety, our Manila office is closed and our employees are working from home until the quarantine period is officially lifted. With the closure of our office, we also temporarily cancelled our Japanese-Language classes.

Moreover, as a precautionary measure against the spread of COVID-19, the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) originally scheduled on July 5 in Manila, Cebu, Davao and Cagayan de Oro will also be cancelled. More information can be found here.

As for JFT-Basic (Japan Foundation Test for Basic Japanese) scheduled in May, some changes in the schedule of the application and the test may occur in the future, so please be updated through the website. 

To stay updated with our announcements about our Japanese language classes and other programs, please follow us on Facebook.

Though the Covid-19 pandemic continues to impact our daily lives at work and home, I am really impressed with the praiseworthy actions and efforts in the Philippines by various practitioners in the field of arts & culture, education, and academe. We also want to share what we are doing to ensure the well-being of the communities in which we live in, and also to emphasize our commitment to providing helpful resources during this difficult time. Through the #JFManilaOnline project, everyone can learn Japanese, read about Philippine art, film, and literature, and watch films with free online materials and applications, as featured below:

  • Free Japanese Language online materials and applications: click here
  • Free Resources on Arts and Culture: Art Archive 01 // Art Archive 02 
  • Free online streaming of Japanese Films: click here
  • Arts and Culture Grants for Cultural Collaboration and Exchange

The Japan Foundation, Manila is looking to support imaginative cultural initiatives that reinforce solidarity between the Philippines, ASEAN countries and Japan to maintain a shared public space in response to the current global pandemic crisis and its effects. apply here

For urgent concerns and inquiries, please email us at email@jfmo.org.ph. Official announcements are posted on our Facebook page.

We hope that you and your families stay healthy, safe, and informed wherever you are.

Sincerely,

UESUGI Hiroaki
Director
The Japan Foundation, Manila

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【Important Notice】In view of the current “Public Health Emergency / Community Quarantine” due to the COVID – 19, please be advised that The Japan Foundation, Manila is not open to visitors / researchers, et al from March 16 until April 12, 2020.

In view of the current “Public Health Emergency / Community Quarantine” due to the COVID – 19, please be advised that The Japan Foundation, Manila is not open to visitors / researchers, et al from March 16 until April 12, 2020.
It would be appreciated if you could constantly access the JFM website and FB.
 
Wishing everyone all the best . 

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CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: RHETORIC OF CREATIVE PARTNERSHIP

Admission to the conference is FREE.  

Register here: https://bit.ly/2l00tqm

The UP Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts, in partnership with the Japan Foundation Manila, will host an international academic gathering where artists, festival curators, choreographers, set designers, and art practitioners from Japan, USA, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia, and the Philippines are given a space to talk about their work to heighten their artistry and creativity as starting points of artistic knowledge. This event aims to create a venue for a dialogue on creative and artistic collaboration in the performing arts.

Happening this 14-15 November 2019 at the GT Toyota Auditorium, Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman, our goal is to gather and engage artists, scholars, students and enthusiasts of the performing arts to discuss their works and creative processes, and to share and generate artistic knowledge. This gathering highlights the role of artists as cultural producers, as well as the need for actual practitioners to directly engage audiences and communities without intermediaries. An emphasis is also placed on cross-cultural exchanges and creative partnerships to shift the conversation to the collaborative, rather than individual artistry. It calls for the assessment of current practices in international collaboration and the identification of possibilities in future artistic engagements.

Program details: Rhetoric of Creative Partnership Program

 

 

For more details contact: 
Asst. Prof. Olivia Kristine D. Nieto /
Asst. Prof. Charles Erize P. Ladia

 

See you this November 2019 at UP Diliman!

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Talents Tokyo 2019 Call for Entries

Talents Tokyo 2019 (TT2019), the Asian talent development and networking platform for film, will take place from November 25 (Mon.) to November 30 (Sat.), 2019 during the 20th TOKYO FILMeX. It will call for entries from May 15 (Wed.) to June 15 (Sat.), 2019.

Bringing together 12-15 upcoming promising filmmakers and producers, film experts at the forefront of cinema will share their experiences through lectures. Each participant will have the benefit of presenting his/her own project. Four experts and local industry professionals will analyze each project on its various aspects, such as directing, producing and investment viability. Also participants will have the opportunity to build networks among young filmmakers and film professionals throughout this 6-day workshop.

In these 9 years, more than 130 talented young filmmakers and producers from Asian countries/region have participated in previous editions of this project. The most recently, Yeo Siew Hua (TT2015 alumni) has received the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival with his second feature film A Land Imagined. Also Shan Zuolong (TT2011 alumni) produced a feature Long Day’s Journey Into Night by Bi Gan, and was selected to Un Certain Regards at Cannes Film Festival.

Talents Tokyo also continues to encourage its alumni to materialize their film projects through the Next Masters Support Program, including a Project Development Fund, an International Promotion Fund and Fellowship Program.

We look forward to receiving the entries from young filmmakers and producers.

*Please see the official website for more details on the project and application. (Details will be updated on May 15.)

 

Outline of Talents Tokyo 2019

Dates November 25 (Mon.) –November 30 (Sat.), 2019
(6 days during the TOKYO FILMeX 2019)
Venue Yurakucho Asahi Hall and others (Tokyo)
Eligibility Film Director or producer who is a nationality /resident of a country/region in East Asia and/or Southeast Asia
Number of people to be accepted Twelve to Fifteen
Application submission period May 15 (Wed.) – June 15 (Sat.), 2019
Organized by Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture), The Japan Foundation Asia Center, Talents Tokyo Organizing Committee (Tokyo FILMeX)
In Cooperation with Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale Talents)
In Collaboration with Goethe Institut Tokyo
Official Website https://talents-tokyo.jp/

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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT – Re:  2019 JFM’s New Look by August 2019

 IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
Re:  2019 JFM’s New Look by August 2019

Dear Sir / Madame:

This is to express appreciation and gratitude for having visited, did research work and have become members of the JFM Library.

We thank you for the long standing support (since 2007) and look forward to your kind understanding on the forthcoming closure of the JFM Library.

The general public is respectfully advised that the JFM Library will permanently cease operation effective – May 16, 2019 (Thursday) ;   and,  that the JFM office premises will undergo renovation in view of  – flexibility … adapt to the exigencies of the times for a vibrantly engaging interactive working and learning environment !

Hopefully, by August  the JFM could once again welcome everyone within a new ambience.

Until then…

 

3 May 2019

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CLOSING CEREMONY – May 21, 2019 Japanese-Language Training for Nurse and Certified Care Worker Candidates (Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement)

The Japan Foundation, Manila is pleased to announce that it has successfully conducted the “Preparatory Japanese-Language Training for Nurse and Certified Care Worker Candidates” under the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA). The training started last November 8, 2018 at three (3) different venues; the Language Skills Institute of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), the Nihongo Center Foundation, Inc. (NCF, Manila), and the Personal Ability Development Foundation (PAD).  The training will soon come to an end on May 21. The current participants of the 11th batch who will complete the training consist of 41 nurse candidates and 269 certified care worker candidates, totaling 310 with 82 males and 228 females.

The candidates have obtained the basic knowledge and usage of Japanese language and deepened the understanding of the Japanese people, society and culture. They have also been trained for “autonomous learning” – they learned how to plan and review their study and acquired the habit of learning by themselves, so that they can continue the study beyond the program.

The candidates are to leave for Japan in the middle of June and will undergo another 6-month training of the language; then, they will be assigned to hospitals and nursing homes across the country.  Building up their practical experiences there, they will consequently take the national examination for nurse or certified care worker in Japan.

To mark and celebrate the occasion, a “Closing Ceremony” will be held at 9:00 am on 21 May (Tuesday) at the Tandang Sora Hall of the TESDA Women’s Center in Taguig City for the candidates at TESDA and PAD.  It will also be held for the candidates at NCF at 3:00 pm at the President Jose P. Laurel Hall of the Philippines-Japan Friendship Center in R. Papa St., Sampaloc, Manila. 

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