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The Japan Foundation: Sponsoring Projects Worldwide
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Since its establishment as a government foundation in 1972, the Japan Foundation has sponsored many significant projects aimed at developing a better understanding of Japanese culture in the world.

It has offices in many different cities and runs several sponsorship and grant-giving programs that may vary depending on the population it targets. Some of these are:

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Since its establishment as a government foundation in 1972, the Japan Foundation has sponsored many significant projects aimed at developing a better understanding of Japanese culture in the world.

It has offices in many different cities and runs several sponsorship and grant-giving programs that may vary depending on the population it targets. Some of these are:

The United States Japan Foundation:
http://www.us-jf.org/

The Los Angeles office:
http://www.jflalc.org/indexe.html

The Japan Foundation Toronto:
http://www.japanfoundationcanada.org/

The Japan Foundation New York:
http://www.jfny.org/jfny/

The Japan Foundation Bangkok:
http://www.jfbkk.or.th/

The Sweden Japan Foundation:
http://www.swejap.a.se/

The Japan Foundation Sydney:
http://www.jpf.org.au/slc/index.html

The UK Japan Foundation:
http://www.jpf.org.uk/language/index.html

The Japan Foundation Endowment Committee (UK):
http://www.bajs.org.uk/indexJFEC.html

The Japan Foundation Manila:
http://www.jfmo.org.ph/

The Japan Foundation Seoul:
http://www.jpf.or.kr/

The Japan Foundation Jakarta:
http://www.jpf.or.id/en/culture.php


The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership:
http://www.cgp.org/

Applications for publication grants are accepted, but generally require the intervention of a publisher.

The grant program tends to be organization-based, but very generously considers the position of Japanese language and culture educators.

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