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5-602: Japan Center may refer to: Japan Foundation -sponsored 22 organizations outside of Japan to introduce Japanese culture , when spoken in English, are often called Japan Centers : Japan Foundation The Japan Foundation ( 国際交流基金 , Kokusai Kōryū Kikin ) 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
10-669: 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: The Wochi Kochi Magazine ( をちこちMagazine ) is a Japanese website designed by the Japan Foundation to enhance the strength of information transmission about Japanese culture to
15-466: The jurisdiction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 1 October 2003 under the "Independent Administrative Institution Japan Foundation Law". The Japan Foundation aims towards comprehensive and effective development of its international cultural exchange programs in the following categories: Prince Takamado served as administrator of the Japan Foundation from 1981 to 2002. The Japan Foundation
20-711: 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. 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
25-404: 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
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