2008年5月のバックナンバー

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Activity Reports：Arts and Cultural Exchange：Performance of Yukiza, Edo Marionette Theater

Year 2008 is Japan-Brazil Year of Exchange and the 100th Anniversary of Japanese Emigration to Brazil. The Japan Foundation sent Youkiza, a traditional Japanese marionette theater company, to 4 cities in Brazil: Santos, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia and Sao Paulo, as an opening event to celebrate the year from February 10 to March 2.

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Activity Reports：About Us ：Symposium "Stimulating Cities with Art"

Creativity now gains much attention from the world as an indispensable element of urban development. The Japan Foundation therefore, hosted a symposium entitled "Stimulating Cities with Art" in cooperation with the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa on March 9, 2008 in order to take creative environments into account because we believe it will lead to international, cultural exchanges in local communities.

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The Japan Foundation, London：Activity Report of the Japan Foundation, London

The Japan Foundation London Office supports Japanese language education in the UK in many different ways. Our main activities are aimed at teachers, for example, providing teacher training workshops and developing teaching materials. However, we also hold courses and events to motivate learners of Japanese. Here are two programmes that we have recently held.

2008.5. 1

The Japan Foundation, Mexico：Japanese-language Education with Volunteer Japanese Expatriates

There are about 6,300 Japanese-language learners in Mexico according to 2006 survey by the Japan Foundation, and most of them have little chance to speak with Japanese native speakers except their language teacher.For Japanese learners, speaking with Japanese except their teachers is very effective not only in practicing what they learnt but in getting confidence in their command of Japanese and increasing their desire to continue learning.

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The Japan Foundation, Bangkok：Exchange and Networking between Japan and Thai through Contemporary Art

Jim Thompson is famous as a brand of Thai silk, and the Jim Thompson Art Center, supported by the James H.W. Thompson Foundation, holds "Tomyam Pladib" an art exhibition of Thai and Japanese contemporary art on March 19 through June 5. The exhibition features Japanese art eminences: Yoshitomo Nara; Yasumasa Morimura; Tsuyoshi Ozawa; and Ryota Suzuki as well as Thai artists: Apichatpong Weerasethakul, film maker; Jarupatcha Achavasmit, young fashion designer; and Wisut Ponnimit, manga artist.

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Activity Reports：Japan-South Korea Exchange Program for 2007 Korea and Japan's Approach to Aging Society - Dialogue over a Movie "Oriume"

As a part of Japan-Korea exchange, Asia and Oceania Div. in Japanese Studies and Intellectual Exchange Dept. hosted a project entitled Korea and Japan's Approach to Aging Society - Dialogue over a Movie "Oriume" in Seoul in March 2008. Against the backdrop of this event, both Japanese and Korean society face rapid aging of the population and they must take measures to meet this situation immediately.

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