The Japan Foundation is international cultural exchange programs throughout the world

With the objective of deepening mutual understanding between the people of Japan and other countries/regions, our various activities and information services create opportunities for people-to-people interactions.

The Japan Foundation was established in October 1972 as a special legal entity supervised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the objective of promoting international cultural exchange through a comprehensive range of programs in all regions of the world. In October 2003, it was reorganized as an independent administrative institution.

Based on a government endowment of 78 billion yen, the activities of the Japan Foundation are financed by annual government subsidies, investment revenue, and donations from the private sector. The Japan Foundation has a global network consisting of the Tokyo headquarters, the Kyoto Office, two Japanese-language institutes(the Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute, Urawa, and the Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute, Kansai), and 22 overseas offices in 21 countries.

The Japan Foundation’s funding to Japan Institute of NanKai University

The Japan Foundation is under jurisdiction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. It has been offering significant assistance to NanKai University, especially the Japan Institute, on the research for a long time. Since 1995, the Japan Foundation has been identifying Japan Institute of NanKai University as the Japan Study Center in China and providing research and personnel training funding. The funding projects mainly include subject research, academic conferences, teachers’ overseas survey, postgraduate students’ study aboard, book publishing, experts’ lectures giving, and purchasing of Japanese books. By the end of 2015, it has endowed more than 190 million yen, and this is of great importance to the development of Japan Institute of NanKai University.