Fuminori Nakamura & Vicki Delany in conversation Join us for an intimate evening of literary conversation, featuring Japanese author Fuminori Nakamura and Canadian author Vicki Delany, both renowned for their crime writing. In this talk, the authors will examine topics … Continue reading →
Continuing Learning Japanese XVI Canadian Association for Japanese Language Education (Ontario Chapter) The Japan Foundation, Toronto Japanese is taught at several secondary schools in Toronto and its surrounding areas. Yet, it appears that teachers do not … Continue reading →
Akira Directed by Katsuhiro Otomo 1988, AA, 124 min. Community Partner: The year is 2019. Tokyo, now post-apocolyptic Neo-Tokyo, has been rebuilt after obliteration in WWIII. When a biker named Tetsuo is discovered to have mysterious telepathic … Continue reading →
A Print Exhibition co-presented by University of Alberta and The Japan Foundation November 5, 2014 – January 29, 2015 The Japan Foundation, Toronto proudly presents Threshold, an exhibition featuring the artwork of Ryoji Ikeda and Walter Jule, two pioneers in … Continue reading →
Tour the new exhibition, Threshold, with artist Walter Jule. Walter Jule Walter Jule, a professor emeritus of the Department of Art and Design at the University of Alberta, is recognised for his exemplary art practice and teaching legacy. Born in … Continue reading →
Tour the new exhibition, Threshold, with artist Ryoji Ikeda. Ryoji Ikeda Ryoji Ikeda, born in Hokkaido in 1947, is one of Japan’s foremost contemporary printmakers. A professor of Printmaking at Musashino Art University in Tokyo, Ikeda is widely known for … Continue reading →
*This class is now full. Thank you for your interest* Interested in learning Japanese but not sure where to begin? Join us for Let’s Learn Katakana! In this class we will learn katakana, one of the basic components of written … Continue reading →
Start the week right with Japanese jokes! Worried that the Japanese you’re learning isn’t funny enough? Come to the Japan Foundation and work on developing your sense of humour with kobanashi—Japanese one man stand up comedy. In this class we … Continue reading →
Dir. Keisuke Kinoshita, 1954, 156 min. An elegant, emotional chronicle of a teacher’s unwavering commitment to her students, her profession, and her sense of morality. Set in a remote, rural island community and spanning decades of Japanese history, from 1928 … Continue reading →
Speaker: Professor Francesco Campagnola (Ghent University) with an introduction by Professor Thomas Keirstead (Chair, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Toronto) How did seventeenth and eighteenth century European documents, maps and journals represent Japan? How did the Republic of … Continue reading →
