Japan Foundation

Anime
2025/07/03/ ANIME EXPO 2025: Voice Acting for Japanese Anime


Anime Expo 2025 will feature a voice acting workshop focused on Japanese anime, presented by the Japan Visualmedia Tra

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Japan Foundation Los Angeles
2025/06/11/ Fifth Japanese Architects Talk Series “Suki: Microcosm of Tastes” held at Japan Foundation Los Angeles


Japan Foundation Los Angeles (JFLA) presents the fifth Japanese Architects Talk Series featuring Reijiro Izumi and K…

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Friendship Dolls
2024/11/02, 04/ Japan Foundation, Los Angeles, to support Godzilla-Thon - Movie Marathon at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures by offering two lectures from Godzilla scholars Steve Ryfle and Ed Godziszewski Nov. 2 and 4.

Nov. 2: The first session discusses how the five films in the Godzilla-thon! are responding to geopolitical, economic…

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Japanese Art
2024/9/28/ The Japan Foundation Los Angeles presents movie screening “Edo Avant Garde: A Film by Linda Hoaglund” at 5700 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 100, Los Angeles, CA 90036 on Saturday, September 28, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. Door opens at 10:45 a.m.


English and Japanese with subtitles. 83 mins.
Free admission. No registration required.
About the Film:
During the Ed…

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Japanese Art
2024/9/25/ The Japan Foundation Los Angeles presents in-person lecture series “Conversations on Japanese art 4. Art that Provokes (Imishinna Art)” at 5700 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 100, Los Angeles, CA 90036 on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, 7 p.m.-8:15 p.m. (PDT).

Admission is free, registration is required. Click here to Register
When you see Japanese artworks, how do they make yo…

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Language
2024/5/26: All-USA High School Japanese Speech Contest in Los Angeles

 

The Japanese Language Scholarship Foundation aka the Aurora Foundation will host its the 20th annual All-USA H…

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Film-TV
2024/4/18: Japan Foundation to present lecture & demonstration of “The World of Benshi” at Japan House in Hollywood on April 18 (Event is full)

The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles presents a lecture & demonstration on “The World of the Benshi,” co-presented w…

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Japan Foundation Los Angeles
2024/2/22/ Japan Foundation to present Special Preview for Exhibition "TATSU: Depictions of Dragons in Japanese Art" Thursday, Feb. 22, 7PM

The Japan Foundation Los Angeles presents Special Preview for Art Exhibition “TATSU: Depictions of Dragons in Japan

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Japan Foundation Los Angeles
2024/1/18: Japan Foundation to present Online Lecture “Ningyo: The Beauty and Artistry of Japanese Dolls” by Meher McArthur, Thursday, Jan. 18, 7:00-7:40PM

Japan Foundation Los Angeles
ONLINE lecture series 3
Ningyo: The Beauty and Artistry of Japanese Dolls
Thursday, Janu…

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Japanese Culture
2023 / Japan Foundation Los Angeles to present screening “Chantal Stoman’s ŌMECITTÀ” June 8, 7PM at Lumiere Cinema at The Music Hall


Photo Exhibition and Film Screening “Chantal Stoman Presents: ŌMECITTÀ”
Photo Exhibition: June 2, 2023 - August 5, 20…

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Weekly Cultural News 2020-2024
2022 / Weekly Cultural News / November 07-13: Photographers to join from Japan via livestream at special preview event of “Dancing Extraordinaire: Japanese Entertainers under the Pandemic” Nov. 29


A free sample PDF copy of Weekly Cultural News, Oct. 10-16 issue is available. Please send your request to editor@cultu

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Online Events
Free Webinar - Overall / Wooden Chopsticks, Metal Chopsticks, Grab Japanese and Korean Culture through the Language, Nov. 18, 7PM, PT

 
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Saturday, January 8, 2022, 1pm-2;30pm, PST
The First Dance of the New Year
Presented by Bando Ryu Kyo no Kai
By in…

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