Events: 2022

JFF WATCH PARTY!

Welcome onboard to JFF WATCH PARTY! We thank you all for choosing JFF as part of your journey and we hope you enjoy as you watch “Happy Flight” and chat together in Japanese! Friday : 25th February bit.ly/youtubejfjakarta ~Boarding time~ 9:30 PM (JAPAN) 7:30 PM (JAKARTA) 6:00 PM (INDIA)  


*2022 Young Scholars Forum (YSF) Conference* International politics is oftentimes swayed by the tides created by geopolitical and geostrategic forces. As such, the emergence of a new construct of an Indo-Pacific geographic area is a direct outcome of the emerging new realities and dynamics of state-to-state relations of the greater Asian region. The young scholars […]


??The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness ?? A look inside the fantastically mad world of the people behind Studio Ghibli   International Women’s Day(March 8) Celebrations. Special Feature: Japanese Women Directors. The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness (Docu/Japan/Japanese/2013/118 mins) Dir. Mami Sunada. The film allows a rare look into the notoriously insular Studio Ghibli, creators of many animated classics, as […]


??  Kushina   ?? International Women‘s Day (March 8) Celebrations. Special Feature: Japanese Women Directors. Kushina (Japan/Japanese/2018/68 mins) Dir. Moët Hayami. A mediation on youth, separatist politics and the rejection of patriarchy, Moët Hayami‘s remarkable debut feature tells the story of Onikuma, who founds an independent community of women in the mountain woods. Collab. with  INDIA HABITAT CENTRE  Date & Time   […]


??  21st Century Girl  ?? International Women‘s Day (March 8) Celebrations. Special Feature: Japanese Women Directors. 21st Century Girl (Japan/Japanese/2018/ 117 mins) Dirs. Yoko Yamanaka, Ayaka Kato, Yurina Kaneko, Yuka Eda, Kanae Higashi, Aya Igashi, Risa Takeuchi, Momoko Fukuda, Yuka Yasukawa, Rin Shuto, Aimi Natsuto, Yukari Sakamoto, Hana Matsumoto, Ū-ki Yamato, Sakura Tamagawa. This joyful omnibus film brings together […]


?? A Room of Her Own: Rei Naito and Light ?? A Serene Documentary Concerning Art by Yuko NAKAMURA International Women’s Day(March 8) Celebrations. Special Feature: Japanese Women Directors. A Room of Her Own: Rei Naito and Light (Docu/ Japan/Japanese/2015/87mins) Dir. Yuko Nakamura. Can we remember the form of things that cannot be seen? A story about ‘lights’ that come to […]


Platform: Zoom Webinar (Registration required) *Register Here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Tj8JhzvqTDqrIvs9Ah-cJQ Speaker: Pallavi Aiyar, Award-winning Foreign Journalist, and an author Moderator: Yojiro Tanaka, the former Director of JFND and an author   About Pallavi Aiyar Pallavi Aiyar is an award-winning foreign journalist, who has worked as a foreign correspondent for over two decades reporting from China, Europe, Indonesia, […]


Duration: April 23rd (Sat) – May 21st (Sat) Opening hours: 11:00 AM – 6:30 PM (Sundays and holidays closed) Venue: Tenshin Okakura Gallery, JFND Outline: The exhibition of photographs of Tohoku (Northeast region of Japan) curated by Kotaro IIZAWA who is recognized as the leading expert of photography critics in Japan. This exhibition is composed […]


Northeast Japan Caravan event was organised last and this year in northeast. It started from November 2022. It was held in three major cities of Northeast India, namely, in Imphal from November 19-20, 2022, in Guwahati from January 21-22, 2023, and in Dimapur from February 3-4, 2023. The Caravan had a mini JFF event where […]


JF Fellow Gallery is now open to everyone. Tap into it to know about the previous JF Fellows’ advice to young scholars in India. Learn how they got involved with Japan and got to learn its culture, etiquettes, and all the other aspects. See how it can help you shaping your own ideas and experiences […]