Japan Foundation

The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles (JFLA) specializes in cultural exchange between Japan and the United States.

As a local office of the Japan Foundation, Japan's public cultural exchange institution headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, we promote international awareness and mutual understanding between Japan and the United States.  We provide a wide range of programs relating to Japanese Arts and Culture, promoting people-to-people exchange, supporting Japanese Studies and language education, and assisting media-related projects such as publications, translations, and film/video productions by offering various kinds of grants.

Our activities are not-for-profit and we are financed by Japanese government endowment, annual government subsidies, and donations from the private sector. The Foundation maintains 22 offices in 21 overseas countries including 2 offices in the US: New York and Los Angeles.