Experience Australia Educational KitPractical teaching materials for loan.
Australia-Japan Foundation
The Australia-Japan Foundation (AJF) was established by the Australian Government in 1976 to expand and develop contact and exchange between the peoples of Australia and Japan and to help project positive images of Australia and Japan in each other's country.
As a part of the implementation of the Australian Government's response to the Review of Corporate Governance of Statutory Authorities and Office Holders, the Australia-Japan Foundation was re-formed within the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on 1 December 2006.
The AJF has its headquarters in Canberra and is supported by an office at the Australian Embassy in Tokyo.
Key Activities
Projects and programs supported by the Foundation help promote people-to-people engagement across a diverse range of sectors, including the arts, education, science and technology, sport, local government, community services and business.
The Foundation's annual work program focuses on activities which are aligned with its strategic objectives, which are to:
- increase understanding in Japan of shared interests with Australia;
- increase understanding in Australia of the importance of Japan to Australia as an economic and strategic partner; and
- increase recognition in Japan of Australian excellence and expertise.
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Major Programs
Experience Australia Educational KitPractical teaching materials for loan.
Discover AustraliaOn-line studying reference that introduces Australia to schools.
Discover Eco AustraliaMultimedia teaching aid to introduce Australian environmental studies for schools.
AsialinkStrategic Ties for the Arts Program
Asialink Art Residencies
AJF Funded Publications
Research Report supported by the Australia-Japan Foundation Peacebuilding and National Interests - Meeting the challenge with a Model of Australian-Japanese Cooperation - by Strategic Research Institute of International Change
Report by Dr Malcolm Cook and Dr Thomas Wilkins, The Quiet Achiever: Australia-Japan Security Relations
Report by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, Doing Business with Japan: The Perspective of Australian Companies. Findings from the Australia-Japan Business Survey 2008-09.
2010 Crawford-Nishi Lecture, Prospects for APEC and the Australia-Japan Relationship, by Professor Kazumasa Iwata, President of the Economic and Social Research Institute of the Japanese Cabinet Office.
Report by Dr Malcolm Cook and Mr Andrew Shearer, Lowy Institute for International Policy: Going Global: An Australia-Japan Agenda for Multilateral Cooperation, 2009
Report by Dr Ryo Sahashi, 2009, AJF Funded Postdoctoral Fellow, Australian National University Conceptualising the Three-Tier Approach to Analyse the Security Arrangements in the Asia-Pacific
Report by Mr Andrew Cornell and Mr Manuel Panagiotopoulos, Australia and Japan: Beyond the Mainstream
Articles by Ryebuck Media in Studies of Society and Environment, a magazine for Australian high schools
Outcomes Paper - Overcoming Misperceptions in Australia-Japan Relations
What's New
The Australia-Japan Foundation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, welcomes students to Victoria from Japanese disaster zone.
25 March 2013
Twenty young Japanese junior high-school students from the Togura, Shizugawa and Utatsu junior high schools in Minami-Sanriku, one of the areas worst affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, will visit Victoria for an eight-day visit commencing today.
2013 Australia Study Program for Minami Sanriku Schoolchildren
24 March – 2 April 2013
The AJF grants round for 2013-14 is now closed
25 March 2013
Further details of progress of the round will be provided as soon as possible.
The AJF Annual Report for 2010-11 is now available
1 March 2013
Catriona Elder selected as the Visiting Professor of Australian Studies for 2013-14
27 February 2013
Associate Professor Catriona Elder has been selected as the Visiting Professor of Australian Studies for 2013-14 at the University of Tokyo.
Australia Donates Mobile Library to Fukushima Community
31 January 2013
Australia'’'s support for a community uprooted in the aftermath of the crisis at the Fukushima nuclear power plant continued today with the opening of a new mobile library service, by Australian Ambassador to Japan Bruce Miller.
The Australia-Japan Foundation (AJF) general grant round for 2013-14 is open
29 January 2013
The Australia-Japan Foundation (AJF) general grant round for 2013-14 is open from 10.00 pm (AEST) / 1200 pm (Japan) Tuesday 29 January to 12.00 am (AEST) Friday 22 March and 10.00 pm 22 March (Japan).
Special Lectures "Post 3.11 Civil Societies in Australia and Japan"
9 - 10 January 2013
Australia-Japan Foundation Sir Neil Currie Australian Studies Award Special Lectures "Post 3.11 Civil Societies in Australia and Japan: Dialogue and Collaboration" will be held at Tokyo’s Keio University on 9 January and Fukushima University on 10 January 2013.
Specialists, social activists and journalists from Australia and Japan will discuss the new challenges and opportunities between Australia and Japan.
Sir Neil Currie Australian Studies Awards Program 2012-13: Applications are now opened
Closing Date: Monday, 1 April 2013