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
What's New
Aussies participate in Minami Sanriku 'Recovery Market' for second time
More than 20 people from the Australian Embassy Tokyo travelled to Minami Sanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, to participate in the 13th Recovery Market event held on Sunday 29 April.This is the second time the Embassy has set up a stall at the market – Australia first participated in the event in October last year.
AJF Grants Round 2012-13 is now closed.
Applicants will be notified of results by the end of June 2012.
AJF funds playground for children displaced by the Fukushima nuclear accident
Australia's Ambassador to Japan, Bruce Miller, this week opened a new playground for kindergarten children at Iitatemura School in Iino, Fukushima Prefecture. The Australia-Japan Foundation (AJF) funded the playground as part of its Reconstruction Initiative. AJF Board Member, Ms Melanie Brock, attended the opening on behalf of the Board.
Ambassador opens Australian-funded playground in Fukushima (TK05/2012)
Having been evacuated from their homes near the Fukushima nuclear power plants because of radiation concerns, children attending a new, temporary kindergarten in Iino, Fukushima, are enjoying an Australian-funded playground I had the pleasure of opening yesterday.
Minami Sanriku schoolchildren leave for Gold Coast
Twenty-four schoolchildren from three schools in Minami Sanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, will leave Japan on 24 March 2012 for Queensland's Gold Coast to experience Australian school life and take part in exchange activities.
Message from AJF Chair, Murray McLean (OAM)- Anniversary Of Japan's 11 March Great East Earthquake And Tsunami
Visiting Professor of Australian Studies, University of Tokyo
The new Visiting Professor of Australian Studies at the Centre for Pacific and American Studies, University of Tokyo, has been appointed to the position for 2012-13 and will commence in October 2012.
Mr Murray McLean OAM appointed as the new Chair of the Australia-Japan Foundation
2011-12 AJF Sir Neil Currie Australia Studies Awards program: Calling for applications (closing date: 6 April 2012)
The Awards program was established in 2000 to support Australian Studies in Japan. From 2011-12, we extend the support for early career researchers to participate in the conferences in Australia.
Remembering Babylon published in Japan
One of masterpieces of contemporary Australian fiction, David Malouf's Remembering Babylon, is now available in Japanese.
Remembering Babylon is the first series of 'Masterpiece of Australian Contemporary Literature' by Gendai Kikakushitsu Publishing. The project aims to publish 10 Australian cotemporary novels for the next ten years.
ABC Radio National: Books and Arts Daily - Australian Literature in Translation
Queensland Guide Dogs to Japan
The following are progress reports on the Queensland Guide dogs now in training with the Japan Guide Dogs Association in Yokohama.
