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BREEZE #102

APRIL, 2016: BREEZE ISSUE #102
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GREETING FROM THE DIRECTORApril is the first month of both the new school and fiscal year in Japan. As both a student andpractitioner of international cultural exchange, it is the month for us to renew our commitment
to bring the best experiences of Japan to the United States.
Currently, the Japan Foundation supports 22 educational institutions and school districts in theUS through our Salary Assistance grant. The primary goal of this program is to financially assist
schools while they are trying to establish new Japanese language programs or to recover froma temporary fiscal set-back. It is one of the biggest grant programs offered by the JF for
language education in terms of grant size, and the application deadline for the 2016/2017
school year is approaching soon. Please take a moment to read the terms and conditions anddo not hesitate at all to contact us if you have questions.
Speaking of deadlines, our Japanese language courses still have some seats remaining forspring term. Please join hundreds of former and current students to expand your cultural
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horizons now.

Last but not least, I would like to say a big thank you for those who came to the Germany-Japanfilm week last month. I hope you enjoyed comparing two cultural perspectives on the same
theme manifested in sometimes very different artistic expressions. We are currently planning to
do more events like this to bring many other countries together. After all, in the world we areliving now, what is needed most is a celebration of differences among cultures.
Sincerely,Hideki Hara, Director

EXHIBITION: NEO JAPONISM: SHUNGACURATED BY KIO GRIFFITH
THROUGH SATURDAY, APRIL 23 (JFLA AUDITORIUM)
This exhibition features 25 Japanese and American artists’ original works inspired by “shunga”,
sexually explicit and ornate paintings or prints that originated in 17th century Japan.
Read MoreJAPANEMA: FREE JAPANESE CINEMA SCREENING"FINDING CALICO" (107MINS, 2015)
DIRECTED BY YOSHIHIRO FUKAGAWAWEDNESDAY, APRIL 13 @ 7PM (JFLA AUDITORIUM)
IN JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

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A drama inspired by non-fiction book "Maigo no Miechan: Chiiki Neko to Shotengai Saisei noMonogatari" (Mie the Stray: A Story of Community Cats and Shopping Street Revitalization)
about a search for a feline. Yoshihiro Fukagawa ( In His Chart ) directs.
Kyoichi Morii (Ogata Issey), a retired school principal, lives alone after the death of his wife.
One day, the strait-laced and narrow-minded Morii is visited by Mie, the stray cat his latespouse loved. He tries to shoo her away, but when she suddenly fails to show up, he getsworried and begins to look for her.

SPRING TERM WILL START ON APRIL 23!
REGISTER NOW!
Your potential blooms this spring! We are now accepting registrations for our popular
Japanese courses which will begin on April 23rd. Listen to the voices of our students. They’lltell you the reasons why they are learning Japanese, how fun it is, and their favorite Japanesewords.
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2016-17 JAPANESE LANGUAGE GRANTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE!
We are accepting applications for the following grants:
1. Japanese Language Learners Event Grant previously known as "Speech Contest Grant"(Deadline: 9/1/2016)
2. Japanese Teaching Material Purchase Grant (Deadline: 9/15/2016)
3. Salary Assistance Grant for Japanese Language Courses (Deadline: 4/10/2016)
4. Japanese-Language Education Project Grant (Deadline: 2 months prior to project startdate)
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Read MoreNOW TWEETING AT JFLA @JFLALC1JFLA is now officially tweeting so make sure to follow us at our Twitter account. We have also
updated our mailing list categories to better help our subscribers receive the information theywant. If you haven't already done so, please make sure to Signup For Our Mailing List so you
don't miss any exciting updates from us.

NEW LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS
We acquired several new books in English and Japanese as well as children's books and DVDs
during the past few weeks and have included in the link below. There are also some newmanga so make sure to drop by and apply to become a member if you haven't already done so.
Our annual library membership is now free so anyone can become a member.

JF TEACHING MATERIALS PURCHASE GRANT AWARDED TO SILVER CREEK HIGHSCHOOL
We want to thank Nick-sensei for sharing this photo of his wonderful Japanese students!! We
are pleased to see that they are benefitting from their new books, which were purchased
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through our "Teaching Material Purchase Grant." This grant program is offered twice a year fromthe Japan Foundation, Los Angeles, to support Japanese language teachers, who needadditional funding to purchase teaching materials. The next deadline is 9/15/2016 so pleasecheck out our website for more information.

JF TEACHING MATERIALS PURCHASE GRANT AWARDED TO PAINT BRANCH HIGHSCHOOLMr. Shintaro Seto, Counsellor for the Embassy of Japan, visited Paint Branch High School(Burtonsville, MD) and presented our "Teaching Material Purchase Grant" check to AssistantPrincipal Dollye McClain. We thank everyone for supporting Japanese language education inthe city of Burtonsville and hope that the new teaching materials will enhance Ms. Mikiko Kornsensei's Japanese program!

JAPANESE LANGUAGE EDUCATION UPDATE 29:
AN EXAMPLE OF SUCCESSFUL ADVOCACY
At the middle school level, Cranford Public Schools in New Jersey offers Spanish, French,
German, and Latin – and now they offer Japanese. This year, the school district's high school
Japanese program reached down into the middle school to expand its offerings.”
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2015 JET MEMORIAL INVITATION PROGRAM: PARTICIPANT ESSAYS PART 8/8
In July of 2015, 32 US high school students participated in the final JET Memorial Invitational
Program (JET-MIP). They travelled to Japan for a two week study tour of the Tohoku region,
focusing on the cities of Rikuzentakata and Ishinomaki. These were the cities that Montgomery
Dickson and Taylor Anderson were assigned during their tenure as JET Assistant Language
Teachers. Sadly, they lost their lives during the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami inMarch, 2011 and JET-MIP was created to commemorate their work. Participants took part inexchanges with local elementary, middle and high school students as well as local community
groups with the purpose of fostering friendship and goodwill between both countries. Eachmonth, we will feature four essays written by the participants describing their experiences inJapan. Click below to read about their memorable journey.
Bailey Well
Christopher Wynn
Mackenzie YoungFei Ping Zhao

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