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| The Japan Foundation
was established in 1972 as a special legal entity under the auspices
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the purpose of promoting
mutual understanding and friendship on the international scene.
It was the first specialist organization for international cultural
exchange in Japan, and it carries out a broad variety of cultural-exchange
programs with personnel exchange as their basic premise, ranging
from such academic pursuits as Japanese studies and Japanese-language
education to the arts, publication, audio-visual media, sports,
and general life culture. Its activities are financed by operation
profits on government endowments, aid from the government (including
the ODA budget ), and funding and donations from the private sector. |
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