Announcements
Call for Entry: The 19th Kanagawa Biennial World Children's Art Exhibition
Kanagawa Biennial exhibits children´s art from all over the world and is intended to use the power of painting to foster the dreams and creativity of today´s young children who will go on to become the leaders of tomorrow. The previous exhibition in 2015 saw over 26,000 individual entries from 95 countries, including Estonia.
Application Requirements: Children over 4 years and under 15 years (Born between April 2, 2000 and April 1, 2012)
Receipt of Entries: September 1st (Thu) to November 30th (Wed), 2016
Exhibition's period: Beginning of July to the end of August 2017 (Tentative)
Location: Kanagawa Plaza for Global Citizenship, Exhibition Hall 3F, Yokohama City
Please read the Application Guidebook for more details about rules and requirements.
Please visit the exhibition´s official website to download the Application Forms here.
NB! Kindly note that works should be sent directly to Japan to the Secretariat of the Biennial.
Relief Money in Response to the Earthquake Centered in the Kumamoto Region of Kumamoto Prefecture 2016
Following the Earthquake Centered in the Kumamoto Region of Kumamoto Prefecture 2016, the Government of Japan decided to accept relief money from foreign governments, foreign individuals, companies and Japanese residents abroad, in the following manner:
１ Information regarding Account of Embassy of Japan for Relief Money
(1) We have opened the following account to accept relief money.
(note) The relief money received by the Embassy will be sent to the account of the Government of Japan later. If you wish to send your donations to the Japanese Red Cross Society, please contact us. The donations sent from Embassy to the Japanese Red Cross Society will be used as “Gien-kin(donations)” (please see 2(1) below for more details).
【Account information】
Bank Name：SWEDBANK AS
Account Number (IBAN)：EE86 2200 2210 6411 5891
Beneficiary Name：JAAPANI SUURSAATKOND
(2) If you wish to obtain a receipt, please send an email to (info@ti.mofa.go.jp) that contains the following:
1. Subject: Request for Receipt
2. Your name
3. The amount of the relief money
4. The date when the relief money was donated
5. The name of the bank from which the relief money was transferred
2 Japanese Red Cross Society Account Information
The Japanese Red Cross Society is also accepting relief money provided voluntarily from overseas Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, governments, individuals, as “Kyuen-kin(relief funds)” (the distinction between “Kyuen-kin(relief funds)” and “Gien-kin(donations)” is explained in the account information section). The following is the information of the account opened for this purpose:
【Account information】
Bank Name: SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION
Branch Name: GINZA BRANCH
Account Number: 026-8372918
SWIFT Code: SMBCJPJT
Bank Address: 5-8-10, Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN
Beneficiary Name: The Japanese Red Cross Society
Beneficiary Address: 1-1-3, Shiba Daimon, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Telephone: +81-3-3438-1311
【Attention regarding relief money to the Japanese Red Cross Society】
a) Red Cross Society Use of Funds
For the Earthquake Centered in the Kumamoto Region of Kumamoto Prefecture 2016, in principle, relief money to the Japanese Red Cross Society from abroad (outside Japan) will be categorized as “Kyuen-kin (relief funds)” as opposed to “Gien-kin (donations)”. Please see the note below for the distinction between “Kyuen-kin” and “Gien-kin”.
If you wish to have your relief money used as “Gien-kin” instead of “Kyuen-kin”, after your relief money are transferred via the process above, please send an e-mail to the Japanese Red Cross Society (donation@jrc.or.jp) that includes:
・Subject: Funds sent as “Gien-kin”
・Your name
・The amount of the relief money
・The date when the relief money was donated
・The name of the bank from which the relief money was transferred
Note: Definition of “Gien-kin” and “Kyuen-kin” for the Japanese Red Cross Society
“Gien-kin”: funds send by the Japanese Red Cross Society to affected local governments and municipalities, which are then given to affected people.
“Kyuen-kin”: funds that will be directly used by the Japanese Red Cross Society to perform relief and rescue operations related to this specific earthquake disaster.
b) Requesting a Receipt
In principle, the Japanese Red Cross Society does not automatically issue receipts for relief money. If you wish to receive a receipt, please send an e-mail to the Japanese Red Cross Society (donation@jrc.or.jp) that includes the following information:
・Subject: Request for Receipt
・Your name
・The amount of the relief money
・The date when the relief money was donated
・The name of the bank from which the relief money was transferred
3 Relief Money Acceptance Account by Local Governments of the Affected Area
Local governments of the affected area have also opened accounts to accept donations. Please check websites of each local governments for more information. If you wish to see the information of the account opened by Kumamoto Prefecture, which is one of the most severely affected areas, please check the following website.
○ Call for 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake Donations
New Videos on Japan’s Foreign Policy Uploaded
Proactive Contribution to Peace: Japan's Efforts for a Better Global Security Environment
Nation Building in the Post War Era: Japan as a Reliable Partner
To Make Women Shine: WAW! From Japan to the World
To Make Women Shine: Japan's Efforts in Developing Countries
Praemium Imperiale 2014 for Music awarded to Maestro Arvo Pärt
On 16 July, the Japan Art Association announced the 2014 laureates of the Praemium Imperiale prize. Music category will be awarded to Maestro Arvo Pärt, the world-renowned Estonian composer.
The Imperiale prize was established in 1989 according to the last wishes of His Royal Highness Prince Takamatsu who served for 58 years as governor of the Japan Art Association. The winners are selected in five fields of art; painting, sculpture, architecture, music and theatre/film.
For more information:
http://www.arvopart.ee/en/2014/07/praemium-imperiale-for-arvo-part/
Embassy´s Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jaapani-Suursaatkond-Eestis-在エストニア日本国大使館/314160692046199
PM Abe’s article “Japan is Committed to Africa’s Development” to the Wall Street Journal (Asia) dated May 31 on the occasion of the TICAD V (Tokyo International Conference on African Development).
Please also visit the Wall Street Journal’s website.
Video of “Visits by Their Majesties The Emperor and Empress to Disaster-affected Regions”
The Video of “Visits by Their Majesties The Emperor and Empress to Disaster -affected Regions” is now available to view on the Japanese Government Internet TV here.
Also see the Imperial Household Agency’s web-site.
Embassy’s Facebook Account
Embassy’s Facebook account was established! We will deliver you the information about Japanese culture events and Embassy’s activities.
Reminder; no application fees or deposits for Japanese Government scholarship
The Embassy of Japan would like to remind you the following;
The application procedure of the MEXT scholarship is done by the Japanese Government through the Embassies, Consulate Generals and Japanese Universities (Remarks; in Estonia, Archimedes Foundation, a educational affiliate of the Estonian Ministry of Education, is cooperating for the procedures).
And also the Embassies will never take deposit fees for the application procedure.
Please be careful of inappropriate and suspicious information. Please only refer to information from the Embassy.