21/04/26
At Language World 2026, we learnt that Kazuya Takashi of the Japan Foundation would be moving back to Japan. He has attended several ALL London Events and has been very supportive, encouraging and helpful promoting for example the wonderful method for learning Japanese scripts, downloadable for Katakana here, and Hiragana here, and available as an app e.g. Katakana and Hiragana.
We asked if we could post a message from him to our members, and he kindly agreed. Here it is, along with his photo. All the best for your future, Kazuya! We will miss you and hope to meet you again.
Dear Colleagues,
After over five years working in our London office, I will be returning to work at our Head Office in Tokyo.
It has been my pleasure to meet so many people who are so passionate about language education through ALL events and to see them get interested in Japanese language. Please get in touch with the Japan Foundation’s London office whenever you like.
I hope to meet you all again somewhere some day,
Warm regards,
Kazuya Takahashi
Deputy Director
The Japan Foundation, London