Japan

Short Description: The Kokuyo Design Award is launching the competition for 2026, themed: Hamon – Design that Resonates. Kokuyo Design Award is an international competition for product design that aims to co-create with talented designers and support their activities. Any stationery, furniture or tool used in working, learning and living scenes is eligible to be entered. […]

Short Description: We are pleased to announce that the 10th NBC Meshtec Tokyo International Screen Print Biennial, a public offering biennial that is specialized in screen print works, is to be held following the 2021 biennial, and now we invite works from Japan and overseas. The entry acceptance period is from August 1th to September […]

Organizer Information:Toma House AIR is operated by Takabatake Trust, a general incorporated association based in Nara, Japan. Since its founding in 2017, the organization has been committed to preserving and revitalizing cultural assets through contemporary art. Its core project is the restoration and creative reuse of an 18th-century former Shinto priest family residence, designated as […]

Short Description JAGDA International Student Poster Award was established with the mission to discover and acknowledge outstanding young talents from across the world and to promote the further advancement of graphic design. Posters allow ideas to be freely expressed through the rich mixture of graphics and texts, giving them the instantaneous power to move the […]

Short Description At TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FOTO AWARDS we recognize, honor and connect talented photographers from around the world to new audiences and new eyes in the creative circles of Tokyo, Japan. The competition is open to everyone and we invite photographers from all over the world to enter their work. Eligibility The TIFA competition is […]

Short Description: The contest is organized by Tottori Prefecture in Japan. Illustrators are invited to submit their original manga based on the theme of “Promise”. There are three categories:• 1 frame manga (1 page)• 4 frame manga (1-8 pages)• 4 to 24 page manga story Participants may submit entries in multiple categories. All works must be original and […]

Short Description “Research Residency Program” gives opportunities to conduct research on arts and culture in the city of Tokyo, targeting both international and local creators in the field of visual art, film, design, architecture, music, sound art, performing art and curation. The open-call program “Research Residency Program” aims to invite distinguished and highly motivated creators […]

Short Description: Tokyo Arts and Space (TOKAS), operated by a division of The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, offers artist-in-residence programs for international creators working in various creative fields to stay, engage in creation, and conduct research activities in Tokyo. It also provides creators with the opportunities to exchange creative ideas and to present outcomes […]

Short Description: Presented by Benrido, the Hariban Award combines a 170-year-old analogue technique with contemporary photography. The award was launched in 2014 with the aim of introducing artists and photographers to collotype, an alternative photographic process. Glass plates have been used as collotype printing plates, which is why the award is called “Hariban” because “Hari” means glass […]