Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture) announces that the applications for the 1st Term of the FY2019 Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Grant opens from January 18, 2019.

Arts Council Tokyo (ACT) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government are carrying out various Cultural Programs ahead of Tokyo 2020 as “Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL” to bring excitement to this once in a life time event. As part of this effort, Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Grant will provide support to variety of projects delivered by cultural/artistic organizations, private institutions and corporates that are grounded in the objectives of the cultural programs led by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to build on the momentum of 2020 and promote Tokyo as a city of artistic/cultural attractions. The grant will award maximum 20 million JPY to selected projects and they will be positioned as part of the Tokyo Cultural Programs leading up to 2020.

Full press release (PDF) is available here.
1st Term of FY2019 Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Grant Applications for Tokyo Cultural Programs Now Open

Please see here for the application guideline (English summary).