Oyako Day 2025 Event Announcement

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This year’s “Essay Contest” and “Photo Contest” are now open to the public. 100 stories for 100 parents and children!! Submit your special commemorative photos, essays about your daily thoughts and important events on “Oyako Day”. Submit your entries here: Photo Contest → https://oyako.qpit.me/en/photocontest/ Essay Contest → https://oyako.qpit.me/en/essaycontest/ You can see the works of past winners here → https://oyako.qpit.me/en/about/archives/

Exhibition Announcement

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  It has been about 13 years since I served as the chairman of the curatorial committee of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan, but I have decided to retire from that position. I would like to inform you that a new staff member has planned an exhibition to mark my retirement. The exhibition will feature works selected from the vast collection of photographs that document the people and events I have encountered since coming to Japan in 1980, so please come and see them. Venue: Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan (FCCJ) Address: 5F Marunouchi Nijubashi Building, 3-2-3 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005 (same building as Tokyo Kaikan and the Tokyo…

The Power to Take root and Grow

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It has been 19 years since the birth of “OYAKO Day”, which depicts the joy of everyday life with a dream for the future. I am grateful to the many people who have helped to successfully complete this year’s “OYAKO Day” activities. Working together has given us a strong base and deep roots as this project reach for the sky. I am dedicated to working hard for the continued growth of “OYAKO Day” in the coming year. I pray that 2022 will be a fruitful year for you. Sincerely, Yoshiko Inoue / OYAKO Day Promotion Committee

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The International Women in Photo Association (IWPA) is announcing its open call running from the 1st of September to the 31st of October 2021 for women photographers to submit their entries for the 2021 edition of the awards. Submissions can be done online, and are free of cost. Click HERE for more info