25 July 2013
The artist, Masa Suzuki, was awarded a Daiwa Foundation Small Grant in our March 2013 round, to support his art project at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Wakehurst Place (West Sussex) over summer 2013.
Read on19 June 2013
Professor Shigeru Aoki, a researcher of the Antarctic Ocean at Hokkaido University, is currently engaged in collaborative research with Professor Karen Heywood, a world-leading scientist of Antarctic Ocean dynamics at the University of East Anglia (UEA), in Norwich. The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation is delighted to have awarded him a Daiwa Foundation Small Grant. Professor Aoki has kindly written about his
Read on18 June 2013
The Ledbury Poetry Festival, the ‘biggest and best poetry festival in the UK,’ will take place this year from 5– 14 July. The festival features poets from all over the world and this year three poets have been invited from Japan to perform and give talks about their work. UK-based Japanese performance poet Kazuko Hohki
Read on30 May 2013
At All Saints Church, Church Gate, Fulham (by Putney Bridge). On Tuesday 11th June we will be celebrating the arrival of the first British ship to reach Japan exactly 400 years ago and discovering the two nations’ maritime traditions, while enjoying some of their rich and diverse culture. Join us for an evening of live
Read on10 April 2013
In a Nutshell, Japanese netsuke from European collections
Unmistakably Japanese, yet sourced exclusively from European collections, this exhibition at the Japanese Embassy reflects the burgeoning interest for netsuke in the Western world, giving an insight into some of the finest collections of these miniature carvings to be found on earth.
Read on26 March 2013
The Wellcome Collection’s spring exhibition brings together more than 300 works for the first major display of Japanese Outsider Art in the UK. The 46 artists represented in the show are residents and day attendees at social welfare institutions across Honshu, Japan’s largest island.
Read on12 March 2013
Japanese folk music group Abeya will be visiting the UK in March, supported by a Daiwa Foundation Small Grant, awarded in the September 2012 round. They will play two concerts, one at Durham University as part of the University’s Musicon Festival of East Asian Music on Wednesday 13 March at 7:30pm at the University Music
Read on8 March 2013
The choreographer and dancer, Sioned Huws, has been collaborating with artists from Aomori and Tokyo, including dancers, musicians, singers and visual/performance artists; and has held a variety of performances in Japan and the UK as part of the Aomori Project: Of Landscapes Remembered, which the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation was happy to support with a Daiwa Foundation Award. She
Read on25 February 2013
The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation was delighted to support Dr Nigel Sherriff, Principal Research Fellow at the University of Brighton, with a Daiwa Foundation Small Grant in September 2011, in order to assist with his collaborative research with Japanese academics at Nagoya City University and NGO practitioners in the field of HIV prevention and risk-reduction. An account of his project, kindly sent to us by Dr Sherriff, follows below.
Read on25 February 2013
The Basketry and Beyond Festival, May 2013 will celebrate all aspects of basketry with a focus on the themes of Fishing, Farming and Fashion and. It will be held in the inspiring setting of Dartington Estate in South Devon.
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