News category: Grants

28 June 2021

Coventry Young Ambassadors’ 2019 Japan Visit & Subsequent Activities

In 2019, supported with a Daiwa Foundation Award, ten primary school children from five Coventry primary schools travelled to Japan. The pupils collaborated with five schools in Japan on Olympic-based projects. Outcomes of the project have been far-reaching, including a Japan Arts Festival in Coventry, an Olympic Torch relay between 60 Coventry schools, a Japanese Peace Garden and further Japan-related education.

Read on

27 June 2021

'JAPAN STORIES' by Jayne Joso - Readings & Book Signing from 2pm Sunday, 1st August 2021 - at Herne Hill Books in London

From 2pm on Sunday, 1st August 2021, author and Daiwa Foundation Small Grant recipient Jayne Joso will be introducing her recently published Japan Stories at Herne Hill Books in Herne Hill, London. In Japan Stories – Jayne Joso’s collection of short fiction, each story centres on a particular character to become part of a mosaic of

Read on

31 March 2021

Small Grant recipient, Professor Apala Majumdar awarded the Suffrage Science Award!

Very many congratulations are due to Professor Apala Majumdar (University of Strathclyde) on her Suffrage Science Award!   She is also a recipient of a Daiwa Foundation Small Grant.   Professor Majumdar specialises in the mathematics and modelling of nematic liquid crystals and partially ordered materials, including their applications in industry.

Read on

15 December 2020

The Octopus & FOUND KOBE JAPAN

For the last three years, artist Stefan Jennings and photographer Jane Kelly have been researching and working on FOUND KOBE JAPAN. This project centres on an anonymous photographic album that was found dumped in a skip and which depicts a life lived in Japan in the 1920s, focusing on the international community living in Japan

Read on

15 November 2020

'Japan: Courts and Culture' - 400 years of British royal contact with Japan

The publication ‘Japan: Courts and Culture’ tells the story of 400 years of British royal contact with Japan. It explores how exquisite decorative arts were central both to direct diplomatic relations and to indirect cultural connection. On 16 July at 6pm, Rachel Peat from the Royal Collection Trust will be discussing her new book  ‘Japan: Courts and Culture’ with Professor Nicole Rousmaniere.

Read on

3 November 2020

"The Water Cats - The Hina Awaken" by Jayne Joso

Author and former Daiwa Foundation grant recipient, Jayne Joso has begun work on a new Japan-inspired work which takes us into the realm of literary fantasy. Supported by Arts Council England, Joso has spent part of the lockdown engaged in the alternate fictional realm of The Water Cats. You can read an exclusive excerpt here.

Read on
Toggle navigation