7 April 2022
Composer and Daiwa Scholarship alumna, Francesca Le Lohé’s new original musical drama is inspired by ŌGAI Mori’s novel Vita Sexualis. Ōgai was a Japanese physician, translator, novelist and poet. The musical drama will be performed in Tokyo on 19 and 20 May 2022! “Stumbling across the long-forgotten diary of an ancestor, a young woman is
Read on31 March 2022
With more luggage than one person probably needs, I boarded my flight to Tokyo on the 21st of March, arriving on the 22nd in time to start the new semester at Waseda University. I’m currently in a share house living situation, and although I planned to start my search for more permanent accommodation right away, a surprising
Read on25 March 2022
The book provides a retrospective and multidisciplinary account of a society in flux. Featuring analyses from leading scholars around the globe, this textbook examines the evolving contexts of Japan throughout the Heisei era and how longstanding verities and values have been called into question. Asking what this holds for Japan’s future relations with the world
Read on1 January 2022
“Drive My Car” takes a meditative trip down memory lane. Murakami Haruki’s short story of a driver growing closer to her passenger is adapted by Hamaguchi Ryusuke into an understated and precise reflection on language, emotion and loss. Here you can read a super review of the film by Daiwa Scholarship alumna, Dr Becca Voelcker.
Read on3 December 2021
Artist and Daiwa scholarship alumnus Carl Randall has been invited for a fifth consecutive year to take part in Small is Beautiful at Flowers Gallery, Cork St., Mayfair London. The exhibition features small scale works by internationally recognised artists, and is running until 8 January 2022. Carl lived in Tokyo for 10 years,
Read on25 November 2021
Having been available for sale through the National Portrait Gallery London shop over the past few years, prints of Carl Randall’s paintings are now available to purchase directly from the artist. Limited edition signed giclee prints of his Japan and London paintings, as well a selection of signed and mounted drawings, can be purchased via
Read on10 November 2021
Many congratulations to Daiwa Scholarships alumna and award-winning author Dr Eluned Gramich on wining the Ghastling Novella Prize with her new story, Sleep Training! “This book was a clear winner from the outset. It is a story that addresses and explores motherhood and female experience; childbirth and postnatal depression with authenticity. This story breaks the
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Daiwa Scholarship alumnus and artist Carl Randall was recently commissioned by Bob Bob Ricard to create a series of four new portrait paintings of restaurateurs and people in the hospitality industry for their new £30 million restaurant in the Leadenhall building in the City of London. The portraits depict celebrated French chef and author
Read on21 October 2021
2019 Daiwa Scholar Kathleen Reilly has been selected to take part in Designart Tokyo 2021, one of Japan’s largest design and art festivals from 22 to 31 October 2021. This year’s exhibition theme is “chance”. Here you can see a video of Kathleen being interviewed about her work.
Read on6 October 2021
The Purpose of Capitalism: Lessons from Japan, is directed by Daiwa Scholarship alumna (1999) Victoria James, and will soon be aired on CNBC. It takes an inside look at some of the largest and oldest Japanese companies to find the answer. While the Western business world wakes up to ‘purpose’ as a means to address
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