News category: Staff

29 March 2022

The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation’s Monthly Inspiration

Welcome to the  Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation’s Monthly Inspiration instalments to see us through the hard times of Covid-19. We are intent on continuing to support closer links between the UK and Japan. We hope that these monthly digests of news will allow everyone at home to continue engaging with Japan. Links to our discontinued series of Weekly Isolation Inspiration series can be found here.

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8 July 2020

'Yoshino Arrowroot' by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki: A New Translation

In the fourteenth installment of the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation’s Weekly Isolation Inspiration newsletter, the Foundation’s Director General Jason James proposed to publish his translation of “Yoshino Kuzu”  by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki at the rate of one chapter a week (there are six chapters in total).

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9 July 2018

Opportunity: Events Internships

We are looking to take interns to join the events team at the Foundation to assist in planning, preparing and coordinating our events. Our programme covers a wide range of events related to Japan, including lectures, seminars, book launches, culinary tastings and exhibitions. To apply, please send your CV and cover letter to rosalind.grubin@dajf.org.uk, copied to nana.ota@dajf.org.uk, by Friday 20th July 2018.

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24 January 2018

Opportunity: Events Internships

We are looking to take interns to join the events team at the Foundation to assist in planning, preparing and coordinating our events. Our programme covers a wide range of events related to Japan, including lectures, seminars, book launches, culinary tastings and exhibitions. To apply, please send your CV to nana.ota@dajf.org.uk by Friday 23rd February 2018.

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31 March 2015

Two days in Tōhoku

Jason James, the Director of the Daiwa Foundation,  gives us an account of his travels through Tohoku in March 2015. Weaving through the region in a worryingly small car, Jason finds locals determined to stay despite the slow progress of reconstruction. — The Shinkansen was packed when I got on at Ueno, but after Sendai –

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2 September 2013

Work Experience Diary by Alex Syriopoulos

一週間、大和日英基金に働いた 大和日英基金で私は手伝うために、色々な課題をすることができました。新年度へ準備するために、大学にたくさん手紙を送りました。大和日英基金はチャリティなので、大学は大和の生活についてを知りません。だから、このお手紙は大学に基金の目的を伝えます。そして、日本協会は大和の建物の三階を使う予定なので片付けなければなりませんでした。ぜひ、今後、もっとロンドンの行事に参加しようと思います。私の日本の学力は前よりとても良いです。その上に、カロラインと美術館や博物館に行きました。日本について知識を習得したと思います。残念ながら、大学で日本語を習び続けるので、奨学金に申し込まめないけど、学士号を卒業した後に、申し込むかもしれません！全体的に、私は大和日英基金に働くことが好きでした。また帰ると思います！

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