12 October 2022
The current exhibition at Klei in London is of work by Daiwa Scholarships alumna Symy Ong. Currently Oxford-based, artist Symy Ong is exhibiting her first body of work back in the UK since spending time in Japan on the Daiwa Scholarship!
Read on16 September 2022
Very many congratulations to former Daiwa Scholarships in Japanese Studies Scholar Warren A. Stanislaus who was awarded the 2022 Ian Nish Prize for his article “From Cool Japan to Cold Japan: Grime Cyborgs in Black Britain” (2022). The Ian Nish Prize is awarded annually for the best article by an early career researcher in any
Read on7 September 2022
Oki will be performing at Glad Cafe in Glasgow on 11 November, at the White Hotel in Salford on 12 November and at Cafe Oto in London on 14 November. The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation is delighted to be supporting travel to the UK by Ainu artist Oki on a debut UK tour with Rumiko
Read on6 September 2022
16 Daiwa Scholars from the 2020, 2021 and 2022 cohorts have arrived in Japan! The start of the programme has been delayed by two years in the case of the 2020 Scholars and by one year in the case of the 2021 Scholars. We wish them a great twelve months of language study (at Waseda),
Read on4 September 2022
Daiwa Scholarships alumnus and figurative painter Carl Randall was invited by the Japan Society London to give a talk on 4 July 2022. (Link to the video of the talk is below.) The talk took place at the Swedenborg Society in Bloomsbury, central London. In this illustrated lecture Carl gave an insight into his series
Read on15 September 2016
I received an invitation today for what will apparently be the final concert of the Tokyo Madrigal Club. Admission is free, and it’s on October 10 (a National Holiday in Japan) from 2.30-4.30, at Wesleyan Holiness Asakusabashi Church. I’m not sure how many people have heard of the Tokyo Madrigal Club, but it’s the end
Read on14 September 2016
Fishguard Arts Society in West Wales is holding an exhibition in collaboration with four artists visiting from Kyoto. In addition to the main exhibition which runs from 15 to 25 September, there is an exhibition of work by children from Kyoto in Fishguard Library Gallery and a collaboration exhibition in the historic ballroom in Tregwynt Mansion.
Read on7 September 2016
The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation is hosting the launch of an online platform for teachers and learners of Japanese on 17 October from 2-4 pm at 13/14 Cornwall Terrace, London, NW1 4QP. This is a free event and everybody is welcome!
Read on3 September 2016
The Kotatsu festival – the largest festival of Japanese animation in Wales – returns for its sixth year!
24th – 25th September 2016 at ‘Chapter’, Cardiff
and 15th October 2016 at the Aberystwyth Arts Centre
