Daiwa Foundation funds projects ranging from scientific research into the strength of the earth’s magnetic field to Japanese artists participating in exhibitions and festivals across the UK

The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation (www.dajf.org.uk) has published details of its Small Grants and Awards awarded to support UK-Japan projects in its latest funding round (September 2021.)

The artist Kensuke Koike will travel to Northern Ireland to take part in the 2022 Belfast Photo Festival; a unique photographic collection will be displayed at prominent outdoor sites in the city, including the Belfast Botanic Gardens, celebrating the diversity and depth of Northern Ireland’s cultural heritage and future.

Dr Laura Buck from Liverpool John Moores University will travel to Japan to investigate the morphological effects of hominin hybridization –interbreeding between Neanderthals and “Homo sapiens” – through data collection on the remains of hybrid Japanese/Taiwanese macaques at the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University.

A grant will aid Japanese performance artist Saeborg travelling to the UK to perform an innovative piece at two festivals: Fierce Festival in Birmingham and Submerge Festival in Manchester.

A grant will help the inclusion of work by manga artist Taiyō  Matsumoto in the exhibition at the Foundling Museum, Superheroes, Orphans & Origins: 125 years in Comics from 1 April to 28 August 2022.

The Scottish Society for Art History will use a grant to hold a conference on cultural connections between the visual and material cultures of Scotland and Japan, in collaboration with the National Museum of Japanese History.

Among larger institutional collaborations, researchers from the Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre will travel to Japan to analyse samples of the sediment from Lake Suigetsu in Fukui Prefecture. In collaboration with researchers from Ritsumeikan University and Kobe University, they will examine the luminescence profiling of these sediments as well as the reconstruction of the past strength of Earth’s magnetic field, which could have implications for its future strength, and human resistance to radiation.

The Medical Governance Research Institute is collaborating with the Department of Social and Policy Sciences at the University of Bath to mitigate the impact on patient care of financial conflicts of interest between pharmaceutical companies and the healthcare sector; reciprocal visits between the UK and Japan to facilitate research will lead to a symposium and a bilingual brochure to educate healthcare professionals and students.

Full list here.

Background information:

 The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation is a UK charity, established in 1988 with a generous benefaction from Daiwa Securities Co Ltd. The Foundation’s purpose is to support closer links between Great Britain and Japan. It does this by awarding grants and scholarships in all fields of activity; by supporting educational exchanges and other bilateral initiatives between British and Japanese academics and students; and by organising a year-round events’ programme at Daiwa Foundation Japan House in London to increase understanding of Japan in the UK. The Foundation is represented in Japan by its Tokyo office. Further information about the Foundation and its activities is available at www.dajf.org.uk

 

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