11 December 2018
The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation has published details of grants awarded to support UK-Japan projects in its September 2018 funding round.
Read on5 December 2018
One of our 2017 Daiwa Scholars Tumi Markan is currently helping to run the international component of the campaign – to raise the capital needed to buy the famous “Yamatorige (山鳥毛)”, an art sword designated as a National Treasure of Japan, for the internationally-recognised Bizen Osafune Sword Museum – both creating and running the online crowdfunding page, as well as working with the museum’s master craftspeople to create promotional and informative content for the project.
Read on27 November 2018
The Japan-UK Season of Culture 2019-20 bridges the Rugby World Cup 2019 and the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Japan will organise the Japan Season of Culture in the UK, and the UK will oversee the UK Season of Culture in Japan in parallel. This was agreed between the Prime Ministers of Japan and the UK
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Alumnus and artist Carl Randall is included in the group exhibition Small is Beautiful at Flowers Gallery, Cork Street, London W1S 3LZ, 29th November 2018 until 5th January 2019. Flowers is one of the UK’s leading commercial galleries, with galleries in New York, Central London and East London, representing prominent British figurative painters such as
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A combined concert and workshop by Shinozuka Zuiō of the Shinozuka school. She performs in Buckingham Palace on Tuesday 13 November; then on Friday at SOAS, she will introduce kyō-mai, a dance genre related to both Kabuki and geisha. She will perform for 30-35 minutes, then teach her audience – women and men – to
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The Experience Japan Exhibition is now in its eighth year. The event gets bigger each year with more and more people taking part to find out about the growing range of study and work opportunities available in Japan. Experience Japan 2018 will take place at the Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG on Saturday, 17 November, 12:00 – 18:00. Admission
Read on19 October 2018
Daiwa Scholarship Alumnus Carl Randall was interviewed by CNN about his Japan paintings, as part of a programme about Formula 1 in Japan. Carl was selected to be artist in residence at the 2007 Grand Prix Formula 1 in Japan, and in the programme he talks about the residency and his paintings. Video duration: 23mins
Read on16 October 2018
Find out about Tokyo’s plans to become the world’s leading financial and environmental city and the educational and employment opportunities this offers.
On Wednesday, 31 October at 10am, City, University of London is hosting will host a visit from senior officials from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Tokyo Metropolitan University. As part of the visit, Yuriko Koike, Governor of Tokyo and Dr Haruo Shimada, Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of Tokyo Metropolitan University will give talks at City.
Read on9 October 2018
In conjunction with White Conduit Project’s current exhibition, We Are Going To Need Some More Coffee: City Vignettes from Tokyo and Buenos Aires by Maria Guerberof (on until 28th October 2018), Florencia Guerberof will present a contemporary Butoh performance on the boundaries of music and contemporary art. Thursday 18th October 2018, 7:00pm to 10:00pm Doors open
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The aim of this event is to promote artistic exchange between Japan and the UK and encourage artistic activity in both countries, through information sharing and networking.
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