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4 May 2022

'Circles of Stone: Stonehenge and Prehistoric Japan' - exhibition to open in September 2022!

In the March 2019 funding round, the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation awarded a Daiwa Foundation Award of £7,000 to English Heritage / Jōmon Archeological Sites World Heritage Inscription Committee to support a visit to Japan (featured in our 2019/20 Annual Review: http://armanios.co.uk/dev/daiwa2/…/Daiwa-Annual-Review-2019-20-Web.pdf). In October 2019, curators and officials from English Heritage, Wiltshire Museum and Wiltshire Council

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3 May 2022

Kawanabe Kyōsai and Yukio Mishima

“Frogs, farting competitions, art connoisseurs, courtesans and crows all feature in the art of Kawanabe Kyōsai,- a key Japanese figure who challenged traditions of Japanese art. Kyōsai blurred the lines between popular and elite forms and we take a look at a new exhibition of his work at the Royal Academy.”

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26 April 2022

Carl Randall's 'Hairdressers at Night' is on show at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters 2022 exhibition

Daiwa Scholarship alumnus Carl Randall will exhibit his new oil painting Hairdressers at Night at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters 2022 exhibition, at the Mall Galleries London, 5 to 14 May 2022. The Royal Society of Portrait Painters annual exhibition is one of the world’s most extensive contemporary portrait exhibitions, forming a showcase of

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25 April 2022

Poetry of absence - Interview between Asako Shiroki and David Elliott

To coincide with the opening of her solo exhibition The wind blows in, artist Asako Shiroki talks with independent curator and writer David Elliott. Asako Shiroki reflects on her journey so far, starting with jewelry making and exploring the structure and form of woodwork and objects. Here is a look at her journey leading up to her exhibition at the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation.

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22 April 2022

Documentary on Navalny

Daiwa Scholarships alumnus Edmund Stenson was associate editor on the thrilling documentary, Navalny. It is being shown at cinemas around the world and on BBC2 on Monday, 25 April at 9pm.

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21 April 2022

DAJF Tokyo Office is recruiting

大和日英基金は30年以上にわたり日英交流の促進に貢献してきました。 基金の活動内容については 以下をご覧ください。 http://armanios.co.uk/dev/daiwa2/ja/about  東京事務局では現在3名で運営していますが、日本での活動を支えるフルタイムの職員を募集しています。 英語が堪能で ボランティア精神をもって職務に取り組んでくれる方を希望します。 勤務地:四ツ谷(駅から徒歩5分) 勤務時間:9:00~18:00 関心のある方は東京事務局宛にお問い合わせください。 tokyo.office@dajf.org 03-3222-1205  

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31 March 2022

Reflections of a Long-Term Japanese Studies Student

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

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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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