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16 September 2013

My experience in the UK by 2011 Daiwa Tohoku Scholar, Maho Takeuchi

Ms Maho Takeuchi – one of the 2011 Daiwa Tohoku Scholars – is a nurse, currently studying for a doctorate in Women’s Health at Tohoku University. In 2012 she spent three months at Glasgow University on a postgraduate course in lymphoedema. She believes that supporting health through nursing is key to revitalising Japan and particularly the Tohoku region. You can read her Daiwa Foundation Tohoku Scholarship (in collaboration with the British Council in Japan) report below.

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13 September 2013

Takahito Irie's solo show at Arebyte Gallery, 3-31 October 2013

Arebyte Gallery is very proud to present Takahito Irie’s first ever solo show in the UK, Influence – part of his ongoing project, H/U/M/A/N/M/A/C/H/I/N/E, in which he explores the boundaries between the natural and the artificial. The project has been shown previously in Seoul, Beijing, Tokyo and Weimar, Germany. The show will run from 3-31 October 2013.

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11 September 2013

Daiwa Scholar, Annabel James's contemporary Japanese art website

One of our 2012 Daiwa Scholars, Annabel James, has a passion for modern Japanese art. She ventured out to Japan on a Daiwa Scholarship with the aim of building on this experience in order to then undertake further study in East Asian Art, become an art critic, a curator or a dealer. Her review of

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4 September 2013

Daiwa Scholar Wins Speech Contest

The Tokyo School of Japanese Language (The Naganuma School) held its Speech Contest (one of their three big events) on Tuesday, 3 September 2013 at the Sakura Hall of the Shibuya Cultural Center Owada. This is the first time the speech contest has been held outside the School. Daiwa Scholar 2012 (DS 2012 ), Nick Hall, was awarded the first prize among

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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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30 August 2013

'Women of the Pleasure Quarters: A Japanese Painted Screen' Review

Located in London’s famous British Museum, this rare and exquisite screen is one of the last of its kind remaining as it reflects the life of courtesans (female sex workers) at Kado-Tamaya, the Jewel House on the Corner, in Yoshiwara, a licensed pleasure quarter in Edo (modern-day Tokyo) during the early 1780s. The Edo Era

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