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Daiwa Foundation receives Japan-British Society Award

The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation was privileged to receive the Japan-British Society Award in 2019. The Foundation was chosen to be the recipient of this Award for its contributions to the furthering of Anglo-Japanese relations, and the Daiwa Scholarships programme in particular was highlighted for its success in this regard.

Alumna Natasha Pulley talks about her new novel - set in Japan - on 24 June 2020

On 24 June 2020, author and Daiwa Scholarship alumna Natasha Pulley  spoke about her latest novel, The Lost Future of Pepperharrow. This sequel to The Watchmaker of Filigree Street takes readers to Japan, “where time, destiny and love collide to electrifying effect.” The video is available to watch on Exeter Library’s Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/ExeterLibrary/videos/679855939232329/  Natasha spoke about and

Design for Social Regeneration in Kamaishi

Francesca Le Lohé's Tokyo performances of THE鍵KEY win the 19th Keizo Saji Prize

The 2019 Tokyo performances of Daiwa Scholarship alumna, Francesca Le Lohé’s site-specific, dramatic musical work THE鍵KEY at Denchu Hirakushi House and Atelier have been awarded the  19th Keizo Saji Prize by the Suntory Foundation for the Arts. The prize is awarded yearly to a high-quality, challenging, and reaction-provoking performance selected from music-based public performances held in Japan that year. (Press release here.)

Run Tomo: Creating a dementia-friendly community across Japan

In March 2019, a Daiwa Foundation Small Grant was awarded to Ellie Robinson-Carter, a Creative Dementia Practitioner, to support  “Pass the Baton!” – an international exchange  with  Takehito Tokuda, a member of  the  Dementia Friendship Club in Japan. Over the course of this project, Takehito Tokuda visited the UK and Ellie Robinson-Carter travelled to Japan on a research visit.

Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre productions will be streamed online on 12,13,17, 18 June

The organisers of the Sibiu International Theatre Festival – the first large theatre festival in Central and Eastern Europe to be organised online in 2020, have organised an online special edition, “Empowered”, which will be streamed for free on Facebook, YouTube, and via its website. Two of Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre’s productions will be streamed online: The

Japanese Marine Life

Our very many congratulations to Professor Jason Hall-Spencer and Professor Kazuo Inaba on the publication of their book on Japanese Marine Life published on 6 May 2020. This publication is just one of several outcomes which have arisen from Professor Hall-Spencer’s first research visit to Japan which the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation supported with a Daiwa

"Lockdown" in Kyoto

Alex Thacker is one of  the four Daiwa Scholars in Japanese Studies 2019. He is currently entering his second semester at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan and below gives an insight into his current life in Kyoto.

Studying in Japan from the UK - A Personal Account by a Daiwa Scholar in Japanese Studies

Callum Sarracino began a Masters of Arts and Sciences in Information, Technology and Society in Asia at Tokyo University in September 2019. His interest area is Japanese popular media, in particular anime and manga. He is one of four Daiwa Scholars in Japanese Studies 2019.  He returned to the UK for a brief  holiday in March 2020, and is currently unsure when he will return to Tokyo.

Tsunagu/Connect is looking for volunteer interviewers to help with its oral history project documenting the lives of Japanese women in the UK

Tsunagu/Connect is looking looking for children and young people aged 8-16 years old with Japanese heritage who would be interested in becoming volunteer interviewers! If interested, please do contact them by 8 May 2020 if at all possible.   Tsunagu/Connect is an exciting oral history project that will document the lives of Japanese women living