Daiwa Scholars 1998

Jacob Caccia

Jacob Caccia completed a BA (Hons) degree in Fine Art at Glasgow School of Art in 1996 and worked as an artist until departure for Japan.

Jacob’s homestay in Japan was in Shinjo City in Yamagata Prefecture. His work placement was at the Hisayama Kazue Studio.

Jacob spent 17 years in Japan and China. While in China he co-founded the Andao Tea Company and Lijang Studio. He currently is back in the UK working as  an artist and designer.

Mark Crossley

Mark Crossley completed a degree in European Law at the University of Warwick in 1998. He departed for Japan having  accepted a training place at the London law firm Linklaters which he  took up on completion of the Daiwa Scholarship.

Mark’s homestay in Japan was in Sapporo City in Hokkaido. His work placement was at the Ministry of Justice. Mark currently works at Hogan Lovells in London.

You can read more about Mark in the “Scholars Experiences” section of the website.

Dr Andrew Lambert

Andrew Lambert completed a BSc (Hons) in Physical Electronics in 1995 and a PhD in Physics in 1998, both at the University of Warwick. He aims to forge a career as a research scientist.

Andrew’s homestay in Japan was in Niigata City in Niigata Prefecture. His work placement was at withToshiba Semiconductor. He currently works as an Engineer for Jennic.

Timothy Large

Timothy Large completed a BA (Hons) in English Language and Literature at Balliol College, University of Oxford in 1995. He spent two years in Japan on the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme from 1995 to 1997. He was been working as a freelance journalist and a news editor with an internet provider of science new and aspires to a future career as a journalist and foreign correspondent.

Tim’s work placement in Japan was at the Yomiuri Shimbun.

Tim is a journalist, editor and consultant, formerly editor-in-chief and director of media development at Thomson Reuters Foundation.

Having worked as editor of the Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence, Tim has started a new position as Investigative Journalism for Europe (IJ4EU) Project Manager at the International Press Institute (IPI) in Vienna.

Dr Andrew Melvin

Andrew Melvin completed a BA (Hons) degree in Music at Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge in 1994 and a Diploma in Performance and Communications Skills at Guildhall School of Music in 1995. He is a regular performer with the London Sinfonietta and works as a composer/pianist and music teacher. He completed a PhD in Music Composition at Brunel University in 2011.

Andrew’s homestay in Japan was in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture and his work placement was at Tokyo University of the Arts.