News category: Other News

6 July 2012

My week of work experience at the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation (2-6 July) by Rosanna Lee, a St Dunstan’s College student

Day 1

I was given a tour of Daiwa Foundation Japan House and the premises seem good. I met the staff—they seem friendly. I learnt some new Japanese vocabulary and kanji . I wrote a leaflet called ‘Tips for Learning Japanese’. I looked up some Japan-related art exhibitions and was told that we (me and a member of staff—I think Ali or Susan) will visit one later in the week.

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14 June 2012

Researchers from King's participate in 2nd Anglo-Japanese collaboration event in Tokyo for Improving Patient Safety

Researchers from King’s Patient Safety and Service Quality Research Centre (PSSQ) were invited to the second Anglo-Japanese collaboration for Improving Patient Safety (AnJIPS) event, which was held between 4th and 7th June in Tokyo. The AnJIPS project is a partnership between King’s College London and the University of Tokyo (UT). Led by Dr Naonori Kodate, former Research Associate with the Risk Programme (now Lecturer, University College Dublin),

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18 May 2012

(Nearly) meeting the Emperor

To the Japanese Embassy last night for a reception with the Emperor and Empress. There were a lot of rules and regulations for those attending, but this seemed understandable enough. Photographs were also forbidden, so I don’t have any. Standing with the Empress in front of a gold screen, the Emperor gave a short speech in slow, but extremely clear, English, thanking the people of the UK for their support after the Japanese earthquake last March.

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23 March 2012

Daiwa Foundation now on Twitter and Facebook!

We are happy to announce that the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation is now on Facebook and Twitter! We hope that you will “like” us and “follow” us, and look forward to interacting with you through these social media tools.

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15 November 2011

Experience Japan Exhibition at the Royal Society on Friday, 25 November

The ‘Experience Japan Exhibition’ will be taking place on Friday 25 November at the Royal Society in London. The event, which is being hosted by Keio University (Japan) and co-hosted by the British Council, will introduce the various study and work opportunities available in Japan to a UK audience.

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