18 April 2019
Acclaimed Japanese singer and songwriter Ichiko Aoba, started playing classical guitar at the age of 17 and debuted her first album, “Kamisori Otome” (Razor Girl), at the age of 19. Since then, she has released several original albums. She will be performing at Babel Art House, Stoke Newington on Tuesday, 28 May 2019 as part
Read on15 April 2019
2017 Daiwa Scholar Edmund Stenson’s new documentary, Finding Fukue has won the best film award in the NSI (National Screen Institute Canada) Online Short Film Festival. The film went live on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) website and on YouTube last year. It reached nearly half a million views in two weeks, and the Foundation
Read on21 February 2019
The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation is pleased to be hosting a calligraphy course at its premises from Thursday, 7 March until 20 June 2019.
Read on4 February 2019
As a Daiwa Scholar, Ed Knight spent September 2008 oblivious to the unfolding global financial crisis. He was on his homestay living in the foothills of the Japanese Alps whilst working on a Japanese apple orchard in Nagano prefecture. He has continued to support UK-Japan apple links and recently hosted a group of apple growers from Nagano on a visit to the UK. To find out more, please read on.
Read on2 July 2018
Bonhams is recruiting an Administrator, Japanese Art, Reporting to the Head of Department for their New Bond Street Offices. Apply by 18 July 2018.
Read on1 February 2018
Mami Mizutori, a Trustee of the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, is named Assistant Secretary-General and Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR).
Read on4 September 2017
The purpose of the Sir Peter Parker Awards for Spoken Business Japanese – dedicated to the memory of the late Sir Peter Parker – is to deepen the understanding of Japanese business culture by businessmen and women of the countries of the European Union through study of the Japanese language, and to contribute to goodwill
Read on14 August 2017
The Bower is a collaborative project between Louisa Bailey and Joyce Cronin, which will transform the currently derelict former public toilet in Brunswick Park into a non-profit, communal art space called The Bower. Louise and Joyce are collaborating with Hiroshima-based architects Claire and Kazuya Nakamoto on the interior designs of the building.
Read on22 March 2017
On Monday 10 April 2017, NHK WORLD TV will screen two documentaries in London:
1. What You Taught Me About My Son, 6.30pm – an award-winning documentary about a
Japanese boy with severe autism and 2. Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki, 8.30pm – follows Japanese animation maestro and Studio Ghibli co-founder as he comes out of retirement to work on his first-ever CGI film.
17 February 2017
In his new adaptation for Yellow Earth theatre company, Ng Choon Ping directs a startling production with an East Asian cast and live taiko drumming featuring Joji Hirota. London: 15 March to 8 April; Oxford: 13 to 15 April; Colchester: 19-20 April; Birmingham: 21 April 2017.
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