News for November 2014

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8 February 2024

'On an Endless Road' - a programme of music by and about trailblazing Japanese women

In the satsuma biwa tradition, performers recite tales of historical battles and warriors whilst accompanying themselves on the instrument. When studying the biwa, Francesca Le Lohé began thinking of other kinds of ‘warriors’ and felt the biwa to be the perfect vehicle to engage new audiences with historical trailblazing women. This work celebrates the life of writer and feminist anarchist Itō Noe, killed by Japanese state forces when she was just 28. 

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8 February 2024

Chris Harding will be on Start the Week on BBC Radio 4 on 12 February 2024

Daiwa Scholarships alumnus Dr Christopher Harding will be on Start the Week on BBC Radion 4 on 12 February talking about his new book, The Light of Asia. “The writer Christopher Harding takes a closer look at the many ways in which Asia has influenced Europe and North America. In his book, The Light of Asia,

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20 December 2023

Daiwa Foundation funds projects ranging from research into macroalgae restoration and aquaculture in Japan, to the UK premiere of performances and a masterclass by audiovisual art duo Usaginingen.

The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation (www.dajf.org.uk) has published details of its Small Grants and Awards awarded to support a total of 29 UK-Japan projects in its latest funding round: September 2023. A Daiwa Foundation Small Grant will support travel to the UK by performance duo Usaginingen (pictured) to perform the UK premiere of their new work

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2 October 2023

Clifton Scientific Trust seeks a new Director

Clifton Scientific Trust works to develop and implement innovative programmes that engage school students of all ages and backgrounds in new ways with working scientists, engineers and medics, locally, nationally and internationally.

The ideal candidate will have imagination, creativity, leadership and teamworking skills, experience in fundraising and building partnership networks.  He/she would be expected to have some knowledge of schools at primary and secondary level, a broad understanding of science/engineering and some knowledge of Japan.

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News

18 November 2014

UK-Japan collaboration into dementia care

In May 2014 the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation awarded a Daiwa Foundation Award to Dr Mayumi Hayashi of the Department of Social Science, Health and Medicine at King’s College London to support her collaborative research into dementia care. She has been collaborating with KCL’s Institute of Gerontology and Psychiatry, and the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.You can read a newspaper article which she wrote on dementia care in Japan via the red button below:

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13 November 2014

Daiwa Foundation Art Prize 2015 - shortlist announced

The three shortlisted artists for the Daiwa Foundation Art Prize 2015 are Mikhail Karikis,  Oliver Beer and Julie Brook. In June 2015 the shortlisted artists will exhibit at the Daiwa Foundation Japan House Gallery, London. The winning artist, who will be announced during the exhibition’s opening night, will then exhibit at the Aoyama | Meguro Gallery, Tokyo in autumn 2015. For further details please refer click here. The press release can be viewed here:

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12 November 2014

Digital Art Collaboration between the University of the West of Scotland and Tokyo Metropolitan University in November 2014

The School of Media, Culture and Society at the University of the West of Scotland has been collaborating with Tokyo Metropolitan University’s IDEEA Lab since 2012. Together with the University of the West of Scotland’s Creative Futures Institute, the aim is to establish a programme of knowledge exchange between the UK and Japan in the field of interactive and multimodal art practice. The project is led by Professor Katarzyna Kosmala of the University of the West of Scotland.

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10 November 2014

Job opportunities at Worldpay for four Japanese speaking business analysts

Worldpay UK has an opening for four  Japanese-speaking business analysts. Worldpay is one of the top five payments processors in the world, making and taking payments for many of the world’s leading consumer brands . Worldpay processes about 500 face to face and online transactions every second. And as it goes from strength to strength, it’s looking for four talented people to join them on their journey. If you’re passionate about e-Commerce, Product Development and Delivering Change, if you are excited by technology and innovation, this is an opportunity to be part of a truly global and fast growing company. See their job spec for further details. 

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