11 June 2025
Our Cosmic Dust “is a heartfelt and imaginative tale that explores how we find guidance in others and solace in the cosmos – all seen through the wide-eyed perspective of a child. Making its English-language debut, this three-time award-winning production blends intricate puppetry, hand-drawn illustrations, and inventive video design to craft a visually stunning and
Read on11 June 2025
Who Is Molly Leigh is a brand new opera between Stoke-on-Trent arts organisation, B.Arts and former Daiwa Scholars, musician Francesca Le Lohé and writer Gareth Mattey. This project is an interactive musical about the local legend of accused Burslem witch Molly Leigh. The opera explores the story of Molly Leigh from the perspective of women
Read on10 June 2025
Due to popular demand, we are pleased to announce that our current exhibition, Faultlines by Tomoko Yoneda, has been extended: 27 March 2025 – 18 July 2025 (Extended) Monday–Friday, 9:30 am–5:00 pm (except public holidays) Admission free Curator: Melanie Pocock, Artistic Director (Exhibitions), Ikon Gallery This exhibition has been made possible with the generous
Read on29 May 2025
The large-scale massacres at the Auschwitz camps and the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II were some of the cruellest and most tragic events in human history. Naoko Abe’s non-fiction book The Martyr and the Red Kimono: A Fearless Priest’s Sacrifice and A New Generation of Hope in Japan (Chatto
Read on3 April 2025
Those planning to study Japanese in Japan, may have encountered the 150-hour Japanese study requirement to prove basic proficiency in the language. This new guideline takes effect from April 2025. Language school applicants (including those attending language schools or centres at university in Japan) must demonstrate knowledge of Japanese. This can be proven through 150
Read on25 March 2025
Here you can read a wonderful and wide-spanning interview with Daiwa Scholarships alumna 2013 and 2024 BBC New Generation Thinker, Dr Becca Voelcker. In it she talks about her forthcoming book, Land Cinema, and its roots in her rural Welsh childhood, via inner-city Tokyo and other stories! Read on: Reframing the Landscape | The
Read on21 February 2025
The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation (www.dajf.org.uk) has published details of its Small Grants and Awards awarded to support a total of 32 UK-Japan projects in its latest funding round: September 2024. A Daiwa Foundation Small Grant supported travel by two Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) staff, Professor Stephen Widdicombe – PML’s Director of Science and Deputy Chief
Read on18 February 2025
Dr Radha Adhikari, University of the West of Scotland, shares the findings of a research trip to Japan, supported with a Daiwa Foundation Award, which looks at how Nepali Higher Education students in the UK and Technical Trainees in Japan contribute to the labour shortages in these countries. Project Partners: Professor Jeevan R Sharma (University
Read on22 November 2024
Daiwa Scholarships alumnus Carl Randall has been invited to participate in Flowers Gallery (London) annual exhibition ‘Small is Beautiful’. His two new miniature paintings ‘Canal’ and ‘Girl in a Grid’ are part of the show, alongside small-scale work by various invited international artists. The show runs from 21 November 2024 until 4 January 2025 at
Read on18 November 2024
Having previously been Headmaster of Tonbridge School, Christopher faced a very different challenge at the Daiwa Foundation, where he had to start pretty much from scratch, hiring staff and designing programmes to realise the ambitions of its founder, Yoshitoki Chino KBE, Chairman of Daiwa Securities.
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