20 September 2023
In 2021 the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation awarded a Small Grant to support travel writer James Clark and filmmaker Robbie McKain on a trip to Tōhoku in late 2022. They are working on a feature documentary about the resilience of the communities affected by the 2011 tsunami. The documentary follows their journey on the 1,000 kilometre-long
Read on8 September 2023
Our friends at the Great Britain-Sasakawa Foundation are inviting applications for the role of Programmes Executive at The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation (GBSF). GBSF supports educational cultural and scientific links between Japan and the UK. The Programmes Executive plays a key role in a small team in London and Tokyo in ensuring that the impact of the grant activity contributes to making a difference in UK-Japan Relations.
Read on25 August 2023
From 26 August until 6 September, Jake will be attempting to run 450km from Rugby School to Paris, where the Rugby World Cup will take place this September
Read on22 August 2023
Daiwa Scholar, Gareth Mattey’s new opera – Bermondsey, 1983 – will be shown on 3 September at The Cockpit, as part of the Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival 2023.
Read on18 August 2023
On 6 June 2023, Gregory Doran, Director Emeritus of the Royal Shakespeare Company, spoke on “My Shakespeare: A Director’s Journey through the First Folio” at the residence of Britain’s Ambassador to Japan, Julia Longbottom CMG.
Read on27 July 2023
Cale / Field Sewing Tokyo will hold an exhibition by Daiwa Scholarships alumna Kathleen Reilly & Taro Karibe ‘Through the garden window, the dew on the grass’ from 28 July to 18 August 2023. The works of both Kathleen Reilly and Taro Karibe use different angles of perspective to explore the nature of the realm
Read on16 July 2023
Makoto Shinkai’s The Garden of Words will be staged at London’s Park Theatre from 10 August until 9 September 2023. This global premiere is directed by Daiwa Scholarships alumna Alexandra Rutter, director of Whole Hog Theatre. This production is based on the stereotype-defying anime and novel by Makoto Shinkai, also known for Your Name and
Read on14 July 2023
The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation (www.dajf.org.uk) has published details of its Small Grants and Awards awarded to support a total of 35 UK-Japan projects in its latest funding round: March 2023. A Daiwa Foundation Small Grant will unite Northern Ireland’s taiko drumming with Japan’s world-famous KODO group by supporting Foyle Obon festival directors Fiona and Katsu
Read on5 July 2023
DUTIES General reception duties including answering telephone calls; greeting and looking after guests; arranging and serving refreshments. Communicating professionally with various partners by managing emails, phone calls, setting up internal/external meetings. Assisting the Programme Director with event planning and hospitality arrangements; regular evening work required (approximately once a week). Providing administrative support to deliver evening
Read on20 June 2023
In 2022, the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation awarded a Small Grant to the British Museum to support travel to Tokyo by Dr Capucine Korenberg, a senior scientist based at the Scientific Research Department at The British Museum. She travelled to Tokyo to interview and film woodblock printmakers, David Bull and Motoharu Asaka, as they embarked on the
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