3 November 2026
Daiwa Scholarships alumnus Carl Randall is one of 63 contemporary artists invited to make original work in response to Paul McCartney lyrics, chosen by Paul himself from Band on the Run: “Well, the rain exploded with a mighty crash as we fell into the sun.” Carl’s artwork Split Satoshi shows the McCartney lyrics translated into
Read on13 October 2026
Rebellious Bodies Butoh Festival 2026 takes place across October and November, bringing highly inspirational, well-established Japanese butoh artists to UK audiences. The highlight is two nights at The Place in London (13 and 14 November), including Mother Forest, a once-in-a-lifetime ensemble piece led by the legendary Mitsuyo Uesugi, who trained and performed alongside Kazuo Ohno
Read on14 September 2026
Onsen, an oil painting by Daiwa Scholarships alumnus and artist Carl Randall, has been used on the cover of the book Skinship published by Salt Publishing. Skinship is a collection of poems by author Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana, who like Carl, spent 10 years living in Japan. The title Skinship comes from a Japanese loan word fusing
Read on28 August 2026
Daiwa Scholarships 2027: Language Study, Homestay & Work Placement in Japan – apply by 3 December 2026 The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation is a UK charity supporting UK-Japan links through awarding Daiwa Scholarships and Daiwa Scholarships in Japanese Studies; offering grants to support UK-Japan collaboration and organising events including seminars, and exhibitions at its London headquarters.
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Nonomiya/Song of Rona Island – taking place at Edinburgh International Book Festival this August! Monday 24 August 2026 | 19:00 – 21:00 at Greyfriars Kirk and repeated on Tuesday 25 Aug at 19:00 Noh Reimagined theatre company will introduce Noh Theatre in Part One with Nonomiya – a piece based on the oldest novel of
Read on31 July 2013
This exhibition, held at the National Geographic London Store (102 Brompton Road, Knightsbridge, London SW3), displays the extraordinary photographs taken by Makiko Ui during her time spent in the Ainu community. The Ainu are an indigenous group of people from Hokkaido, although they have previously inhabited other areas of Japan. The exhibition is taking place from
Read on29 July 2013
I made a trip up to Birmingham on Wednesday for the opening of the Shimabuku retrospective exhibition Something that Floats/ Something that Sinks at Ikon Gallery. Shimabuku gave a talk at the Daiwa Foundation last year, and his combination of bizarreness and whimsical charm made me eager to see the actual work. Shimabuku’s message, as I
Read on26 July 2013
Labelled as the biggest J-Pop culture event of the year, Hyper Japan certainly didn’t disappoint. Thousands of people of all ages, backgrounds and interests gathered for three days of action in what was an insight into current Japanese pop culture. Some, who felt an urge to really make an effort, came dressed in all kinds
Read on25 July 2013
We are pleased to announce the 2013 Daiwa Adrian Prize winners. Four UK-Japan scientific research teams will each receive £10,000 in prize money. A full list of project leaders, team members and their institutions is included below. The prize was advertised widely in print media, through our website and social media. We received an excellent
Read on25 July 2013
The artist, Masa Suzuki, was awarded a Daiwa Foundation Small Grant in our March 2013 round, to support his art project at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Wakehurst Place (West Sussex) over summer 2013.
Read on23 July 2013
The Rotary Club of Battersea Park will be hosting an evening of Japanese and European music at St Mary’s Church, Church Road, Battersea SW11 3NA on Wednesday 31 July from 7pm. This will be a fundraising concert for Shelter Box (www.shelterbox.org), which was particularly active at the time of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
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As 2012 BP Travel Award winner, former Daiwa Scholar Carl Randall trekked along Japan’s Tokaido Highway in the footsteps of woodblock artist Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858), recording the people he met en route. The National Portrait Gallery is running a competition in connection with Carl’s current exhibition, In the footsteps of Hiroshige: Portraits of Modern Japan.
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Charlotte Payne, a 2009 Daiwa Scholar, worked in the Kobokan community centre in Sumida-ku, and also as a researcher on Yakushima island, in Kagoshima during the work placement part of the programme.
Leaving Japan at the end of the Scholarship in March 2011, Charlotte went on to work with an NGO in India, and with the Medical Research Council and Department of Public Health at the University of Oxford.
Read on12 July 2013
During my week at the Daiwa Foundation, I’ve been keeping a diary of everything I did in Japanese.
Read on12 July 2013
The Edinburgh Festivals will soon be in full swing. Here we’ve collected some of the Japan-related events taking place this year:
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