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.
Read on12 August 2026
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 on28 May 2014
Criteria Fieldwork is a dedicated qualitative market research fieldwork agency. It was born in 1996 in a small room in North London. Since then, its mission has been to provide clients with the highest possible standard of qualitative recruitment.
Read on28 May 2014
The Terracotta Far East Film Festival is the largest Asian film festival in the UK, and this year (23 May to 1 June 2014) has four Japanese films showing, as outlined below.
Read on28 May 2014
If you have a chance, why not visit the Japanese style tea garden on display at the Parade Ground, Chelsea College of Art (by Tate Britain)? It is open to the public until 30 May 2014.
Read on26 May 2014
Legendary X-Japan star, Yoshiki expands his first ever classical world tour adding dates in Taipei, Tokyo and Osaka. In London, he will perform at the Royal Festival Hall on Thursday, 29 May.
Read on25 May 2014
Rosa van Hensbergen – who completed her 2012 Daiwa Scholarship in March 2014 – is, along with Marie-Gabrielle Rotie, currently assisting in the organisation of butoh performances and workshops by Natsu Nakajima.
Read on24 May 2014
Following the success of last year’s inaugural London Contemporary Music Festival (LCMF 2013), “the capital’s most adventurous and ambitious festival of new music” (The Guardian) returns for its second year. LCMF 2014 will offer a week of multi-disciplinary events exploring the best new music and performances from around the world in an extraordinary new space. For the 2014 edition, LCMF has teamed up with Second Home to take over a spectacular 20,000 sq ft former carpet factory off Brick Lane. On 29 May, LCMF will put on the Japanese Extreme.
Read on22 May 2014
Yukako Shibata, a London-based artist who had a show at the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation in 2008, will be having an exhibition in Tokyo, at Gallery MoMo Projects Roppongi. The exhibition, Ethereal, will be run from 26 April until 24 May 2014.
Read on20 May 2014
SPoN! will collaborate with Arikui to showcase sculpture and graphic art by the artist Andrew Revell at the Zou store, from 20th to 25th of May. The private view will be on Wednesday, 21 May from 7-9 pm.
Read on19 May 2014
The DAJF’s next exhibition is ‘Delirious Metropolis’, a showcase of popular culture that is expressed through the traditional Japanese craft of yuzen dyeing. The artist, Toru Ishii, represents the new generation of Japanese artists who are keenly aware of Japan’s sophisticated craft traditions but experiment openly with them to reach new horizons of expression. Ishii utilises
Read on7 May 2014
The University of Tokyo, in conjunction with the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, invites applications from undergraduates interested in Japanese archaeology and heritage to take part in a new two-week Summer School programme in Japan from 30th July to 13th August.
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