7 July 2026
Daiwa Scholarships alumnus and artist Carl Randall has a new Japan-themed painting on show at the Hampstead Art Society Summer Exhibition until 11 July at Gallery 8 in Mayfair, central London. His oil painting The Kokeshi Maker is one of 90 artworks chosen from 3,252 worldwide submissions. The show also includes paintings by Winifred Nicholson
Read on26 June 2026
The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation (www.dajf.org.uk) has published details of its Small Grants and Awards awarded to support a total of 31 UK-Japan projects in its latest funding round: March 2026. A Daiwa Foundation Small Grant will support the travel of 11 explorer scouts and 2 leaders from the 83rd Fife Scout Group to attend the
Read on28 April 2026
A new Japan painting by Daiwa Scholarship alumnus and artist Carl Randall has been selected for this year’s Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition, 7 to 19 May. ‘Graveyard Getsuho’ will be included in the show at the Mall Galleries in central London. The painting will then also be shown at The Contemporary British Portrait
Read on27 March 2026
Daiwa Scholarship alumnus and artist Carl Randall was commissioned by The Creative Restaurant Group to make a series of paintings for Kioku by Endo – a high-end Japanese restaurant in Whitehall London, located on the top floor of the luxury hotel Raffles at The OWO (in between Downing Street and Trafalgar Square). “Michelin-starred chef Endo
Read on19 March 2026
We are delighted to be supporting aspects ot the lecture series connected to “Beneath the Great Wave: Hokusai and Hiroshige” showing at the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester until 15 November 2026. You can find a list of the talks here: https://www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/beneaththegreatwave/events-programme/ Exhibition details can be found via this link: https://www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/beneaththegreatwave/
Read on26 April 2022
Daiwa Scholarship alumnus Carl Randall will exhibit his new oil painting Hairdressers at Night at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters 2022 exhibition, at the Mall Galleries London, 5 to 14 May 2022. The Royal Society of Portrait Painters annual exhibition is one of the world’s most extensive contemporary portrait exhibitions, forming a showcase of
Read on25 April 2022
To coincide with the opening of her solo exhibition The wind blows in, artist Asako Shiroki talks with independent curator and writer David Elliott. Asako Shiroki reflects on her journey so far, starting with jewelry making and exploring the structure and form of woodwork and objects. Here is a look at her journey leading up to her exhibition at the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation.
Read on22 April 2022
Daiwa Scholarships alumnus Edmund Stenson was associate editor on the thrilling documentary, Navalny. It is being shown at cinemas around the world and on BBC2 on Monday, 25 April at 9pm.
Read on21 April 2022
大和日英基金は30年以上にわたり日英交流の促進に貢献してきました。 基金の活動内容については 以下をご覧ください。 https://dajf.org.uk/ja/about 東京事務局では現在3名で運営していますが、日本での活動を支えるフルタイムの職員を募集しています。 英語が堪能で ボランティア精神をもって職務に取り組んでくれる方を希望します。 勤務地：四ツ谷（駅から徒歩5分） 勤務時間：9:00～18:00 関心のある方は東京事務局宛にお問い合わせください。 tokyo.office@dajf.org 03-3222-1205
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Composer and Daiwa Scholarship alumna, Francesca Le Lohé’s new original musical drama is inspired by ŌGAI Mori’s novel Vita Sexualis. Ōgai was a Japanese physician, translator, novelist and poet. The musical drama will be performed in Tokyo on 19 and 20 May 2022! “Stumbling across the long-forgotten diary of an ancestor, a young woman is
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