News for September 2025

Carl Randall included in two London Portrait Painting Exhibitions

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

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Carl Randall - commissioned to create paintings for Raffles at The OWO/Kioku by Endo

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

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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/

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Thirty-Six Views of a Haiku: poetry translation workshop with Heidi Clark (co-founder of the Translators' House Press)

Alumna (Daiwa Scholarships in Japanese Studies) Heidi Clark is holding a poetry translation workshop at East Bristol Books on Thursday 26 March. Doors open at 18:00 with the event starting at 18:15. The event finishes at 20:00. Why do people produce different translations of the same source text? In this workshop, participants will be introduced

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Rest in Peace, Arthur Stockwin

In early January 2026, all of us at the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation were saddened to hear of the death of Professor Arthur Stockwin. He was a towering figure in Japanese Studies in the UK, and a long-standing friend of the Daiwa Foundation, sometimes speaking at or moderating our events, but most memorably as a member of the interview panel assessing potential Daiwa Scholars.

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Call for Chapter Proposals - Exploring Nikkei Struggles for Memory and Redress Around the Globe

The editors of Diversifying Accountability: Exploring Nikkei Struggles for Memory and Redress Around the Globe seek proposals from prospective authors for chapters in this edited scholarly book.

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Song of Rona Island (World Premier)

Matsukaze & Song of Rona Island • Contemporary • Kings Place Date: Sat 29 Nov Start time:7.30pm (Doors: 7pm) Daiwa Scholarships alum Gareth Mattey is the dramaturg for this piece: Song of Rona Island (World Premier) Rona, a tiny island in the Outer Hebrides, was once home to a chapel founded by St Ronan in the

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Special Video Screening: Scarlet River by Reijiro Wada - showing until Monday 20 October

In a reflection on the current intensification of geopolitical conflicts, the Daiwa Foundation invites visitors to view the video work SCARLET RIVER by Reijiro Wada. It was filmed in 2023 at the Motoyasu River, which flows through the centre of Hiroshima City. The landscape’s associated tragedies are captured through a double-glazed window filled with red wine, creating a scarlet scene.

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