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 on31 October 2025
Noh Reimagined, the festival dedicated to the artistry of Noh theatre, returns to Kings Place, London from 28 to 29 November 2025. Now in its fifth edition, the festival invites audiences to explore the timeless spiritual and aesthetic power of Noh through rare classical performances, cross-cultural innovation, and world premieres that bridge Japan and Scotland in unprecedented
Read on10 October 2025
Multippl are pleased to present Hāfu2Hāfu: a photography exhibition exploring mixed-identity. Hāfu2Hāfu is a project created by Netherlands-based Japanese-Belgian photographer Tetsuro Miyazaki, who set out to photograph a hāfu – a person with one Japanese parent – from every UN-recognised country. Alongside the black and white photographic portraits, taken with hāfu from over 100 countries, are pressing
Read on7 October 2025
Daiwa Scholarships 2026: Language Study, Homestay & Work Placement in Japan – apply by 4 December 2025 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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