🚨Don't forget to submit your application for a Daiwa Scholarship by 4 Dec 2025! Gain a unique opportunity to - 🇯🇵 Spend a year learning Japanese - 🏡Enjoy a one-month homestay - 🏢Do a six-month work placement All in Japan! 🗾 More info here: dajf.org.uk/scholarships/d…

Upcoming Special Event | Gallery Tour: ひろしま/hiroshima Wed 17 Sept 2025, 12pm-1pm Join us for a free lunchtime tour of our exhibition, 'ひろしま/hiroshima', led by Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation staff. To learn more and book your place: dajf.org.uk/exhibitions/%E…

A Welcome Party for the 2025 Daiwa Scholars will be held by the Japan-British Society Junior Group on 3 October at the Hibikoku Lounge More details here: japanbritishsociety.or.jp/en/events/welc…

Opening Tomorrow | Special Video Screening: SCARLET RIVER by Reijiro Wada (REIJIRO WADA) 2 Sept – 20 Oct 2025 9:30am – 5:00pm Admission Free This special video screening will take place in the ground-floor library at the Foundation. To learn more: dajf.org.uk/event/special-…

Upcoming Webinar | 'Populism in the UK and Japan: Elections, Immigration and Economic Insecurity' with Jane Green and Dr. Naoko Hashimoto 橋本直子 Date: Thurs 25 Sept 2025 Time: 12pm-1:15pm (BST) / 8pm-9:15pm (JST) Location: Online (Zoom) Book your place here: dajf.org.uk/event/populism…

Woman exposed to radiation from Hiroshima bomb, now 105: 'Live with all your might' mainichi.jp/english/articl…

Our friends The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation are hiring! Job details can be found below.

Upcoming Special Event | Gallery Tour: ひろしま/hiroshima Wed 8 Oct 2025, 12pm-1pm Join us for a free lunchtime tour of our exhibition, 'ひろしま/hiroshima', led by Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation staff. To learn more and book your place: dajf.org.uk/exhibitions/ga…

Many thanks to Midori Komachi and Nick Luscombe for sharing their project, ‘Chashitsu Auditory Tea Room’, in today's webinar. Chashitsu: Auditory Tea Room will be performed on 14 October 2025, at the Elgar Room, Royal Albert Hall. To learn more: royalalberthall.com/tickets/events…

Huge congratulations on signing of Sister City Agreement between Osaka City 横山 英幸 (大阪市長) 🇯🇵 🤝　& Greater Manchester Andy Burnham 🇬🇧!! This fantastic partnership will drive forward 🇯🇵🇬🇧 growth & prosperity into the future 👍

The 2025 Daiwa Scholars Leo, Henry and Daigan have arrived in Japan! Here are Leo and Henry at Haneda, and Daigan at Zingaro Café in Nakano

Many thanks to Lesley Downer for her fascinating talk, 'The Impact of Women on Japanese History', yesterday evening. If you're interested in buying her book on Japanese history, please click on the following link: oldstreetpublishing.co.uk/102/the-shorte…

To those registered for our Private View and/or Artist Talk this evening: both events will proceed as scheduled - Private View: ひろしま/hiroshima | 5pm–8pm - Artist Talk by Ishiuchi Miyako | 6pm–7pm For any enquiries, please contact our Events Team at [email protected]

Tickets for #kotatsu2025 at Chapter in Cardiff are on sale now! Check out the whole range of films and get yours at chapter.org/seasons/kotats…

A big thank you to Professor Chiharu Inaba for his talk on Chiune Sugihara’s humanitarian deeds during WWII, where he shed light on the facts – and myths – of the Japanese diplomat's actions.

9月10日からロンドンの大和日英基金でスタートした「ひろしま/hiroshima」展。石内都、藤岡亜弥、笹岡啓子の3人展です。9月9日のオープニングでは石内都によるトークが開催されました。x.com/DaiwaFoundatio…

Exhibition | Temporary Closure On Tuesday 16 September, the Mews Side Gallery will be closed for an exhibition changeover. The Park Side Gallery will remain open, where visitors can view 'ひろしま/hiroshima' by Ishiuchi Miyako. dajf.org.uk/exhibitions/%e…

Upcoming Seminar |🌸'Celebrating the Flora of Japan' with Ben Jones, Arboretum Curator at the University of Oxford Botanic Garden & Arboretum Tuesday 7 October, 6:00pm - 7:00pm Learn more and book here: dajf.org.uk/event/celebrat…