Presentation by Daiwa Anglo Japanese Foundation about their scholarships for language study, work placement and homestay in Japan

1. Daiwa Scholarships 2018
A unique programme of language study,
work placement and homestay in Japan

2. The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation
• Founded in 1988 as a UK charity
• Generous donation from Daiwa Capital Markets
• Aim to support closer links between the UK and Japan
• Headquarters in London; representative office in Tokyo
The Foundation carries out work through three main
activities: Scholarships, Grants & Events
Daiwa Foundation Japan
House, Regent’s Park

3. Daiwa Scholarships
• Began in 1991 (165 alumni)
• Unique 20-month programme for UK citizens
aged 21-35 (19 months in Japan)
• A small group – up to eight - of Scholars
selected each year

4. Daiwa Scholarships – the
programme
• a residential Japanese language tuition course in the UK
in summer prior to departure for Tokyo in September
• 12 months learning Japanese in Tokyo
• 1 month homestay anywhere in Japan
• 6 months on work placement

5. First few weeks in Japan
Arrival
Hotel Asia Centre
At the estate agent Learning JapaneseVisiting the British
Embassy in Tokyo
Plenty of Japanese
food!

6. Japanese Course in the UK, August 2018
Monday ~ Thursdays = 9:00am to 4:00pm &
Fridays: 9:00am to 2:15pm
Spending money provided for the month
On a few afternoons lectures will be held on different aspects of
Japanese culture
Daiwa Scholars 2017 with Japanese students at
the Euro-Japanese Exchange Foundation
(EJEF) in Lane End near High Wycombe,
August 2017

7. Language learning in Tokyo
Three strands:
• Japanese language study
• Communication classes
• Help with Japanese Language Proficiency Test
preparation – Scholars are encouraged to take
Level 2 (second highest level)

8. Language learning – Japanese language study
• Intensive classes at a language school in Tokyo
(3.5 hours per day) for 12 months
• Weekly communication classes from January 2019
will run in parallel, focusing on skills required for a
productive work placement and exploring Japanese
language in a less formal environment

9. Homestay
• One-month with a Japanese family, September 2019
• Opportunity to try new experiences
• Located almost anywhere in Japan
John Lingi in
Kagoshima
prefecture in 2014
Andrew Jones in Okinawa in 2016
Alexandra Rutter sightseeing with
her Wakayama homestay family in
2016

10. Work placement: The placement is at an organisation appropriate
to each Daiwa Scholar’s career goals. Each placement is
developed in close consultation with the Scholar
Tokyo Carpentry College
Institute for Quantum
Nano Electronics,
Tokyo University
Recruit – publication,
advertisement, PR
company
Tokyo University of the ArtsRIKEN Institute for Physical and
Chemical Research
Mizuma Art
Gallery, Tokyo

11. Work placement
AIST: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Artificial Intelligence Research Centre (AIRC)
Asahi Shimbun
Asia Forum Japan
Atelier Bow-Wow
Business Development Asia
Business Development Asia LLC
Daiwa Institute of Research
FTI - International Risk
Hogan Lovells
Honda Motor Corporation
Institute of Cultural Affairs Japan (ICA Japan)
Hosei University, International Japanese Studies
International Herald Tribune
Isseki-Nicho Theatre
Japan Academy of Moving Images
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Japan Association for Refugees
Japan Centre for Climate Change Actions
Japan Centre for Conflict Prevention
Japan Civil Liberties Union
Japan Foundation
Japan Forum for International Relations
Japan International Science and Technology Exchange Center (JISTEC)
Japanese Diet
Japanese Literature Publishing and Promotion Centre
Japanese Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’
Association
Jun Sato Structural Engineering Office
Keio University Arts Centre (Butoh Research Centre)
Keio University, Department of Engineering
Keio University, Graduate School of Media and Design
Kengo Kuma & Associates
Klein Dytham Architects
Kobokan Community Center
Komazawa University, Buddhist Studies
Planning & Research for the Environment Consultants (PREC) Institute
Research Institution of Economy, Trade & Industry (RIETI)
Representative Office of the Welsh Government in Japan
RIKEN Brain Science Institute
RIKEN Institute for Physical and Chemical Research
Saitama Arts Foundation
Saitama Arts Theatre
Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Setagaya Public Theatre
Sophia University
Square Enix
S. Soga and Co. Patents and Trademarks
St Luke Hospital
Thompson Reuters
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Bid Committee
Tokyo Carpentry College
Tokyo Foundation
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tokyo Kenchiku (Architecture) College
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
Tokyo National Museum
Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
Tokyo University
Tokyo University of the Arts
Toyo Ito Architects
Toyota Motor Corporation
University of Tokyo
United Nations University
Waseda University, Graduate School of International Culture & Communication Studies
Wild Life Research Centre (Yakushima)
WWF Japan
Yokohama Noh Theatre
Yokohama Triennale
Yomiuri-Shimbun
Scholars have undertaken work placements at:
Kreab Anderson
Misako & Rosen Gallery
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Mizuma Art Gallery
Nanjo & Associates International Art Consultants
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
National Centre for Child Health & Development.
National Research Institute for Cultural Properties
Nendo Inc (product design)
New National Theatre

12. Daiwa Scholars 2017
• Archaeology, UCL
• Computational Chemistry, Surrey &
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,
Oxford
• Economics, Cambridge
• Electronic Engineering, Birmingham
• Film and Literature at Warwick, Film
Studies, Concordia in Montreal
•
• Physics, Glasgow

13. Daiwa Scholars 2017
Dr Jennifer Handsel
Computational
Chemistry/Theoretical
Chemistry
(Surrey/Oxford)
Edmund Stenson
Film & Literature Studies/Film
(Warwick/Concordia Montreal)
Tumi Markan
Archaeology
(UCL)
Dr Heather Steele
Electronic
Engineering
(University of
Birmingham)
Matin Khadem
Economics
(University of Cambridge)
Victoria McIvor
Physics, (University of Glasgow)

14. Daiwa Scholars 2016 – now on work placements
Scholar Homestay Work Placement
Dr Ola Jegede (Aerospace
Engineering)
Kagoshima Prefecture
Tohoku University, Institute of Fluid
Science
Dr Kelly Maddox (History) Hiroshima Prefecture
Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School
of Social Science
Benjamin Sykes-Thompson
(Architecture)
Shimane Prefecture FT Architects
Euan Taylor (Music – Jazz
Double Bass)
Hokkaido Prefecture Miracle Bus Inc (produces music for
anime etc)
Alisha Wong (Chemical
Engineering)
Fukuoka Prefecture
Shiseido Group

15. Daiwa Scholars Alumni Association - employers
2 Hare Court Chambers
Accenture
Andao Tea Company + Lijiang Studio
Apple
Argent Estates Limited
Arup
Bain & Company
Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Tokyo
BiNAREE, Seoul
BBC News
BBC Media Action Asia desk
Boise State University
British Council
Buckinghamshire Music Service
Business Development Asia LLC
Cabinet Office
Civil Service
Cambridge Associates
University of Cambridge
Caroe & Partners Architects
Ceres Power Limited
Composer
The Daily Telegraph
Dart Center (for Journalism and Trauma)
Department of Business, Energy and
Industrial Strategy
Department for International Development
Discovery Capital
Duke University
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Ford Credit Bank
Four Soft
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Gresford Architects
Herbert Smith Freehills
Hertfordshire Constabulary
Hillingdon Drugs and Alcohol Service
hite (Healthcare Integrated Training &
Education)
Frazer-Nash Consultancy
Hewlett-Packard
Hogan Lovells
Hong Kong University
Ideo
Imperial College London
Jaguar Land Rover
Japan Agency for Medical Research and
Development (setting up London Office)
Japan College of Foreign Languages
Kadoorie Farm & Botanic Garden in Hong Kong
Kennedy Woods Architecture Ltd
Kreab Gavin Anderson (Tokyo)
King & Spalding
King Henry VIII School
King's College Hospital
Kreab Gavin Anderson
Liverpool John Moores University
Manchester Metropolitan University
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Tokyo
Mitsui Fudosan, London
Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo
MoneyWeek
Moody's Investors Service Singapore
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and
Technology (AIST)
Nihon Parametric Technology KK
Nottingham University Hospital
Novartis
Open University
Pacific Consultants International
PricewaterhouseCoopers
'Really English' Company
Ricardo
Thomson Reuters
Riviera Solutions
SMBC Nikko Capital Markets
Soneva Fushi Resort, Maldives
Sophia University, Tokyo
Star Legal LLP
Temple University, Japan
Toronto University
T-Three Consulting
undercover architecture
University of Brighton
University of Bristol
University of Cardiff
University of Edinburgh
University of Liverpool
University of Michigan
University of Oxford
University of Sheffield
University of Toronto
Village d'Enterprise Greenside
World Bank
WorldPay

16. Work placement: The placement is at an organisation appropriate
to each Daiwa Scholar’s career goals. Each placement is
developed in close consultation with the Scholar
Tokyo Carpentry College
Institute for Quantum
Nano Electronics,
Tokyo University
Recruit – publication,
advertisement, PR
company
Tokyo University of the ArtsRIKEN Institute for Physical and
Chemical Research
Mizuma Art
Gallery, Tokyo

17. After the Scholarship
James Harding
Director, BBC News
Carl Randall, BP Portrait Award Travel Award exhibition at the
National Gallery, 2013 ‘In the Footsteps of Hiroshige’
Merryn Somerset Webb
Editor, MoneyWeek

18. After the Scholarship
Dr Victoria James – filmmaker and author
Book signing Trump documentary

19. After the Scholarship
Anthony’s homestay in Japan was in Hanamaki City in Iwate Prefecture and
his work placement was with the Institute of Archaeology, Meiji University.
Professor Anthony Sinclair
Professor of Archaeological Theory and Method
and Associate Head, School for Education, School
of Histories, Languages and Cultures, University of
Liverpool

20. After the Scholarship
Chris Harding
Lecturer in Asian History, University of
Edinburgh
•Chris was selected as a New
Generation Thinker 2013.
•After a nationwide search, BBC Radio
3 and the Arts & Humanities Research
Council (AHRC) unveiled the ten
academics that have been named New
Generation Thinkers 2013.
•The partnership between BBC Radio 3
and the AHRC aims to find the
academic broadcasters of the future –
the brightest minds who have the
potential to turn ground breaking ideas
into fascinating radio programmes.

21. Application
• Deadline for the Daiwa Scholarship 2018
programme is Thursday 7 December 2017
• An online application system is available from
the Foundation’s website
• Three confidential references must be submitted
to the Foundation by the deadline

22. Selection process
• STAGE 1
• A number (usually 24) of candidates will be invited to a
Stage 1 interview from 12-15 February 2018
• STAGE 2
• Those who pass Stage 1 will sit a language aptitude test
and attend a lunch on Wednesday, 21 February 2018
• STAGE 3
• The final shortlist of candidates will be interviewed by
the Trustees in mid to late March 2018

23. Emoluments
• Tuition - all tuition and examination fees throughout the
Scholarship
• Maintenance grant - for the duration of the Scholarship to
cover accommodation and living costs for a single person
(¥260,000 per month – rent is usually (¥80,000 per month )
• Travel - economy-class travel to and from Japan at the
beginning and end of the Scholarship
• Accommodation - hotel accommodation in central Tokyo for
the first weeks in Japan; then, rented apartments
• Insurance - standard private medical insurance while Daiwa
Scholars are in Japan on the programme, complementing
the Japanese National Health Insurance system

24. Daiwa Foundation Japanese Studies Scholarships
• NEW from April 2015
• Only open to UK nationals who have a degree in Japanese Studies,
comprising a significant amount of Japanese language study
• We aim to support up to three British nationals in Japan and up to three
in the UK who are doing postgraduate studies in Japan-related studies
• Benefits:
• Tuition covered (for duration of course)
• Stipend of £1,000 a month while in the UK and ¥260,000 per month
while in Japan
• Annual UK-Japan air fare paid
• Deadline: last Thursday in January (25 January in 2018)

25. Living, Working, Studying in Japan –
other opportunitiesStudy opportunities:
Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarships (http://www.uk.emb-japan.go.jp/en/study/index.html)
JASSO (http://www.jasso.go.jp/index_e.html)
JASSO Student Exchange Support Program (Scholarship for Short-term Study in Japan) (http://scholarship-
positions.com/jasso-student-exchange-support-program-scholarship-short-term-study-japan/2017/03/03/)
JSPS Scholarships – primarily for PhD students and postdocs (www.jsps.org)
Rotary Club (http://www.ribi.org/what-we-do/scholarships-and-exchanges)
Vulcanus Programme (since 1997) (http://www.eu-japan.eu/global/vulcanus-in-japan.html)
Toshiba Cambridge Japan and the World Graduate Scholarship (since 2017):
(https://www.ames.cam.ac.uk/news/japanese-studies-offers-new-scholarship-in-partnership-with-the-toshiba-foundation) -
Offering full funding (fees and maintenance) for three years, one scholarship will be awarded to an incoming PhD student in
2018 and another in 2020.
Funding for projects:
Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation (www.dajf.org.uk) / Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation (www.gbsf.org.uk)
Japan Foundation (http://www.jpf.org.uk/funding.php) / Winston Churchill Memorial Trust (http://www.wcmt.org.uk)
Working possibilities:
Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme (http://www.uk.emb-japan.go.jp/en/teach/jet_intro.html)
Interac, Teach English in Japan (http://www.interacnetwork.com/recruit/global.html)
Recruitment Agencies
Work visa (http://www.uk.emb-japan.go.jp/en/visa/working.html)
Working Holiday Visa (http://www.uk.emb-japan.go.jp/en/visa/working-holiday.html)
Disco (http://www.disc.co.jp/en/)
Top Career International (http://www.topcareer.jp/inter/)
Tokyo Career Guide (http://www.tdh.metro.tokyo.jp/english/)
World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (http://wwoofinternational.org/)

26. Experience Japan Exhibition 2017 at the Royal
Society, London, 12 to 6:00pm on Saturday, 18
November 2017
http://www.experience-japan.jp/

27. The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation
Daiwa Foundation Japan House
13/14 Cornwall Terrace
London NW1 4QP
Tel: 020 7486 4348
Fax: 020 7486 2914
Email: scholarships@dajf.org.uk
Web: www.dajf.org.uk