The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation

• If your work builds links between the UK and Japan through travel, exchange, research or collaboration, it fits this funder's purpose, and applicants must be resident in one of the two countries and show a long-term commitment to UK-Japan relations.
• Choose your route with care: Small Grants (£2,000 to £9,000) are open to individuals and bodies in the UK or Japan but exclude general appeals, capital costs, consumables, fees and salaries, while Awards (£9,000 to £18,000) are for organisations only and must involve both a British and a Japanese partner.
• The annual report gives a typical grant band of £2,000 to £11,000, with a median of £3,000, but the largest grant was £16,000, so the band is not a ceiling.
• Applications close on 31 March and 30 September, the funder says results come about two months after the deadline, and it encourages early submission and generally gives priority to new applicants.
• It is unlikely to fund the same individual or institution over two consecutive calendar years, so a project that has recently been funded should not expect a repeat grant.

The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:

• Maggie Keswick Jencks Cancer Caring Centres Trust aka Maggie's · Project Partner: Maggie's Tokyo Support for mutual visits, support and training between Maggie's UK and Maggie's Tokyo to aid communication and shared learning; including a conference in Japan for Maggie's Tokyo, Maggie's UK and other Japanese healthcare organisations, 2025 to 2026.
  £16,000year to 31 March 2025
• Saitama Arts Foundation, Saitama Arts Theatre · Support for travel to Japan by 20 members of the Akram Khan Company to take part in performances in Saitama and lead workshops as part of the Dance Redirection programme, which provides training for young dancers in Japan, June 2025. Project Partner: Akram Khan Company
  £15,000year to 31 March 2025
• Playbox Theatre · Support for 19 young people from England to experience an intensive and educative ten days living, and working, with an inspiring arts organisation in Tokyo, July 2025. Project Partner: Model Language Studio (Tokyo)
  £12,000year to 31 March 2025
• Tokai University, Research Institute of Science and Technology (Dr Tetsuo Nohara) · Support for reciprocal UK-Japan research visits by academics at the University of Sussex, University of Brighton, and Tokai University combining their respective expertise as they research the possibility of CO2 absorption, September 2024 onwards. Project Partners: University of Sussex, Thermo-Fluid Mechanics Research Centre; University of Brighton, Centre for Precision Health & Translational Medicine
  £12,000year to 31 March 2025
• University of Manchester, Department of Chemical Engineering · Support for reciprocal travel by teams of UK and Japan-based researchers from the University of Manchester, the University of Tokyo, and RIKEN collaborating on research into understanding the sulfonamide biosynthesis in Streptomyces bacteria, January to autumn 2025. Project Partners: University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; RIKEN, Department of Sustainable Resource Science
  £11,000year to 31 March 2025
• Bournemouth University, Department of Humanities and Law · Project Partners: University of Aberdeen, School of Law; Waseda University Law School Support for reciprocal visits by academics in the UK and Japan undertaking collaborative research into deepfake technology and the legal implications for the UK and Japan, with a particular focus on copyright, data protection, privacy and fraud law, December 2024 and April 2025.
  £9,000year to 31 March 2025
• National Institute of Technology (KOSEN), Kumamoto College · Support for five reciprocal visits by researchers at Kumamoto College and Nottingham Trent University focusing on the development of an intelligent prosthetic arm, leveraging advancements in neuromorphic computing, August and December 2024. Project Partner: Nottingham Trent University, Department of Computer Science
  £9,000year to 31 March 2025
• Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum · Support for travel to Japan by artist duo Dunhill & O'Brien to create a new large-scale interactive installation and public programme for Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum's exhibition, 'Pleasure in Making: The Creative Spirit of DIY for Living', July to October 2025.
  £9,000year to 31 March 2025

Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts. Not included above: 12 grants to individuals; 1 with no named recipient.

• Grants paid, year to 31 March 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
• Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: grants awarded in the year, as reported in the accounts.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.

• Annual report (year to 31 March 2025)

This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.

Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.