The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation

Events at The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation

• Artist Talk: Over the Parched Field at The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation

  Special Event

  16 Feb 2012

  Akiko Takizawa is a Japanese artist based in London. The exhibition, Over the Parched Field, showcases a selection of Takizawa’s photographs since 2006, including new works made especially for the exhibition. This is Takizawa’s first solo show in London. The talk will be by Dr Simon Baker, Curator of Photography and International Art at the Tate Gallery, and the artist of Over the Parched Field, Akiko Takizawa.

• Ichiyo School of Ikebana at The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation

  Course

  Recurring event

  An ikebana class that uses a simplified and systematic way of teaching.

• Leadership in Central Banking at The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation

  Special Event

  23 Feb 2012

  Central banks currently face unusual challenges. In both the UK and Japan, the normal policy lever – interest rates – is at or close to its limits, forcing central bankers to consider innovative measures, such as 'quantitative easing' (QE), to support their economies. But these measures have been controversial. Some argue that the Japanese experience shows that QE doesn’t work, while others say that the real problem is the Bank of Japan’s cautiousness. In the UK, critics argue that QE has failed to boost the economy, debased the currency, and pushed up inflation. In the meantime, savers and pensioners in both countries have been squeezed by unusually low returns on their investments. In this seminar, the second in the 2012 series Leadership: People and Power in the UK and Japan, we ask what lessons can be learnt from the Bank of Japan’s experience over the last two decades - and what central bankers in both countries should do next?

• Nanga - Japanese style painting class at The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation

  Course

  Recurring event

  A class based on the Nanga school that originated in 12th-century China.