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Brave Conversations, Positive Transformations.
Embassy
Strength to strength
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Labour of love
Executive Director
Journeying forward
President
Passing the baton
AGM
Changing of the guard
Paralympics
Tokyo 2020: how did we do?
In focus
Bccj member highlight: Robert Walters Japan
AND IT’S GOODBYE FROM HIM
So. Farewell. Then. BCCJ Acumen
DESPATCHES
Life after Tokyo
Charity
Animal Refuge Kansai 2022
NPO
REI Update
Book review
An illustrated guide to Samurai history and culture: from the age of Musashi to contemporary pop culture
Publicity
Dream Team
History
Myth and Reality
Creative
Painful issues
NPO
Cyclists United
Publicity
Uniquely the British School in Tokyo
Embassy
From Social Club to Business Hub
NEW MEMBER
Civvy Street, Tokyo
Obituary
Henry Scott-Stokes
Embassy
End of an era
Publicity
Malvern College Tokyo
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July / Aug 2021
NFTs: The Missing Link?
Art
February 2019
Back and forth
Grandson of Sir John Betjeman CBE studies art in Tokyo
Art
July 2018
Rock ’n’ roll icon
How David Bowie is represented by Japanese art
Art
December 2016
Japan’s wild side
London showcases rich botanical art
Art
August 2016
Manchester to return art to Hiroshima
A-bomb survivors’ work shows human spirit
Art
April 2016
Famed photos on display
Hokkaido artist’s work debuts in London
Art
September 2014
Trophy Sculpture to Inspire Business Leaders
The Scottish artist behind this year's British Business Awards in Japan trophies gives an insight into what inspires her work.
Art
May 2013
Desperate, Joyous and Intense
Is God an accountant or a butcher?” This question, in a modern comedy I once attended, resonates in my mind. I remember an intense dialogue between a man and a woman, with nothing else on stage except two chairs.
Art
March 2013
Otemachi Financial City Art Project
Living and working in Iwate Prefecture, I am inspired by the seasonal, solar, lunar and stellar cycles, as well as the countryside.
Past issues
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May / June 2022 issue
Brave Conversations, Positive Transformations.
Strength to strength
Labour of love
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Jan / Feb 2022 issue
Carolyn Davidson
The other Japan
Brave Conversations, Positive Transformations
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Nov / Dec 2021 issue
2021 British Business Awards
Britons gonged for great deeds
New horizons
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Sept / Oct 2021 issue
Being Black and British in Japan
UK–Japan trade ties
Finding Black in the Union Jack (and Japan)
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July / Aug 2021 issue
Trade: Tables Turned
Para aims high
Into new terrain
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May / June 2021 issue
Benefits of a British education in Japan
Exporting education
Notes from the Executive Director’s desk
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