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Life after Tokyo
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Animal Refuge Kansai 2022
NPO
REI Update
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An illustrated guide to Samurai history and culture: from the age of Musashi to contemporary pop culture
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Dream Team
History
Myth and Reality
Creative
Painful issues
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Cyclists United
Publicity
Uniquely the British School in Tokyo
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From Social Club to Business Hub
NEW MEMBER
Civvy Street, Tokyo
Obituary
Henry Scott-Stokes
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End of an era
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Malvern College Tokyo
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May 2018
Sink or swim in sales
Japan Sales Mastery: Lessons from thirty years in Japan
Book review
January 2018
Life’s journey
New haiku collection opens up the literary form
Book review
A close-up on Japan
Book review
September 2017
The silence of autism
Another illuminating look at autism
Book review
Deep study
Japanese studies in Britain
Book review
July 2017
An Alternative View
Another Kyoto by Alex Kerr
Book review
June 2017
The Minimalist
Japan's new minimalist movement
Book review
May 2017
An indomitable city
New book on Tokyo paints a picture of a city that is unrivalled in its uniqueness.
Book review
April 2017
Eight million deities
The answer to “What is Shinto?”
Book review
March 2017
Japan street life
Blurred photos capture a country transformed
Book review
February 2017
Fear of falling
Glimpses Over the Edge: People Displaced by Conflict, Violence and Persecution by Alexander Treves
Book review
January 2017
A new take
ANJIN—The Life & Times of Samurai William Adams, 1564–1620 by Hiromi T. Rogers
Book review
December 2016
New ground
New scholarly study of a commanding figure in Japanese literature
Book review
November 2016
A unique record
New volume of UK–Japan biographical portrait series
Book review
October 2016
Unique publishing project
This is a seriously beautiful book that would make a fine addition to anyone’s library
Book review
September 2016
The English Willow and Japan
A beautifully produced volume of “Twaiku”
Book review
August 2016
Face to face with dying
Reflections without self-pity
Book review
July 2016
Tale of a double agent
The lives of Guy Burgess
Book review
November 2015
From outside looking in
Book review
October 2015
Lost for words?
Here’s a volume that just might help . . .
Book review
September 2015
Under the skin of the BBC
The players who shaped the institution
Book review
July 2015
Student life through the eyes of royalty
Princess Akiko explores her time at Oxford
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Brave Conversations, Positive Transformations.
Strength to strength
Labour of love
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Carolyn Davidson
The other Japan
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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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