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Brave Conversations, Positive Transformations.
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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
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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
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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
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Malvern College Tokyo
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May / June 2022
Life after Tokyo
Paul Madden CMG
British ambassador to Japan
Jan / Feb 2021
Parting thoughts
Paul Madden CMG
British ambassador to Japan
Nov / Dec 2020
Ministerial visits resume, progress on climate change
Paul Madden CMG
British ambassador to Japan
Sept / Oct 2020
An historic few weeks
Paul Madden CMG
British ambassador to Japan
July / Aug 2020
Gradually getting back to a “new normal”
Paul Madden CMG
British ambassador to Japan
May / June 2020
Covid-19: new tasks, new ways of working
Paul Madden CMG
British ambassador to Japan
Mar / Apr 2020
A global crisis and a green spring
DESPATCHES
February 2020
Foreign Secretary in Tokyo
Paul Madden CMG
British ambassador to Japan
January 2020
Happy New Year!
It’s going to be a busy one …
Paul Madden CMG
British ambassador to Japan
Nov / Dec 2019
A royal autumn
Paul Madden CMG
British ambassador to Japan
October 2019
Rugby fever!
Paul Madden CMG
British ambassador to Japan
September 2019
Getting ready for a busy autumn
Paul Madden CMG
British ambassador to Japan
August 2019
Japan in the UK
Paul Madden CMG
British ambassador to Japan
July 2019
Osaka’s weekend as the centre of the world
Paul Madden CMG
British ambassador to Japan
June 2019
G20 comes to town
As does Shakespeare and Scottish jazz
Paul Madden CMG
British ambassador to Japan
May 2019
Dawn of Reiwa
Welcoming a new imperial era
Paul Madden CMG
British ambassador to Japan
April 2019
Cherry blossoms and Vice Chancellors
Paul Madden CMG
British ambassador to Japan
March 2019
Warm welcome
Paul Madden CMG
British ambassador to Japan
February 2019
Prime Ministers May and Abe meet in London
Paul Madden CMG
British ambassador to Japan
January 2019
2019: Busy year ahead
Paul Madden CMG
British ambassador to Japan
December 2018
Industry and innovation … and Christmas best wishes
Paul Madden CMG
British ambassador to Japan
November 2018
Autumn: Season of mists and mellow persimmon
Paul Madden CMG
British ambassador to Japan
October 2018
Ministers turning up … like London buses
Paul Madden CMG
British ambassador to Japan
September 2018
Japanese investment
And cultural and sporting links around the UK
Paul Madden CMG
British ambassador to Japan
August 2018
Floods, Fox, football
So far a summer of wild weather, VIP visits, and near misses
Paul Madden CMG
British ambassador to Japan
July 2018
A Tokyo summer
Garden parties, visits and visitors
Paul Madden CMG
British ambassador to Japan
June 2018
Talking Japan in London
Talking Japan in London
Paul Madden CMG
British ambassador to Japan
May 2018
From trade talks
To wedding bells
Paul Madden CMG
British ambassador to Japan
Busy week in April
And much more in store
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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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