If You Ask Me

How the BBA began

Heating up
Trump’s threat to leave Paris Accords draws UK–Japan response
Key step
Theresa May’s Japan visit follows the path of past prime ministers
Uneasy Lies the Head
Should the queen follow the emperor and step down?
A Meeting of (Almost) Like Minds
Theresa May tackles the G7, election campaign
Arms and the Man
Can the UK have an ethical weapons export sector?
Scotland the brave?
Self-rule poll looms again
Tale of two visits
UK and Japan contact with Donald Trump gets contrasting response
Getting off to a shaky start
Challenges in the Year of the Rooster
Year of change
Looking back to 2016, and forward to 2017
The Imperial succession
The challenges of Imperial succession in Japan
Water, water everywhere
Marine pollution threatens ocean life, as well as humans
Opting Out
There may be fewer hikikomori, but social pressures will continue to create them
Should the Emperor Abdicate?
Japan wrestles with issues of the monarchy, as the UK did in the 1930s
Climate change debate
A world divided
What was BIC?
British Industry Centre gave hope to new firms in Japan
Forty years on
Reflecting on Japan experiences
Japan hosts the G7
Hot agenda topics
Terror and the threat of it
Events in Europe and Asia
Monkey business
What does 2016 hold for Abe and Cameron?
Politics and people

Climate change conference 21
Have we reached a deal?
Welcome to Japan
Making room for the growing tourist influx
The most ambitious free-trade agreement?
A closer look at the TPP
Extreme weather raises climate concerns
Is it too late?
Calling the BBC to account
A shaky financial future
Is Japan ready for same-sex marriage?

Prime minister’s questions
Abe stirs up controversy, Cameron faces a challenge
The disunited kingdom?
Election results spell change for British politics