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AND IT’S GOODBYE FROM HIM
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Uniquely the British School in Tokyo
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From Social Club to Business Hub
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Henry Scott-Stokes
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Counting the Cost
At magnitude 9.0, the Great Tohoku Earthquake was one of the largest in Japan and, indeed, the world, with the insurance industry taking a major hit. While media attention soon turned to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, it is the earthquake and tsunami that took not only a terrible toll of human life, but also caused potentially the world’s largest economic loss from a natural disaster.
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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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