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Arts Talk
Jude Kelly, OBE, chair of the 2012 London Olympics’ arts, education and culture committee, addressed the Beppu Art Project in Kitahama, the Nishi Nippori Shimbun reported in March...
BA-JAL Expand Codeshare
JAL and BA have reached an agreement to expand their oneworld® code-sharing partnership, the Nikkei reported in March...Electric Car Investment For Sunderland
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. will invest £420 million to manufacture its electric Leaf car in Sunderland, northeast England, in early 2013...
Cancer Speech
Laura Lee, chief executive of Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres, was invited to speak at Kanazawa University, the Mainichi Shimbun reported in February...Round-the-World Record Attempt
A Belfast cancer victim who began a round-the-world fund-raising trip by gyroplane on 22 March will visit 26 countries in four months, including Japan, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported in March...
Flu Drug OK
Japan became the first country to approve the anti-viral influenza drug Rapiacta (peramivir) that is licensed by Shionogi & Co., Ltd. from UK-based BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, the Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun reported in January...GSK Denture Adhesive Recalled
GlaxoSmithKline plc withdrew from sale their denture adhesive New Poligrip EX, the Nikkei reported in March...Top Award for Game Designer
Nintendo Entertainment’s Analysis & Development General Manager Shigeru Miyamoto received the coveted fellowship at the GAME British Academy Video Games Awards in London, the Gpara.com website reported in March...Cornish Cream Teas Exported
A Cornish tea plantation will export cream teas to Japan, the BBC and UK newspapers reported in March...
Island Sells ¥3,000 Spuds to London
Kagoshima Prefecture’s rich and creamy annou sweet potato is in demand from posh London restaurants that offer up to ¥3,000 per spud, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported in March...Scots Expo Plan
British Council Japan Director Jason James visited Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Tagami to request the prefecture’s help in organising a Scotland exhibition, the Nagasaki Journal reported in February...
Top Twitcher Visits Hokkaido
A senior official from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds was delighted to see a rare red-crested white crane in Hokkaido, the Kushiro Shimbun reported in February...
Sake Targets Foreign Markets
An award-winning brand has released a DVD in English and brochures in six languages to exploit the trend for sake in the UK and other markets, it was reported in March...Media
UK- Japan News
Scottish OAP Wins Top Judo Award
Japan-Scotland Day Proposed
TSE Mulls Corporate Bonds for Tokyo AIM
Yamanashi Promotes Wine in London
GSK Sells First HPV Vaccine in Japan
Pharma Firm to Fund UK University Drug Research
Top UK Nurse Speaks at Okayama Summit
27th Japan Scottish Highland Games
About 1,100 people gathered at Kanda University, Makuhari on 4 October for a pageant of Scottish traditional sounds and colour. The massed Pipes & Drums of the Tokyo Pipe Band and judges marched past in the opening event. Spectators and competitors then enjoyed the bagpipes and drums, kilts and sporrans, Glengarry caps and tartan shawls...
Scotland—Front Line of Wind Power
Long dependent on North Sea oil, Scotland is now spearheading Europe's quest to harness strong winds to create energy and employment — leaving Japan way behind in this industry, Nikkei Business reported in October.
