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Brave Conversations, Positive Transformations.
Embassy
Strength to strength
Publisher
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
So. Farewell. Then. BCCJ Acumen
DESPATCHES
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
Publicity
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
Publicity
Malvern College Tokyo
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May / June 2020
Lotus: lean and mean
Motors
August 2018
Strength to strength
How the UK automotive industry is looking to the Japanese market
Motors
September 2017
Foot to the floor
UK–Japan partnership powers new Lotus car
Motors
October 2016
The Road Not Taken
Carmakers buckle up for Brexit as talks loom
Motors
December 2015
Japan know-how to boost UK firm
How the spirit of hospitality is shaping Aston Martin
Motors
July 2014
Viewers love British villains
UK actors prove to be popular and convincing big-screen baddies.
Motors
May 2014
Memory lane for motors
Preserved or renovated British car classics gathered for the inaugural Great British Rally in Tokyo.
Motors
July 2013
Wanted: Sponsors to Be Scared Silly
The driver turns his steering wheel sharply as a woman squeals with delight from the passenger seat. But her screams are barely audible—drowned out by the roar of the car’s engine as the vehicle bounces from side to side on the dirt road.
Motors
March 2013
Battle of the Black Cabs
With some of the most cutting-edge technology that one of Japan’s leading automobile manufacturers has ever devised, the new generation of London’s Hackney Carriages is to bring together the heritage and iconic design values for which the vehicle is renowned around the world.
Motors
April 2012
Safety First
For cars coming out of the Asia-Pacific region, the task of ensuring that they meet safety requirements falls to Michael Mulvaney and his team of 10 at the VCA offices in Nagoya.
Motors
March 2012
New Jeeps for New Japan
The philosophy was to take the road less travelled. Those roads can be difficult to find in Japan, which is far better known for elevated motorways and traffic-cluttered back streets. But the vehicle that emerged from the toughest possible proving ground —war-torn Europe of the 1940s—has a spirit that can also be seen in its owners.
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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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