The magazine of the British Chamber of Commerce in Japan
Olympics
Adversity brings out the best of British Business at Tokyo 2020
Olympics
Sept / Oct 2021
Hand-outs and access control
Olympics
Sept / Oct 2021
Two views from Olympic volunteers
Olympics
February 2019
All in a Row
Team GB cuts a fast path to Olympic gold
Sport
January 2019
Local Links
British Olympic Association CEO builds medal groundwork
Olympics
November 2018
Scouting Gold
Team GB visits Tokyo to prep for 2020
Olympics
March 2016
Tie-ups to improve business
Reasons to partner with Team GB and Tokyo 2020
Olympics
February 2016
Threat and opportunity
Ensuring public health for Tokyo 2020
Olympics
September 2015
Creating a legacy for Tokyo 2020
Lessons from Ken Livingstone and London
Olympics
July 2012
Kasumi Ishikawa
The last time that Kasumi Ishikawa competed in London, a bee spiralled down from the ceiling and landed on the table tennis table. The bee’s unscheduled appearance—until it was removed by a referee—was a positive omen, however, as the bubbly 19-year-old went on to win the Under-21 Singles title.
Olympics
July 2012
Genki Dean
Genki Dean is quickly discovering the minor drawbacks to being one of Japan’s most sought-after Olympic athletes. Two days after he trained in the pouring rain in front of 80 Japanese reporters, cameramen and photographers, the 20-year-old javelin thrower is nursing a fever and a rasping cough.
Olympics
July 2012
Remember Tokyo 1964? I do.
I initially came here in July 1964 as the first Financial Times staffer to be posted in Tokyo, with the idea to latch onto Japan as it prepared to fling open the doors to the outside world during that year’s Summer Olympics.
Olympics
April 2012
Hiroshi Hoketsu
The first time 71-year-old Hiroshi Hoketsu competed in an Olympic Games, most of the other athletes who will be at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games had not even been born.
Sport
April 2011
More than Sport
As a newspaper headline, “The Japanese are Coming,” would catch the eye of anyone involved in UK-Japan ties. And that’s exactly what happened in June 2009, when the Leicester Mercury covered the Japanese Olympic Committee’s (JOC) signing of an agreement to use Loughborough University as a pre-tournament training camp for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
