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People July 2012

Doreen Simmons

“I never intended to get this busy, it just seemed to happen. I’ve got four main jobs at the moment”, said Doreen Simmons, who turned 80 in May but shows no sign of slowing down after 38 years in Japan.
People June 2012

Doctor to the Stars

I went to see a remarkable man the other day. His name is Dr Eugene Aksenoff, and he is a White Russian by ancestry. That is to say, this medical doctor is driven by passions the like of which rarely get into a slowcoach like me.
People March 2012

Baptism by Fire

By now, Victoria Yoshimura expected to have a successful career in public relations or marketing for a multinational in London.
People October 2011

Wood’n You Believe It!

He may be 71 years old, but CW Nicol still gets a twinkle in his eye when he has a new project. And as he outlines his latest scheme—to reintroduce horse logging to Japan’s neglected forests—his blue eyes are positively gleaming.