7 PUBLISHER A Year to Remember Simon Farrell

8 MEDIA UK–Japan News

11 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Honouring Heritage, Embracing the Future Lori Henderson MBE

12 MEDIA What you missed in the Japanese press

14 FOREWORD Happy Birthday to Her Majesty Tim Hitchens

16 FESTIVAL Four Centuries of Friendship Special events mark 400 years of UK–Japan links

19 TRADE Trading Places Global warming makes EU–Asia sea routes quicker and cheaper

20 TOURISM Leaving London

22 BCCJ EVENT Diversity Beyond Gender: People with Disabilities

25 DIVERSITY Foster Talent, Skills, Creativity

26 FDI Africa: Riches and Risks

31 ENERGY Woman’s Touch, Outsider’s Eye TEPCO hires British woman to improve safety and public trust

32 VISITING JAPAN Jobs for the Boyos

INDUSTRY

Media & Communications and Market Intelligence

34 British Isles, Japanese Islands

36 A-LIST

41 From Novelty to Necessity

44 FILM Coming Out of the Closet Bizarre Fukuoka intruder tale retold in Welsh farmhouse

46 ARTS EVENTS The Opportunity of Efficiency, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), Go Crystal Tears, International Roses & Gardening Show 2013, TT3D: Closer To the Edge, Francis Bacon

48 COMMUNITY BCCJ, visit, tourism, olympics, competition, sport, art

50 IF YOU ASK ME With this Ring ... Will Japan ever legalise gay marriage?

51 HISTORY Truth and Lies Veteran’s heartbreaking account of “worst-ever” British military defeat

52 BOOKS Strong in the Rain After the Great East Japan Earthquake