April 2017
VOLUME 8, ISSUE 4
9 EDITOR
Stick at it
chris russell
10 MEDIA
UK Japan news
13 INTERIM
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Stay in focus
emma hickinbotham
14 MEDIA
Japan news
17 PRESIDENT
A vital role
david bickle
18 TOP STORY
Three of a kind
UK, US and Asian casinos
look for wild card to woo Japan
22 TECH
Play and learn
New toy teaches coding to kids
25 ECONOMY
Top priorities
Lord Green on the
key aims for post Brexit UK
26 FASHION
Bags of class
Vintage stickers
inspire kit designer
29 AWARD
World wide praise
Web inventor honoured by Keio
32 FOOD
Plates and dishes
Embassy and Wedgwood
create feast of fun
39 BEHIND THE MIC
Dreams come true
The Brand New Heavies
official living legends
40 NATURE
Remnants of the British Empire
Natural History Museum
treasures on show in Tokyo
44 ARTS
UK events in Japan
Musical
British cinema
Madchester
Pottery
The Beatles
46 COMMUNITY
UK Japan events
49 IF YOU ASK ME
Scotland the brave?
Self rule poll looms again
50 BOOK REVIEW
Eight million deities
The answer to “What is Shinto?”