July 2017
VOLUME 8, ISSUE 7

7 CELEBRATION
Celebrating the Queen’s Birthday
9 EDITOR
New starts
chris russell
10 MEDIA
UK Japan news
13 INTERIM
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Jewel in the crown
emma hickinbotham
14 MEDIA
Japan news
17 PRESIDENT
Sport and values
david bickle
18 TOP STORY
Full circle
The story of the first
British envoy to Japan
21 GOVERNMENT
Fair play for females
UK’s first special envoy
for gender equality
25 BCCJ MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
Mutual lessons
Standard Life Investments Japan
boss on Brexit and governance
28 RETAIL
Take time
Watchmaker Arnold & Son opens
first ever boutique in Ginza Six
31 EDUCATION
The next level
BST chair of trustees on
governance and her MBE
33 TRAINING
Skills and tools
JMEC winners
34 BEHIND THE MIC
Tears and fears
My proud day at Buckingham Palace
37 IF YOU ASK ME
Uneasy lies the head
Should the queen abdicate?
40 ARTS
UK events in Japan
Shakespeare
Ballet
West End theatre
Rock festival
Superhero cinema
Comic opera
43 COMMUNITY
UK Japan events
46 BOOK REVIEW
An alternative view