September 2017
VOLUME 8, ISSUE 9

7 PUBLISHER
May Day
simon farrell
8 MEDIA
UK Japan news
11 INTERIM
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Back in action
emma hickinbotham
12 MEDIA
Japan news
15 PRESIDENT
Stronger than ever
david bickle
16 TOP STORY
Prime Minister’s mission to Japan
Theresa May meets emperor,
leaders of business and politics
21 TOP STORY
Japan UK Business Forum
Partnerships and innovation
24 SCIENCE
Catalyst for change
Johnson Matthey looks to the
future as it marks 200 years
27 FOOD
Prime cuts
Talk of lifting Japan’s ban on
British beef gives hope to UK firms
30 MOTORS
Foot to the floor
UK Japan partnership powers
new Lotus car

33 TRAINING
Getting the most out of staff
35 FASHION
Shock and awe
The “fanatical” world
of Japanese fashion
38 MUSIC
Rock on
British acts steal the show
at Fuji Rock Festival ’17
42 CHARITY
Give a dog a home
ARK opens stunning new kennel
47 BEHIND THE MIC
Man’s best friend
Cat gives busker a second life
48 ARTS
UK events in Japan
Army band
’80s music
Comedy film
Classic theatre
Welsh football
Musical thriller
50 COMMUNITY
British Prime Minister
Theresa May in Japan
Japan UK Business Forum
53 IF YOU ASK ME
Key step
Theresa May’s Japan visit follows
the path of past prime ministers
54 BOOK REVIEW
The silence of autism