July 2018
VOLUME 9, ISSUE 7
7 EDITOR
Summer sun
Awards, parties
and rock ’n’ roll art
jordan allen
8 DESPATCHES
A Tokyo Summer
paul madden cmg
uk ambassador to japan
10 MEDIA
UK Japan news
13 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
A platinum event
lori henderson mbe
15 PRESIDENT
Trade, taxes and tariffs
david bickle
16 ENTREPRENEUR
Start up in Japan
How the country is ready
to welcome entrepreneurs
19 HISTORY
Coals to Newcastle ...
... or selling electronics
to Japan (Part II)
peter bacon mbe
23 OPINION
New labour laws set to
create 21st century ninjas
noriko hama
24 ART
Rock ’n’ roll icon
How David Bowie is
represented by Japanese art
megan casson
27 TRAVEL
Keen on cruising
Japan joins the latest
global travel trend
jordan allen
33 JMEC
Japan Market
Expansion Competition
Trials and tribulations
of creating a business plan
megan casson
35 AWARDS
The 2018 Recruitment
International Awards
Celebrating the
industry in Japan
megan casson
38 BEHIND THE MIC
The ABC of making
your own world
guy perryman
40 ARTS
UK events in Japan
Exhibition
Art
Theatre
Shakespeare
Music
Film
42 QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY PARTY
44 COMMUNITY
46 EDUCATION
The JET set
British teachers start
their lives in Japan
julian ryall