6 DESPATCHES
Autumn: Season of mists
and mellow persimmon
paul madden cmg
british ambassador to japan
9 PUBLISHER
People and places
Make history, music … and scandals
simon farrell
10 MEDIA
UK–Japan news
13 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
What’s coming up?
Life after the BBA
lori henderson mbe
15 PRESIDENT
Stronger together
Biggest-ever BBA sets up next
400 years of UK–Japan relations
david bickle
16 BBA
BCCJ 2018
British Business Awards
julian ryall
23 BCCJ EVENT
Women in Leadership
Encouraging diversity and inclusion
in the workplace
megan casson
24 SCIENCE
The Chemistry of Inclusion
Fostering future female scientists
megan casson
26 DEFENCE
UK and Japan join forces
Historic military exercise for
“natural partners”
28 OPINION
The Offensiveness of
Offensive Corporate
Governance
noriko hama
29 BOOK
Tragedy of Kakuei Tanaka
Enigmatic fixer who bridged
Britain and Japan
eiichiro tokumoto
30 HISTORY
British Foreign Secretaries
and Japan, 1850–1990
Aspects of the Evolution of
British Foreign Policy
sir hugh cortazzi gcmg
34 BEHIND THE MIC
Ralph Fiennes
Brief encounter on the red carpet
guy perryman mbe
36 ARTS
UK events in Japan
(with free tickets)
• Exhibition
• Theatre
• Festival
• Music
42 COMMUNITY
45 OLYMPICS
Scouting Gold
Team GB visits Tokyo
to prep for 2020
julian ryall