6 DESPATCHES
Cherry blossoms
and Vice Chancellors
paul madden cmg
british ambassador to japan
9 PUBLISHER
Reasons to be cheerful
simon farrell
10 MEDIA
UK–Japan news
13 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Hello, Reiwa!
Riding the waves of change
lori henderson mbe
15 PRESIDENT
The lesson of rugby
Sport is more than just
winning on the pitch
david bickle
16 B20
Business 20 for Society 5.0
UK delegation advances UK
interests in Japan and globally
c bryan jones
18 BUSINESS TRAVEL
Fly higher
Airlines evolve to help
UK–Japan business travellers
megan casson
22 LAW
Copyright crisis
Will new EU directive
kill the web as we know it?
julian ryall
25 TECH
Beyond Babel
Can AI solve the problem of
natural-language translation?
phil robertson
26 SCIENCE
X-ray vision
Muography holds promise
for UK and Japan
tim hornyak
32 ARTS
UK events in Japan
(free tickets)
34 BEHIND THE MIC
Johnny Hates Jazz
Catching up with Clark Datchler
and Mike Nocito
guy perryman mbe
37 BCCJ EVENT
Diversity in rugby
Panel highlights role of
sport in social change
c bryan jones
38 RUGBY
Mysterious Matsuda
Brave Blossoms’ fly-half
sets eyes on British clubs
lily fukuoka
40 COMMUNITY
42 OPINION
What’s in a name?
Will Reiwa lean on history
or carry us forward?
noriko hama