6 DESPATCHES
Foreign Secretary in Tokyo
Trade, security, COP 26,
Paralympics and culture
paul madden cmg
british ambassador to japan

9 PUBLISHER
War games
Bilateral partners
in sport and defence
simon farrell

10 MEDIA
UK–Japan news

13 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
B2B collaboration
Co-creating our events platform
lori henderson mbe

15 PRESIDENT
Bright future for
bilateral business
david bickle

16 BCCJ EVENT
BCCJ Shinnenkai 2020

17 INTERVIEW
Sarah Backley
Meet the new
BCCJ Associate Director
c bryan jones

18 SUSTAINABILITY
Responsible business
BCCJ task force drives
sustainable approaches
c bryan jones

24 OLYMPICS
Firms bid for gold
UK wins Olympic work
malcolm foster

28 DEFENCE
Partners in arms
UK firms eye Japan
defence business
john amari

32 BEHIND THE MIC
Son of Bono
U2 scion fronts BBC
sound of 2020 band
guy perryman mbe

34 ARTS
UK events in Japan
(free tickets)

36 CREATIVE
Structures, objects and wounds
Brits among finalists at the Sony
World Photography Awards 2020
c bryan jones

38 COMMUNITY

40 SPORT
The donut pro
Ebisu-based Scots drift star is also
global go-to guy for track cars
julian ryall

42 OPINION
From Brentry to Brexit
(and back again?)
noriko hama