6 DESPATCHES
Gradually getting
back to a “new normal”
paul madden cmg
british ambassador to japan

9 PUBLISHER
Don’t doubt our diversity
simon farrell

10 MEDIA
UK–Japan news

12 ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Doubling down on digital
sam maddicott

13 PRESIDENT
Are you ready for an
even more digital world?
david bickle

15 BCCJ EVENT
AGM 2020
Webinar reflects challenges,
greets new Excom
sam maddicott

17 FINANCE
London, New York,
Hong Kong Tokyo?
Can Japan draw firms
fleeing Hong Kong?
julian ryall

18 TRADE
How to sell
Northern Ireland to Japan
Invest NI’s man in Tokyo
talks about trade and research
c bryan jones

20 DIPLOMACY
My happy three-and-half
years in London
koji tsuruoka

23 FDI
Hitachi signals new
rail era in Durham
London–Edinburgh east coast
trains to roll in autumn 2021
simon farrell

24 FOOD AND DRINK
Tastes of summer
British gourmet seasonal
cuisine and wine for Japan
c bryan jones

26 SUSTAINABLE
Passion for #PlasticFree
Creative ways to save the Earth
simon farrell

28 BOOKS
For quirky bookworms
Naming a book shop Infinity
is inviting the inevitable. Or is it?
simon farrell

32 CHARITY
Ladies in white lycra
rob williams

36 INTERVIEW
Fight for rights
#KuToo activist Yumi Ishikawa
is one of Japan’s two
BBC 100 women of 2019
malcolm foster

38 INTERVIEW
Life in the fast lane
Emiko Jozuka is preserving her
father’s legacy as Asia’s godfather
of motorsport photography
simon farrell

40 JMEC
Scots-led teams
win top JMEC awards
james greer

42 STATS
UK vs Japan
In digits, charts and graphs