7 PUBLISHER
ACUMEN’s Growing Readership
Simon Farrell

8 ACUMEN NEWS
Latest UK-Japan Reports
London sushi and sake bar, “free” shopping Tokyo-style, Wales in JTI row, envoy for Olympics, solar success, rakugo cheer, Mr. Men sold, Midlands hatchback, new ice cream branding, Gunners-Kobe ladies clash for charity, Southampton sign Hiroshima striker.

11 PRESIDENT
New Year, New Challenges
Philip T Gibb

13 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Communication Key to BCCJ in 2012
Lori Henderson

14 COVER STORY
DISASTER AFTERMATH―Part 5
Foreign Firms Feel Sidelined in Post-Quake Rebuild
By Julian Ryall

16 AWARDS
New Year Gongs for UK Envoy and Drivers and Japan Decorates Two Brits

20 ENVIRONMENT
Off the Menu
UK’s key role in sinking Southern Ocean whaling by 2014

22 EXHIBITION
Vivienne Westwood Shoes 1973–2012

24 CREATIVE
The Classroom Revolution
UK students help Japanese firms to innovate

26 ENERGY
Japan Opens to Investment in Renewable Energy
New feed-in tariff system to be a major step for sector
By Kenji Miyagawa and Andrew O’Shea

27 BUSINESS RISK
UK Bribery Act
Implications for businesses in Japan
By Philippa Symington

28 EMBASSY
Nuclear: Old and New

30 CHARITY
Oxfam Opens in Japan
Two new shops in Tokyo signal social change

31 FUNDRAISER
25th Christmas Cracker Raises Record Amount

32 CHARITY
UK Stars Support Tokyo Charity
Sir Tim Rice, Maxi Priest and Julian Lennon help the Tyler Foundation

33 INDUSTRY & A-LIST
Legal and Compliance
Protection from the Inside
By Jack Byrd

36 ENTERTAINMENT
TV Addicts
British telly debuts at trade show for big push into Japan

38 SPORT
ACUMEN asked two Japanese entrants in London’s 14th Summer Paralympic Games about their lives and dreams.

40 SPORT
Howzat? New Home for Noble Game
Bring on the English, says city with cricket aspirations

43 MUSIC
Secrets of the Stars
More than rock ’n’ roll when you write a book about it

44 COMMUNITY
Joint Chambers Annual Bonenkai, Education, Competition, Exhibition

45 BOOKS
”The Beastly Battles of Old England Captivity” and ”Slavery and Survival as a Far East PoW”
By Ian de Stains OBE

46 TRANSLATION
Contents summary in Japanese