7 PUBLISHER
Cover Story
Simon Farrell

8 ACUMEN NEWS
UK-Japan News

11 PRESIDENT
Spring Is in The Air
Philip T Gibb

12 MEDIA
What you missed in the Japanese press

15 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Back to Business: Update
Lori Henderson

16 Bets on for Legal Casinos
Gaming could be here in two years, despite social fears

18 BCCJ EVENT
Iberian Feast of Food and Wine

20 DESIGN
Classic Meets Contemporary
Team celebrates winning regional advert design award

22 NPO
Beware the “Burma Rush”
Insiders are sceptical as a brutal regime appears to soften

24 OPINION
Taking Care of Stakeholders

25 VISITING JAPAN
High tea―at 30,000 feet

26 TRAVEL
Wish You Were Here!
Volunteers tell world Japan is open again

29 OPINION
A “Young” Nation
A business trip to India―a saint, quakes, people and trains

31 NUCLEAR
N-Power Splits EU
Waseda symposium hosts parliamentary professor

32 MOTORS
Safety First
Nagoya hub certifies all Asia-Pacific motors and parts sold in UK

34 A-LIST
Management Consulting

37 INDUSTRY
Why Software Projects Fail

38 MUSIC
Oldest Rocker in Town
U.K. Subs’ Charlie Harper

40 CREATIVE
A Novel Idea
Pledge plea by Scot whose manga has Chomsky nod

42 PEOPLE
Donald Keene
First interview with Japanese literature expert since becoming citizen of Japan at age 89

43 BOOKS
Surrender:
How British Industry Gave Up the Ghost 1952–2012
Storming the Falklands: My War and After

44 ARTS EVENTS
NEW: Museums, gardens, film, plays, music and culture

46 SPORT
Rugby Sevens Returns to Tokyo

47 OLYMPICS: EQUESTRIAN
Hiroshi Hoketsu
Septuagenarian eyes London–AND Rio!

48 COMMUNITY
BCCJ, embassy, symposium, hanami, film, fashion, fundraiser, quake anniversary, festival, promotion