Kanji for the year
One of the more endearing aspects of Japan is that each December they choose a "kanji" (character) that epitomises the year just passed. Last year it was just "hot", and back in 2007 it was "fake", following a series of …
Japan
Question: When is it good to export mediocrity?
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UKTI Japan, Posted on:
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Creative Industries, film making and animation, Japan
Answer - when you're the owner of the "World's Worst Driver" TV format. Licensing fees have been pouring in for the format from around the world. Germany set out to find the "World's Worst Cook", Denmark the "World's Worst Husband" and Sweden …
Aoki's genius touch for British design in Japan
I've opened a few British store promotions over the years, but never before under a flyover on a busy main road. But then the Aoki British fair is breaking new ground in other ways too. It's the first time a …
An electric experience - the low carbon Rolls Royce
It's not every day you get chauffeured around by your Ambassador, so I made the most of the experience when I joined Ambassador David Warren as he undertook a test drive of the electric Rolls Royce 102EX concept car on …
Reassure and rebuild
We hosted an awards ceremony at the Embassy last week for Japanese companies who want to do business with the United Kingdom. British Airways offered twenty free tickets (and Hilton Hotels free accommodation in the UK) for Japanese firms planning …
Only 112 shopping days till Christmas!
Mounds of presents, the aroma of cinnamon , the strains of Silent Night: it must be ..... August. It's hard to get in the Christmas spirit when it's 32 degrees outside, but Lush certainly did their best when they mounted …
Dinosaur Sex
OK, so that’s an eye-catching title for a blog, but it’s a track on the new album by London-based Emmy the Great, who played a fantastic acoustic set in Tokyo last night with Tim from Ash. I thought the very …
Coals to Newcastle
Or more accurately: Toyota cars to Japan. Toyota recently announced that the Avensis model built at their factory in Burnaston in Derbyshire will go on sale in Japan from September. They're aiming to sell 5,000 vehicles per year. A great …
Tohoku 4 months on
Amidst all the concern about the nuclear failure at Fukushima the plight of the region devastated by the tsunami on 11 March has pretty much disappeared from the international headlines. But the story is still horrifyingly real for those struggling …
Kymera Wand - from Dragons' Den to Japan
It’s a little known fact that the BBC’s Dragons’ Den started in Japan titled "Manê no Tora", (Money Tigers), created by and broadcast on Nippon Television. Now, one of the most successful Dragons’ Den pitches has made the journey back …