Japan's seen record snowfalls this year, right along its Japan Sea coast and northern prefectures, enough to bury entire houses. And yet the traffic keeps flowing. How come? Well, a mixture of preparation, and ingenuity. One Japanese company making rice …
Sometimes the metaphors just write themselves. Anyone who saw Japan and Korea battling it out in the semi-final of the Asia Cup will have recognised the real-life rivalry that exists between these two neighbours. 1-1 at full-time, 2-2 at extra …
Is Japan on the verge of a major change on a par with the Meiji Revolution, or is it heading for a third "lost decade"? That was the question underlying the visit to Japan this month of Simon Fraser, the …
Every little thing he does is magic... There he was, an Englishman in New err, Tokyo, playing the last concert of his Symphonicity tour in the Budokan (martial arts hall), where the Beatles first played in Japan. It’s not so …
A party with a centrepiece of pyramids built of thousands of drinks cans sounds as though it should be taking place in some avant garde art gallery (and preferably not in a country prone to frequent earth tremors). In fact …
People sometimes say that British business doesn't have a very high profile in Japan. That could be because, quite literally, many of our exports are invisible. Two encounters this week have brought that home to me. One was a …
Not sure who it was who said that those were the scariest words in the English language, but they probably got a round of applause when they did. When it comes to exporting, many companies do choose to rely on …
Each year a little bit of the UK comes to a department store in Osaka in western Japan. Incredibly, the Hankyu Department Store has been holding a one-week British Fair for 40 years! This year’s event in October featured the …
The UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) Japan team carried out research earlier this year to investigate the potential of Harris Tweed in the Japanese lifestyle and interiors market. The research was carried out through the UKTI OMIS service, a flexible …
UKTI London Region and UKTI Japan jointly organised The UK Fashion Showcase on 9 and 10 November in Tokyo’s fashionable Aoyama. The Showcase featured 22 UK companies covering men’s, ladies’, children’s wear, shoes, accessories and jewellery. This year’s Showcase attracted …
