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 new buzzword in Manila is “daylight”. The expression refers to the new Philippine administration’s emphasis on transparency and accountability in government, particularly when it comes to doing business. President Aquino talked a lot about daylight last week when he …
It is a strange experience living in the heart of Bangkok, yet doing my shopping at Tesco, my banking with Standard Chartered and switching on the TV to watch Everton play, their shirts emblazoned with the logos of their sponsor …
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 …
I am Principal at the British International Kindergarten’s Seocho Campus. With two campuses in Seoul, the British International Kindergartens offer a unique and prestigious educational experience to international families and the internationally minded. Britain and the British style of education …
