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Highlighting JAPAN

E-mail Newsletter "Highlighting JAPAN"
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No.83 (January 28, 2015)
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[Contents of Highlighting JAPAN January 2015]


<< PRIME MINISTER'S DIARY >>

- Japan-Palau Summit Meeting
- Inauguration of the Third ABE Cabinet
- Prime Minister ABE Issues Condolence Messages Following Shooting Incident in Paris, France


<< COVER STORY >>

[Japanese Textiles]

- Japanese textiles that gave birth to “Japonisme”
Interview with Nobuyuki Ota, CEO of the Cool Japan Fund

- Kyoto-style hand embroidery
Cultural handcraft survives changing times

- Refinement and Sophistication
Taking Edo Komon global and into the future

- Capturing the Essence
Updating Japan’s Traditions with Today’s Sensibilities

- Three centuries of modern sense
A brand that revives Japan’s traditional textiles

- Paper, Updated
Transforming washi to meet modern needs

- Fiber Fantastic
Synthetic fibers that surpass the natural

- Made in Japan
Japanese Textiles: Leading the World with Peerless Excellence

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<< STUDENTS’ CORNER >>

- The Magic Tea Kettle

<< SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY >>

- Natural - Friendly Material
The world's most heat-resistant bioplastic, created by bacteria

<< HOME AWAY FROM HOME  >>

- Bret Mayer, Kanji Master

<< 47 PREFECTURES: FROM A TO Y >>

- Tokyo / Tottori

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