Highlighting JAPAN

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No. 106 (February 2017)
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[Contents of Highlighting JAPAN February 2017]

<< PRIME MINISTER'S DIARY >>

- Prime Minister Visits The Philippines, Australia, Indonesia and Vietnam

- Prime Minister Visits Hawaii: Japan-US Summit Meeting

<< COVER STORY >>

[ New Pioneers of Local Development ]

- In Splendid Isolation

Shouya Grigg’s successful brand of boutique accommodation on Japan’s northernmost island of Hokkaido only goes to show that remoteness is a highly desirable thing.

- New Friends of an Unfamiliar Home Town

Hirado City in Nagasaki Prefecture is the unlikely recipient of one of the largest amounts of out-of-town donations in Japan.

- Let There Be Wine

A new winery in Fukushima Prefecture is helping to revive the local fruit-farming industry while bringing delicious new products to the Japanese table.

- Gateway Okinawa

Okinawa Prefecture is re-establishing itself as a major international logistics hub.

- Filling a Need

A food-processing technology developed by a Japanese confectioner more than fifty years ago is now utilized in more than 120 countries around the world.

- Considering a Move to Itoshima

What is it about Itoshima in Fukuoka Prefecture?

- A Tale of Two Cities

Architect Toshio Yada, who divides his time between Tokyo and Okayama, works on regional revitalization, making use of regional cultural resources.

- Seeking Out Hida

Inspired by the hit 2016 animated movie "Your Name", tourists have been flocking to Hida in Gifu Prefecture.

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<< SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY >>

- Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud

An innovative mud conditioning technology is being employed on a wide scale in reconstruction work following the Great East Japan Earthquake.

<< HOME AWAY FROM HOME  >>

- Sharing the Lessons Learned from Disaster / Briton Richard Halberstadt

Briton Richard Halberstadt is enjoying a new life in northeastern Japan as director of the Ishinomaki Community and Information Center.

<< INNOVATIVE ARTISTS >>

- Get Knitted /  Saki Chikaraishi

Saki Chikaraishi is working to create a new relationship between people and towns through the colorful medium of knitting.

<< TRADITIONAL CRAFTS >>

- The Land and the Sea

230 millions years in the making, Ogatsu slate suzuri are  the calligrapher’s inkstone of choice.

<< JAPAN HERITAGE >>

- At One with Nature

At Dewa Sanzan in Yamagata Prefecture, the ancient practice of ascetic mountain worship continues to be passed on from generation to generation.

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