Highlighting JAPAN

September 2012

Kampai!
A GUIDE TO JAPANESE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

PRIME MINISTER'S DIARY
High Praise for Japan's Olympians ( HTML : English / Japanese )

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda invited over 100 Japanese Olympians to the Prime Minister's Office on August 20.

COVER STORY
Kampai!
A GUIDE TO JAPANESE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
( HTML : English / Japanese )

In this month's Cover Story we introduce some of the range of traditional Japanese alcoholic beverages, with a focus on sake and shochu, and look at the different ways people enjoy these drinks around the world. Our story begins with a look at sake's origins and methods of production. Kampai! (Cheers!)

Special Brews ( HTML : English / Japanese )

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Profiling some of Japan's esteemed kuramoto brewers and distilleries whose products are available overseas.

Mariages Made in Heaven ( HTML : English / Japanese )

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Hand in hand with the growing popularity of sake overseas, unexpected pairings of sake with international cuisines are consistently being suggested.

Cups for All Occasions ( HTML : English / Japanese )

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Introducing some of the variety of sake cups, both traditional and unconventional, available to the sake lover.

STUDENTS' CORNER
Onsen ( HTML : English / Japanese )

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Learn about Japanese hot springs and answer our quiz!

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Sorting Plastics with Raman Spectroscopy ( HTML : English / Chinese / Japanese )

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A new plastic sorting technology developed in Japan enables valuable waste plastic resources to be reused more effectively.

YAMATO NADESHIKO
A Back-Street Workshop Principal
( HTML : English / Chinese / Japanese )

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Takako Suwa, president of Tokyo-based precision metal working company Daiya Seiki Co., explains her approach to business in the manufacturing sector.

MASTERS
Searching for the Sound ( HTML : English / Chinese / Japanese )

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Profiling shakuhachi master John Kaizan Neptune.

JAPAN BRAND
Monmna Tansu: More than Mere Furniture ( HTML : English / Chinese / Japanese )

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Monma Tansu in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture , is one of only two furniture studios in the regional capital still producing tansu chests in the traditional way.

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