Highlighting JAPAN

through images

Using photographs, illustrations, and videos, this online magazine helps people throughout the world know more about Japan from a variety of aspects.

April 2009

At the Vanguard of Eco-Business

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ECO-BUSINESS

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Working for a better environment is crucial for Japan and the world. This month, we focus on various innovative initiatives afoot in Japan that will forge a more environmental society, and could provide major benefits for the world.

THE FAIRY QUEEN ON ICE

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Eighteen-year-old figure skater Mao Asada has risen to stardom with several recent world championship performances, and her natural personality has made her a favorite in Japan.

30 YEARS OF GUNDAM

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Compelling storylines and fine attention to scientific detail have ensured 30 years of success for the Mobile Suit Gundam series as Japan's most popular robot anime.

NEW LANDSCAPES

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Photographer Toshio Shibata has won critical acclaim throughout the world for his photographic discoveries of new landscapes created by a clash between humans and nature.

GIRLS' COLLECTION

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Featuring a range of stylish clothes affordable to many young Japanese women, the Tokyo Girls Collection has been a regular fixture on the fashion calendar since 2005.

BLUE ROSE

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A Japanese-Australian project has succeeded in developing the elusive blue rose - long thought genetically impossible. The flower will be introduced in autumn this year.

TRAIN SPOTTING

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Since opening in October 2007, the Railway Museum in Saitama Prefecture and its steam locomotive simulator and miniature train ride have proven popular.

SOAKING UP JAPAN

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Hot spring essayist Mayumi Yamazaki has traveled far and wide to sample the world's hot springs. Here, she discusses the allure of mixed bathing - a popular pastime in Japan.

CHERRY BLOSSOMS

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With the onset of spring, the thoughts of the Japanese people naturally turn to the cherry blossom season when a profusion of pink envelops the Japanese islands.

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