Asia-Pacific Perspectives: Japan+, December 2003, Volume 1, Number 8
 

Features:

• Film: Celebrating the Centenary of Yasujiro Ozu Ozu is known for his distinctive style of camerawork and his simple films depicting everday people.
   
• Video Games: 25 Years Since the First Invasion 25 years ago players around the world battled the Sapce Invaders. Since then, Japanese games have grown in sophistication.
   
• Special Feature: Exploring Japan Japan used to have an images as an expensive travel destination where it was hard to find your way around. Not any more - it has never been easier to come and see all that Japan has to offer.
   
• Development: TICAD III Thre Third Tokyo International Conference on African Development seeks to find answers to the problems which continue to plague Africa.
   
• Prime Minister: Koizumi Attends APEC Meeting A look at Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's recent schedule of international diplomacy.
   
• Interview: Yasushi Kozugi A leading Japenese expert on Islam, Kosugi looks at the part Japan could play in overcoming misunderstanding and mistrust of Islam.
   
• Traditional Art: The Different Whites of Shino Shino ware is one of Japan's best loved traditional ceramics.  Modern Shino ware is being produced in exactly the same way as it always was.

Columns:

• Music

• Japan Through Statistics

• Lifestyle

• Environment

• Government

• Selection/Letters