Asia-Pacific Perspectives: Japan+, October 2003, Volume 1, Number 6
 

Features:

• Sports: Ai Sugiyama Japan's doubles tennis ace scores a victory at Wimbledon.
   
• Theater: 400 Years of Kabuki A special kabuki performance recreates the origins of Japan's best-known traditional performing art.
   
• Special Feature: Growing Older Fewer babies are being born, and people are living longer than ever; Japan's population is aging. What effect will this demographic shift have on society? What can be done?
   
• Africa: International Symposium on Refugees in Africa What can Japan do to help the problem of refugees?  The theme of the symposium is "Renewed Partnership between Japan and UNHCR".
   
• Prime Minister: Koizumi Makes Three-Nation European Tour Prime Minister Koizumi visited Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic from August 17 to 22.
   
• Interview: Naomichi Ishige Ishige looks at the food cultures of Asia, and discusses the influence on globalization on culture.
   
• Traditional Art: The Radiance of Gold The luster of gold leaf has been used to decorate statues and other works for centuries, imparting them with beauty and vitality.

Columns:

• Music

• Japan Through Statistics

• Lifestyle
• Tea Ceremony on the Go
• Wind Power at Home
• Sweet Taste of Tradition
• Memory in 3D

• Environment

• Government

• Selection/Letters