Asia Pacific Perspectives: Japan+, December 2004, Volume 2, Number 8
 

Features:

• Town Planning: Banking on Art Two historical buildings in Yokohama have been given a new lease of life as art centers.
   
• Fashion: Setting the Trends Many of the fashions that sweep the nation first come out of the shops of the Shibuya 109 building.
   
• Special Feature: Helping Out Overseas This year is the 50th anniversary of the start of Japan's program of official development assistance (ODA). Through this program Japan gives assistance to developing nations, helping them to help themselves.
   
• Anime: Peace, Love and Animation  The Hiroshima Animation Festival attracted animators from around the world.
   
• Prime Minister: Koizumi Attends ASEM The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) brings the leaders of Asia and Europe together.
   
• Interview: Takashi Morieda  Photojournalist Morieda has visited many countries, getting to know their culture through the food people eat.
   
• Traditional Art: Patterns from Paper  Stencils cut from paper are used to dye exquisite patterns onto cloth in a traditional technique still in use today.

Columns:

• Illustration

• Statistics

• Lifestyle

• Environment

• Government

• Selection/Letters