Asia-Pacific Perspectives: Japan+, Febryary 2004, Volume 1, Number 10
 

Features:

• Cultural Assets: Images of Old A project is underway to make 3-D digital images to preserve ancient cultural assets prone to deterioration.
   
• Pollution: Restoring the Toxic Island The island of Teshima is gradually recovering from severe pollution caused by illegal dumping of industrial waste.
   
• Special Feature: Information Technology and Society Information technology (IT) is playing a bigger and bigger part in our lives, and Japan looks set to reinvent itself as an IT society.
   
• Terrorism: The Fight Against International Terrorism Terrorism threatens the peace and stability of the whole international community. How should we respond?
   
• ASEAN: ASEAN-Japan Commemorative Summit The summit in Tokyo saw a strengthening of ties between Japan and ASEAN.
   
• Interview: Terumasa Akio Akio talks about the Darunee Scholarships, which give under-privileged children in Laos and Thailand the chance to attend school.
   
• Traditional Art: Bamboo Crafts Bamboo has a characteristic linearity, which can be used to produce works with a special lightness and charm.

Columns:

• Theater

• Japan Through Statistics

• Lifestyle

• Environment

• Government

• Selection/Letters