Asia Pacific Perspectives: Japan+, November 2004, Volume 2, Number 7
 

Features:

• Society: Beating the Heat An age-old method of keeping cool in the city is being revived to beat the heat island phenomenon.
   
• Theater: Kabuki in New York A kabuki drama with a few modern twists has opened to rave reviews in New York.
   
• Special Feature: United East Asia Economic ties between countries throughout East Asia are being strengthened through free trade agreements (FTAs) and economic partnership agreements (EPAs); could this be the beginning of an East Asian Community?
   
• Disarmament: A Farewell to Arms Kenji Isezaki is working to bring peace to areas of conflict through the DDR program.
   
• Prime Minister: Koizumi Visits the Americas  Koizumi visits Brazil and Mexico, and speaks at the UN.
   
• International Contributions: Building a Place to Call Home Japan's scientists are making a contribution to the search for solutions to global problems.
   
• Interview: Shinji Yamashita A cultural anthropologist, Yamashita talks about the effects of tourism on traditional cultures.
   
• Traditional Art: The Delicate White of Porcelain  Fine quality porcelain has long been one of the most treasured ceramics.

Columns:

• Illustration

• Statistics

• Lifestyle
• Digital Personal Stamp
• Rubber Pet
• Olympic Energy
• 30 Years of Hello Kitty

• Environment

• Government

• Selection/Letters