Asia Pacific Perspectives: Japan+, May 2005, Volume 3, Number 1
 

Features:

• Films: Horrifying Success Japanese horror movies have become popular around the world.
   
• Entrepreneurs: Japan Venture Awards The awards are encouraging a greater venture spirit in Japan.
   
• Special Feature: NPO Power! Nonprofit organizations are gaining a higher profile in society, providing the services that people need and helping to raise the quality of life in local communities. We look at how NPOs are starting to forge a new relationship between individuals and society.
   
• Sports: Everyone's a Winner  The Special Olympics give sporting opportunities to the intellectually disabled.
   
• Festival: Warmth Amid the Ice  The International Snow Statue Contest is a popular part of the Sapporo Snow Festival.
   
• International Exchange: Chilling Out Asia League Ice Hockey is raising the level of the sport in East Asia and bringing countries closer.
   
• Asian Art: Have We Met? A collaborative exhibition by Asian curators explored the relationship of people from across Asia.
   
• Interview: Yutaka Takahasi  Human activity has taken a heavy toll on the global water cycle. How did the crisis come about?
   
• Traditional Art: Metal on Metal Different colored metals can be inlaid onto a metal base to produce exquisite designs.

Columns:

• Design

• Statistics

• Lifestyle

• Environment

• Government

• Selection/Letters