The Japan Journal - 2006 November issue

November 2006
COVER STORY:

Highlights

SCIENCE Mighty Microreactors: Yoshida Jun-ichi describes exciting developments in the field of the microreactor, the microdevice used for conducting chemical reactions.
PARADIGM SHIFTS Confucius Says... Learn Chinese: A wider variety of foreign languages are being studied in Japan than ever before. Tony McNicol talks to the linguists.

Other contents
ECONOMICS Sharing the Bread POLITICS The PM as Globetrotter LANDSCAPE Houses of Card ENVIRONMENT Clean Development CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE A New Informatics CO-LAB ACEX Reveals Climate Secrets	SCIENCE WATCH ARBed Aluminum as Strong as Iron; CO2 Transporter Fleas; Ice-melting Midges; Mirror-vision MURROS CULTURE Streets Ahead ARCHITECTURE Still "Breathing" POINTS OF TRADITION Most Illuminating