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May 2007
COVER STORY:
Twenty years have passed since Japan's railway system, Japanese National Railways (JNR), was broken up and privatized under a plan that is seen as a great success. But how and why did the privatization come about? And now, twenty years later, what benefits has it brought to Japan and the wider world? We review these issues and speak to some of those centrally involved.
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Highlights
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INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION The Power of
POSIVA Thinking- In February a group including a representative of The Japan Journal visited Vietnam to monitor the activities of two NGOs that have received funding from the Postal Savings for International Volunteer Aid program administered through Japan Post. Here's our report.
INTERVIEW The Inside Track- Kasai Yoshiyuki, chairman of Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), was a leading figure behind the reform of Japan National Railways working within the organization. Kasai talked with The Japan Journal.
LANDSCAPE "Nature" Beneath
Our Feet- Hatakeyama Naoya's photographic output has consistently offered a highly unusual perspective on "Nature" and man's place in it. Iizawa Kotaro profiles the photographer.
SCIENCE Terahertz Imaging
Shows More than Promise- From the visible and infrared optics perspective, we are deep down. From the radio and microwave standpoint, we're high above. Terahertz (THz) radiation used to be the dark gap that separated the two halves of the electromagnetic spectrum. Recent years have come to see it rather as the bridge that joins them, and we believe the terahertz future is bright. So writes Kawase Kodo, professor of Electrical Engineering at Nagoya University.
CULTURE Industrial-strength
Heritage- Industrial heritage sites in Japan are gaining precedence as resources for community development and tourism. Shimizu Keiichi explains how and why.
BEICHMAN'S BOOKSHELF Rashomon and
17 Other Stories- A new translation of short stories by Akutagawa Ryunosuke sees author and translator Professor Janine Beichman add another important work to her creaking Japanese bookshelf.
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