COMMUNITY
EDUCATION
DESIGN
The British School in Tokyo’ s Year 7 pupils visited farmers at an agricultural field centre in Ishigara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on 24 May. The schoolchildren helped farmers plant rice to learn more about life in rural areas.
FASHION
Attending the opening of the 13th Annual World Gardening Fair at the Hotel Okura Tokyo on 1 May were( from left) Sara Hitchens, the British Ambassador’ s wife; Princess Takamado; and Nobuo Shirasuna, landscape architect and professor at Kobe International University. The fair featured examples of gardening from all over the world, including a countryside garden with English roses and herbs from the UK.
FILM
Scottish actor Gerard Butler( second from left) with Japanese model Nana Suzuki( left) and comedy duo Harisenbon at a news conference in Tokyo to promote his film, Olympus Has Fallen( 120min). Directed by David Koepp and in Japan titled End of White House, the film is scheduled to open in Japan on 8 June.
SPORT
Models wear Stella McCartney’ s creations at the 20 May British designer’ s fashion event, during which her 2013 winter collection was showcased at the British Embassy Tokyo.
Philippe Fauchet( second row, right), president and representative director of GlaxoSmithKline( GSK) plc. with GSK staff and the GSK women’ s hockey team at the pharmaceutical firm’ s Nikko site in May. The team competed in the final matches of the women’ s Japan hockey league on 24 – 26 May.
JUNE 2013 | BCCJ ACUMEN | 51