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Envoy Opens Island Display The Japanese ambassador to the UK has officially opened an exhibition on the Isle of Wight. The event celebrates the life and work of Professor John Milne, the Isle of Wight County Press reported on 8 April. Ambassador Keiichi Hayashi visited Carisbrooke Castle Museum near Newport to open an exhibition commemorating the centenary of the leading seismologist’s death. Professor Milne invented the horizontal pendulum seismograph, a device that changed the way earthquakes are predicted and measured. His work led him to receive the medal of the Order of the Rising Sun, and the title of Emeritus Professor of Seismology at Tokyo University, his workplace for 20 years. He retired to the island in 1895. The exhibition will run until October.
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Nyetimber is to export its wines to Japan, according to a press release issued on 26 April. The firm, which has vineyards in West Sussex, has signed a distribution agreement with Tokyo-based premium wine distributor Enoteca Co., Ltd. to supply its wines in Japan commencing in June. Nyetimber will become the first English sparkling wine to be distributed throughout Japan—the winemakers first overseas market.
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Techies to Take Part in Annual Komatsu Olympics Four Komatsu UK Ltd. employees will travel to Japan later this year to compete in the Komatsu Technology Olympics, the Sky Tyne and Wear reported on 10 April. The Japanese competition—now in its 36th year—aims to provide Komatsu workers and key suppliers with an opportunity to demonstrate the high level of skill and technical ability required to work in fabrication, painting, assembly and machine inspection. The yearly event plays a key part in the leading manufacturer’s philosophy of continuous improvement. The Britons won the Komatsu UK Technology Olympics competition earlier this year, in which a record number of 73 people took part.
Designer Launches Second Uniqlo Line Lulu Guinness has collaborated with the popular Japanese clothing brand to produce her second collection for the label, Vogue News reported on 8 April. The new range of T-shirts bears the witty and playful prints for which Guinness is known, and was inspired by the colour palette used in her main 2013 spring/summer collection. The London designer’s first collection for Uniqlo, which launched in April 2012, proved a huge success with shoppers, selling out in just two weeks.
Ambassador of Japan to the United Kingdom Keiichi Hayashi has opened Alnwick Garden’s Tai-haku Duck House, the Evening Chronicle reported on 19 April. Situated on a pond within the garden’s Cherry Orchard—the second largest of its kind in the world—the house accommodates 12 Mandarin Ducks. Hayashi was a guest of honour at the garden’s fourth annual Cherry Blossom Dedication Ceremony, during which sponsors floated traditional Japanese paper lanterns on the pond in memory of lost loved ones.
WWII Clashes Named as Greatest Battles The 1944 battles of Kohima and Imphal—when British troops were victorious over the Japanese army—have been chosen as the UK’s greatest battles in a National Army Museum contest, the Daily Telegraph reported on 21 April. One of the main turning points of World War II was the successful British defence in the battles. This meant the troops could push into Burma and roll back the Japanese from mainland Asia. The winner was a surprise, given the prominence in the UK of the Battle of Waterloo and the Normandy landings. The competition’s criteria included the battle’s political and historical impact, the challenges the troops faced, and the strategy and tactics employed.
Football Club Invests in Social Gaming Manchester United has signed a twoyear deal with a social gaming firm, Japan Today reported on 25 April. Gloops International Inc. is the club’s first official social gaming partner. The agreement will allow the Japanese firm the right to create and distribute a statistical-based battle card social game in Japan.
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