Breathe a sigh of relief: the hottest Japanese summer on record is behind us and now we can enjoy the clear blue skies and gently refreshing breezes of the autumn months. If…

By definition, institutions like the British School in Tokyo – home to children of more than 60 different nationalities – are progressive liberal organisations where difference and diversity are celebrated and where…

It’s here at last: May, the month that traditionally marks the beginning of summer in Japan. In Tokyo’s parks the peonies are blooming and in the muddied margins of their ornamental ponds…