Nick meets Georgie Ichikawa.  Georgie was born 1982 in Tokyo,  and moved to UK when he was 16. He later graduated from University of Arts London ( London College of Fashion ) MA Fashion Design Technology with scholarship.  At age of 25 he became head designer for PUMA x Alexander McQueen . In 2018 he was a founding member to start MR GAY JAPAN in which he became chair person for the organization for activism for the LGBTQ community in Japan.  He is currently working at PUMA JAPAN as Head of Creative and Design ..read more

Nick meets Georgie Ishikawa.  Georgie was born 1982 in Tokyo,  and moved to UK when he was 16. He later graduated from University of Arts London ( London College of Fashion ) MA Fashion Design Technology with scholarship.  At age of 25 he became head designer for PUMA x Alexander McQueen . In 2018 he was a founding member to start MR GAY JAPAN in which he became chair person for the organization for activism for the LGBTQ community in Japan.  He is currently working at PUMA JAPAN as Head of Creative and Design ..read more

Nick Luscombe meets long-time Tokyo-based English artist Ratko Backo  about his training at Saint Martins in London, his decade working with Issey Miyake and his latest art works. https://www.instagram.com/ratko_backo ..read more

Nick speaks to Philip Clemo, the British composer, musician, producer, sound artist, filmmaker and visual artist, described by Propermusic.com as one of contemporary music's most innovative artists. Phil is currently in Japan developing a project with the charity Shout at Cancer exploring the destructive and healing legacy of radiation. It honours the trees that survived the Hiroshima & Nagasaki bombs and a choir of cancer survivors who learnt to sing after the removal of their voiceboxes. https://www.philipclemo.com ..read more

Nick chats with Chikako Fujii about her career as a company director and dancer, and the importance of international collaboration. For more information about CIC please check the link below. https://jp.cic.com ..read more

Nick chats with music specialist Keith Cahoon. Keith Cahoon grew up in Northern California, and became a music fanatic at a young age.  He began buying an immense number of albums, and regularly attended concerts at Winterland and other Bay Area venues.   After stints in university and working as a carpenter, he joined Tower Records at age 22.  While he first thought the job would be just for a few months, he ended up working for Tower Records for 25 years, 7 in America and 18 in Japan. He served as CEO of Tower Records Japan from late 1984, and was part of the management buyo ..read more

Nick chats with Keiji Ito, the CEO of Tokyo-based startup MentorMe, a new venture created to support entrepreneurs. mentorme.co.jp https://jp.cic.com/en/office ..read more

Nick is joined by Adam Fulford to learn about his work in rural Japan. A native of England, Adam Fulford has been working as a language consultant in Japan since 1981, offering behind-the-scenes support for Eigo de Shaberanaito, Eigo de Asobo, Super Presentation and many other NHK programs. These days, he and his staff work on a number of shows broadcast in English on NHK WORLD-JAPAN, the international service of NHK. Adam also works as a presentation coach, supporting the efforts of the Japan National Tourism Organization to have more venues in Japan selected as hosts for international conf ..read more

Nick discusses Noh with Diego Pellecchia, Associate Professor at Kyoto Sangyo University, to learn more about this fascinating art form.  https://internationalnohinstitute.com https://jp.cic.com/en/    ..read more

In this episode, Nick meets Kirsten O’Connor, the Founder and Director of QUEST TOKYO KK, a company offering a range of independent educational services and tutoring to Japanese and international communities in Japan. A newly opened division, QUEST Learning Support and Therapy (QLST), provides professional services for children with learning difficulties within Tokyo. Kirsten is a UK qualified teacher and taught in London before moving to Tokyo in 2001. During her 17 years at The British School in Tokyo she was Head of Years 1 & 2, Deputy Head Teacher and for the final six years, served as ..read more