FEATURES
Traditional Winter Events in Japan
The Sounkyo Onsen Icefall Festival
The Burning of New Year's Decorations
Kitakata Ramen: Hot Noodles for a Cold Winter's Morning
A Garden of Winter Peonies
Colorful Hot Air Balloons Flying Over Snowfields
Ishikawa Wintertime Sushi
Japan's Internationally Important Wintering Habitat of Cranes
Also
PRIME MINISTER'S DIARY
Japan-U.S. Summit Meeting
POLICY-RELATED NEWS
Preserving
Washoku
for Future Generations
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
A New Replacement Material for Plastics
MY WAY
Sharing the Charms of the Hakuba Valley
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Supporting Market-oriented Agriculture in Ethiopia