Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the n ...
. It was created to introduce Japanese culture to expatriate foreigners who were unfamiliar with the country.
History and profile
''Look Japan'' was established in 1953 by Takenori Kimura (木村 武則 ''Kimura Takenori''). It was published in English, Chinese, and
Spanish
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editions. The offices of the publisher, Look Japan Ltd, were in the Asahi Seimei Hibiya Building in Yurakucho, Chiyoda,
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.46 ...
.About Us " ''Look Japan''. 1 February 2002. Retrieved 11 October 2011. "Look Japan Ltd Asahi Seimei Hibiya Building, 1-5-1, Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0006, Japan "
Jay Brushart of the '' Portsmouth Daily Times'' said that the format of ''Look Japan'' was similar to that of ''
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''. Ed Gibson of the ''
Harlan Daily Enterprise
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'' said that ''Look Japan'' was "a slick publication, a lot like ''
People
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'' that offers the non-Japanese a most interesting look at the country and its people." As of 1991, it was published in
Singapore
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The Buffalo News
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''. 14 April 1991. Retrieved 11 October 2011. "Here's a little touch of irony in the current industrial climate: Look Japan, a magazine about life in Japan, is published in Singapore."
References
Further reading
* Satouchi, Katsumi (里内 克巳 ''Satouchi Katsumi'').
Shohakusha
is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Iidabashi, Chiyoda, Tokyo
is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward located in central Tokyo, Japan. It is known as Chiyoda City in English language, English.Info pageArchive