Foundations, Dreams and Reality
Every dream has a reality, and every reality has a dream. It’s almost a year since foundations of this publication were laid, and plans were made, a year has passed, …
Read MoreMonth: August 2013
Events in London This Week (Aug. 11-17)
A new weekly AGI column brings you the best of things to see and do around the capital. These highlights should help to keep you busy and your schedule full! …
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Japan’s Quirkiest Beauty Treatments
Beauty is big business in Japan. In these times of economic stagnation, people need any edge they can get to stand out from the leagues of other highly educated and …
Read MoreSingapore to Overtake Switzerland as Global Wealth Capital
Switzerland is predicted to be a mere two years away from losing its position as the world’s top wealth centre, according to a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers’s Global Private Banking and …
Read MoreEmpowering Widows to Stand for Themselves
Taking place annually on 23 June, International Widow’s Day is a UN ratified event which puts the emphasis on the poverty and injustice faced by millions of widows and their …
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Asian A-Listers Making Fashion Hit Lists
With Asian cinema growing in importance, Hollywood’s leading ladies are increasingly finding themselves overshadowed on the red carpet by their eastern counterparts. At a recent Christian Dior show in Paris, …
Read MoreA Phenomenon Called Durga Shakti Nagpal
English author Virginia Woolf famously said, “For most of history, anonymous was a woman.” In India, a 28-year-old woman, Durga Shakti Nagpal, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from the …
Read MorePop Culture and Politics Collide in Japan
Why does the war issue refuse to go away in Japanese politics? An opinion piece by AGI columnist Tim Holm Earlier this week, two controversial stories have grabbed headlines in Japan and …
Read MoreKaesong Complex Development Sparks Optimism in Two Koreas
South and North Korea reached a deal on the 7th of July to reopen the jointly run Kaesong Industrial Complex to symbolize the relations between Seoul and Pyongyang. However, a …
Read MoreSpecial Ainu Photo Exhibition Now in London
Makiko Ui is a Tokyo-based photographer who was been working with the indigenous Ainu people of Hokkaido, Japan for over twenty years. Her photographs of their way of life have …
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