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SØREN M. CHR. BISGAARD
(February 18, 2004)
Tea is enjoyed by people all over the world in many different ways. "Nowhere, though," notes Søren Bisgaard, a Danish-born tea master of the Urasenke school who now makes his home in the city of Kyoto, "has the drinking of tea been elevated to such a high artistic and cultural level as in Japan."

JEANIE FUJI
(January 26, 2004)
Trends in Japan is featuring interviews with notable foreign residents of Japan. Our interviewee this time is Jeanie Fuji, who runs a traditional Japanese inn amid the spectacular mountain scenery of Yamagata Prefecture.

ALEXANDER BENNETT
(August 11, 2003)
Trends in Japan is featuring interviews with notable foreign residents of Japan. Our interviewee this time is the noted practitioner of kendo Alexander Bennett.

JACK T. MOYER
(July 2, 2003)
Trends in Japan is featuring interviews with notable foreign residents of Japan. Our interviewee this time is the noted environmentalist and educator Jack T. Moyer.

AHN JUNG-HWAN
(April 25, 2003)
Trends in Japan is featuring interviews with notable foreign residents of Japan. Our interviewee this time is South Korean soccer star Ahn Jung-hwan. While relatively new to Japan, Ahn shot to worldwide fame in 2002 thanks to his performance in the World Cup.

SARAH MARIE CUMMINGS
(April 10, 2003)
Trends in Japan interviewed the first Western sake sommelier in Japan, Pennsylvania-born Sarah Marie Cummings. Among her other achievements, Cummings is responsible for reintroducing sake brewing in traditional barrels.

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