
400,000 people poured into the Taksim Square in central Istanbul for the May Day celebration. The top photo captures that massive gathering well. Unfortunately, however, I did not take that picture. I had no clue that you could access to the Taksim Hill Hotel which faces the Square but if I have another opportunity there, [...]

A long time ago, when I first came to this country, I asked a colleague at work how the staff will participate in the London May Day event. He said that the last person to ask the same question was another Japanese and a visitor some years back and the answer to my question is [...]

It all started with a pleasant pub lunch conversation before Christmas with my pleasant colleagues. “What are locations in London that are related to the history of our Federation?” Over the holidays, I re-read our history book and listed-up the places which are linked to the foundation of our organisation and addresses where our head [...]