Asahi News, Sep 08

"Koron – Furusato no Fukei Kowasuna",「耕論　ふるさとの風景壊すな」, "Planting Opinion – 'Don't destroy rural scenery", Asahi Shimbun Newspaper, 朝日新聞 2008 September 21

Interviewer: Yamashita Tsutomu 聞き手：山下努
Four-part article about inbound tourism to Japan, with introduction showing recent growth in inbound tourism; followed by three interviews with Ikeuchi Osamu 池内紀 (travel writer), Hirata Masaki 平田真幸 (head of Shanghai branch of Japan National Tourist Organization JNTO), and Alex Kerr.

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"Koron – Furusato no Fukei Kowasuna",「耕論 ふるさとの風景 壊すな」, "Planting Opinion – 'Don't destroy rural scenery", Asahi Shimbun Newspaper, 朝日新聞 2008 September 21

"Koron – Furusato no Fukei Kowasuna",「耕論　ふるさとの風景壊すな」, "Planting Opinion – 'Don't destroy rural scenery", Asahi Shimbun Newspaper, 朝日新聞 2008 September 21