His Majesty the Emperor of Japan said during the State visit to the UK by him and Her Majesty the Empress in 2024: the UK and Japan are “friends like no other”. They both studied at Oxford.

Japan adopted the Westminster political system and the modern British social and industrial system. But after the post-war period of economic growth, Japan lost three decades of economic might.

St John's welcomes Dr Catherine Hasted, Deputy Director of the Skoll Centre at Saïd Business School, for an exploration of 'failing well'.

From I to We: Lessons in Failing Well