JREI's Fudosan Chosa (Japan Real Estate Institute's Real Estate Research magazine), "Machiya-zukuri to Keian" 「町づくりと景観」, "Town planning and attractive scenery", （ JREI 、日本不動産研究所）「不動産調査」誌, 2008 August
Published record of a speech given in Osaka on 2007 Oct 30, on town planning, attractive scenery, and the merits of good planning and revival of old buildings from a real estate investment point of view.

NILES' NILE magazine, "Kabuki Saisei no Hiketsu ha 'Soji' ni ari!" 「歌舞伎再生の秘訣は『掃除』にあり！」, "The secret of reviving Kabuki is 'clean-up'!", 「NILE's NILE」誌, 2008 August
Interviewer: Yoshino Hisashi 吉野久, Photos:  Yoko Shano 社納葉子
Interview about "New Kabuki", and the issues facing the revival of traditional arts in Japan

Kyoto Shimbun Newspaper, "Hito Focus – Utsukushiku Nokotteiru Machi Ikashitai" 「『人』フォーカス、美しく残っている町生かしたい」, "Focus on people – Bringing life to remaining beautiful towns", 京都新聞　2008 Aug １
Interviewer: Ishida Mayumi 石田真由美
Article about Alex Kerr being appointed a Regional Strengthening Advisor by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Somusho 総務省 for a project in Ojika town 小値賀町, Nagasaki Prefecture

Tokushima Shimbun Newspaper, "Tokushima Keizai Salon, Itte Miru Kai" 「徳島経済サロン、いってみる会」, "Tokushima Economic Salon, Itte Miru Kai", 徳島新聞　2008 Jul 5
Article about speech given at the Oboke Iya Itte Miru Kai 大歩危祖谷行って見る会 (hotelier's association of Iya area) concering sustainable tourism in the Iya area

Yukan Fuji Newspaper, Hikyo de osowatta, Tatazumai no Taisetsusa 秘境で教わった「佇まいの大切さ」.  "Learned in a secret valley:  the importance of just being there."  2008 June 27
Kimura Masao, 木村政雄 .
Article about a visit to Iya Valley and Chiiori, by Kimura Masao of Yoshimoto, Osaka's leading comedy and entertainment producer

"Utsukushiki Mura no Zanzo" 「美しきムラの残像」, "Last Glimpse of Beautiful villages", Kyushu no Mura e Ikou magazine 「九州のムラへ行こう」誌, 2008 June
Interviewer: Editor Yofu Nobuo, 聞き手は「九州のムラへ行こう」編集長・養父信夫
Interview about problems faced by Japan's rural regions, against the background of Alex and Iori's activities at Ojika Island, Nagasaki Prefecture

"Alex Kerr-san ni kiku, Kyoto no Utsukushisa to ha" 「アレックス・カーさんに聞く、京都の美しさとは」, "Asking Alex Kerr: what's the beauty of Kyoto?", Tabisaki magazine 「旅咲き」誌, 2008 June
By Sawada Michiko, photos by Seiichi Suzuki
Interview, with photos of Iori machiya, in issue entitled Kyo no Miyako de, Machiya Kurashi 「京の都で、町家暮らし」"In the old capital of Kyoto, staying in a machiya".

Nishi-Nihon Shimbun, "To preserve Japan's beautiful landscape" 2008 May 19
西日本新聞、「日本の美しい景観保存を」
Article about a speech and visit to historical sites in Fukuoka City, Kyushu

Nihon Keizai Shimbun, "A new wind in the city – bearing the burden of revitalization" 2008 May 11
日本経済新聞、「まちに新風、活性化担う」、「小値賀の魅力世界へ」
Interview on machiya and preserving old houses in rural regions

Mini International "Lost in Kyoto" 2008 April
Mini International誌、「Lost in Kyoto, 古都にひたって」
Interview about machiya and development in Kyoto

Nishi-Nihon Shimbun, "Tourism is 'the last hope for rural areas", "Transmitting the appeal of Ojika to the world", 2008 March 17
西日本新聞、「観光は"地方の最後の救い"」、「小値賀の魅力世界へ」
Articles about a speech given at Ojika 小値賀 Island, off the western coast of Nagasaki Prefecture, and being designated a Tourist Ambassador 観光まちづくり大使 by Ojika Town.

Tokyo Midtown STYLE, "A New Sense of Values 2. JAPAN – radiance to be proud of", 2008 March
Tokyo Midtown STYLE誌、「JAPAN – その誇り高い煌めき」
Interview about traditional and modern Japanese culture, with photographs of IORI machiya

Otona no Kakureyado (Tabi Bijin), "For two – traveling as though you live there","Interview with Alex Kerr, Chairman of IORI", 2008 March
大人の隠れ宿（旅美人）誌、「ふたり、暮らすように旅する」「京都町家を再生する株式会社"庵"の
会長・アレックスさんインタビュー」
Photo essay about IORI's machiya, with interview

Nohgaku Journal, "Noh is the basis of Japanese culture", 2008 March
能楽ジャーナル誌、「能は日本文化の基本」
Interview about the role of Noh in Japanese culture

Kaho (Takashimaya magazine), "A Japanese … Alex Kerr", 2008 March
華報（高島屋の雑誌）、「日本人…アレックス・カー」
Interview about IORI machiya in Kyoto

Mainichi Shimbun newspaper, Kominka Saisei Kanko Shigen ni,  「古民家再生、観光資源に」"Restoration of old houses as a tourist resource", 毎日新聞, 2008 Mar 6
Article about projects on Ojika Island, Nagasaki Prefecture 長崎県小値賀町 to restore old houses and use them as places to welcome tourists to this depopulated and distant region of Japan

Nagasaki Shimbun newspaper, Zanko no Chakai, 「残香の茶会」"Tea Party of Lingering Scent", 長崎新聞, 2008 Feb 22
By Kikumori Atsufumi
An account of a moonlight tea party hosted by Matsura Akira, Daimyo of Hirado 松浦章 and Grand Master of Chinshin-ryu Tea Ceremony 鎮信流宗家

Nihongo monthly, "Special interview: Alex Kerr', 2008 February
月刊日本語、「Special interview: アレックス・カー」
Interview about Dogs and Demons, and activities in Kyoto

Kotsu Shimbun, "Appointment as 'Yokoso! Japan Ambassadors', Land and Transport Ministry – 17 people with successful records inviting foreign visitors to Japan" 2008 January 22
交通新聞、「ようこそ大使任命　国交省　訪日客誘致に実績の１７人」
Report on appointment of 17 persons as Yokoso! Japan Ambassadors, presentation ceremony held on 2008 January 18

AERA magazine, Yososan ni naru, "Becoming a local" 「よそさんになる」ニューズウィークAERA誌, 2007 Dec 12
By Hamada Nami 浜田奈美
Article about living and working in Kyoto machiya townhouses

Shukan Diamond magazine, Shizen hakai ni me wo somukeru 'Utsukushii Nihon' to Nihonjin no Jitsuzo, 「自然破壊に目をそむける、『美しい日本』と日本人の実像」"Looking away from natural destruction, a true picture of 'beautiful Japan' and the Japanese", 週刊ダイヤモンド, 2007 Sep 22
By Harada Yasu 原田泰
Review of Lost Japan (Japanese edition) as reprinted by Asahi Bunko, in the section "Re-reading famous books" 「名著再読」欄

Nikkei BP, "Real Japanese" 2007 Dec
『本物の日本人』 日経BP社　清野由美著、藤森武（写真）
Book about Japanese personalities, including one article about Alex Kerr: my life in Japan since coming in 1964, art collecting, Chiiori in Iya Valley (Shikoku), IORI machiya, etc.  By Kiyono Yumi, photos by Fujimori Takeshi

Kenchiku Journal, "Kyoto's culture and tradition" 2007 Dec
建築ジャーナル誌、「今、動かないと日本の景観、文化は消滅してしまう」
Interview about Iori's machiya in Kyoto, and efforts to save regional landscape and old houses

Nuu Bijon Kurabu, "Kyoto's culture and tradition" 2007 Nov 11
ぬうびじょんくらぶ誌、「京都の文化と伝統」。パリ三城メガネグループに講演
（三城の多根弘師社長も講演）。
Report on a speech given to Paris Miki Eyeglasses group, with speech also given by Paris Miki President Tane Hiroshi

Nihon Keizai Shimbun, "The value of scenery that is 'nothing special',
2007 November 5
日本経済新聞、「"何でもない景観"大切」
Article about the Symposium "Aiming to establish Japan as a tourist destination " sponsored by Nihon Keizai Shimbun newspaper held on Oct 19, 2007

OZ Magazine, "Kyoto Machiya – Setting out on a voyage to encounter and unveil the artistic sense of the city" 2007 Oct 22
OZ Magazine誌、「京都町家、この街の美意識の発露に出会う旅へ」
Photo essay on IORI's Kyoto machiya restoration projects and "machiya stay"

Minka, "I want to join forces to preserve local minka (old houses)" 2007 September
民家誌、「力を合わせ地方の民家を維持したい」
Interview about preservation efforts to save minka (old houses) in rural areas

Jaran Torimakashi, "The place that Japan's inns should aim for from
now on"2007 September
ジャラン・とーりまかし誌、「これから日本の宿と観光の向かうべき場所」（庵町家紹介と、
九州「天空の森」田島社長と対談）
Article in travel magazine Jalan Torimakashi introducing Iori's Kyoto machiya, and a discussion between me and Mr Tajima of "Tenku no Mori" resort in Kyushu

ANA Flight Magazine: Tsubasa no Ohkoku, "Japonism of antiquity found in a mountain cottage" 2007 September
ANA機内誌：翼の王国、「山の庵で見つけた古のジャポニスム」
Article in ANA's flight magazine about Iya Valley 祖谷 , Tokushima Prefecture, Shikoku, and the thatched house Chiiori 篪庵 . By Asahina Chizuru 朝比奈千鶴, photos by Fukuda Emiko 福田栄美子

"Iori", Design Magazine, Shanghai, 2007 July 12
By Andrea Chu
Introduction to Iori machiya townhouses for Chinese readership

Waraku, "Alex Kerr – Living with Calligraphy" 2007 June
和楽、「アレックス・カー　書と暮らす」
Photo essay on my house in Kameoka and calligraphy collection. By Kiyono Yumi 清野由美, photos by Igarashi Kayo 五十嵐佳世

Shinshu Nippo, "A proposal for landscape preservation in Inadani" 2007 Feb 6
信州日報、「伊那谷の景観づくりに提言」
Article about a speech made in Iida-shi 飯田市, Nagano Prefecture on landscape preservation

Nikkei Ventures, "The Joy of Seeking" 2006 Dec 1
日経ベンチャーズ「求道の悦楽」
Feature article about my recent activities, by Kiyono Yuji 清野由美, photographs by Fujimori Takeshi 藤森武 .  One in a monthly series about modern artists and thinkers in Japan.

Keizaijin, "Last Glimpse of Beautiful Japan", 2006 Dec 1
経済人　『美しき日本の残像』
Record of speech given on Sep 6 at Osaka Keidanren's "Culture and Tourism Lecture" 2006年９月６日の大阪関経連「文化・観光講演会」の講演の要旨

Bangkok Shuho, "My Beautiful Japan (1)" 2006 Nov 27
バンコク週報「私の美しい日本（１）」
First in a series of interviews with Japan-related people in Bangkok concerning the beautification of Japan.

Gaja, "Shikoku Setouchi Kanko Shinko Kondankai" 2006 Nov 1
GAJA誌「四国・瀬戸内　観光振興懇談会
Article about my keynote speech and symposium concerning Shikoku Tourism, with Tamiyoshi Horikiri, President of Honshu-Shikoku Highway Corporation 堀切民善　本州四国連絡高速道路株式会社　社長, and others

New Vision Club, "A Reminder of Wonderful Japanese Culture" Issue 189,
2006 Nov 1
ぬうびじょんくらぶ189号「すばらしい日本文化のリマインド」
Article in Paris Miki (international eyeglasses company) publication "New Vision Club" about the traditional Japanese arts program held on Sep 7~8 at the IORI machiya in Kyoto, for executives of Paris Miki Co, and a group of French design students.

Yomiuri Shimbun (International Edition), "'Seeking the Way,' Arts in which dwell spirituality" 2006 Oct 28
読売新聞（国際版）。人、世界が舞台「精神宿る文化『求道』」
Article by Hayashida Hiroaki 林田裕章 .  Interview about Alex's activities in Bangkok, and similarities between Thai and Japanese culture

Mainichi Shimbun, "Last Glimpse of 'Japan' is Here, Kyoto Machiya",
2006 Oct 26
毎日新聞。「『日本』の残像ここに、京都町家」
Article about IORI machiya (restored old townhouses) in Kyoto.

Nihon Keizai Shimbun, "Japan's original scenery, Shikoku where dwells human feeling" 2006  Aug 5
日本の原風景、人情が宿る四国
Article about symposium sponsored by Nihon Keizai Shimbun newspaper: "Shikoku's dream 21st century – a journey of heart and nature" 四国観光シンポジウム「夢四国２１世紀—心と自然回帰の旅」で基調講演, in Tokyo July 14.  Other speakers were:  Chairman of JTB Funayama Ryuji, JTB 会長; President of Shizuoka Bunka Geijutsu University Kimura Shozaburo, 静岡文化芸術大学学長 木村尚三郎; Editor of Tabi no Techo magazine Naomi Nakamura. 「旅の手帳」編集長 中村直美

Travel Journal, Interview: "Selling Japan" 2006 June 19
「美しい日本」をどう守るか
"Utsukushii nihon" wo do mamoru ka
Interview article about inbound tourism to Japan and preservation of natural and historic beauty

Chugoku Shimbun, "The shape of the harbor, the value of Tomo" 2006 May 1
中国新聞、「港の姿、鞆の価値」
Article on opposition to the road and bridge planned for Tomonoura harbor in Fukuyama-shi, Hiroshima Prefecture