THE JAPAN IRON AND STEEL FEDERATION 3:2-10 Nihonbashi-Kayabacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0025, Japan Phone: 81-3-3669-4815 Fax: 81-3-3667-0245 Mail address: sunpou@jisf.orjp URL hitp:/wwwjist.orpren/indew/htm! Dear Sir/Madame: Kindly find attached the 40th issue of Steel Construction - Today & Tomorrow (December 2013), thrice-annual magazine published since 2003 jointly by the Japan Iron and Steel Federation and the Japanese Society of Stee! Construction. We are conducting second survey of the readership of Steel Construction Today & Tomorrow taking an opportunity after passing of one year since the editorial planning revision in 2012 and focusing on Asian nations. The main aim is to “ improve the helpfulness of our magazine and to ensure that it accurately meets the emerging needs of steel construction in these countries. ‘The questionnaire is available on our website, and we eagerly seek your active, ‘cooperation in completing the form, Please go to https /iwww.i-enquete,jp/SCT&T-Question! and complete the questionnaire. We are ready to present a mouse pad (see photo) specially prepared by us as a premium to 100 persons who will ‘complete the questionnaire (to be determined by lot and to be sent two months later). (premium mouse pad) (QR code) The No, 40 issue is published spotlighting on latest fire-resistant technologies in Japan: fire resistance and buildings, fire protection, fire-resistance redundancy, practical fire-resistant design and fire-resistant steel. + Building and Fire Resistance: Development of Fire-resistant Design in Japan ‘ Fire Protection Applied to Steel Structures + Fire-resistant Redundancy in Steel Framing * Survey of Fire Damage in Steel Structures + Fire-resistant Design of TOKYO SKYTREE, the world highest free-standing broadcasting tower + Performance of Fire-resistant (FR) Steel In addition, a serial article on stee! application technology is introduced. * Improved On-site Welding Technology for Steel Structures Kindly be advised that Steel Construction Today and Tomorrow is now available at our website (http://www jisforjp/en/index.html). Further, in order for the readers in China, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Khmer to more easily understand the articles in the magazine, a text-only version in languages of these five countries hhas been prepared and is also available at the website. The world of construction is changing and the Japanese stee! industry continues to create new products that are essential both today and for tomorrow. Should you have questions about content, wish to receive previous publications, or desire an additional copy for another person, please address your request to the publication’s editor at the Japan Iron and Steel Federation office in Tokyo. Sincerely yours, KYA Tetsuya Akahoshi, Editor-in-Chief ‘Steel Construction - Today & Tomorrow