It has cold shoes to mount external microphones and lighting on top.

FORBES: Connect

Many have a sheltered garden at the back and an external porch called a tambour that keeps the cold and snow from entering the house (they are 800 miles north of Boston).

BBC: Living in: Remote islands

But Asia's rise since the end of the cold war has complicated Japan's external relations.

ECONOMIST: Friends and neighbours

If firms create fewer jobs, or even lay people off, consumption could catch a cold which would mean more saving and even bigger external surpluses.

ECONOMIST: The frugal giant