The third neutrino factory workshop, NuFact01, was held recently in Tsukuba, Japan. The machine design concepts of Europe, Japan and the US have evolved significantly and feature similarities as well as local flavours. Detector concepts and data taking strategies have changed little; however the competition from neutrino 'superbeams' have brought a new element into the discussion. Increasing attention is being paid to other areas of physics that would profit from a neutrino factory.