Design / Craft
Japanese Craftsmanship
Monocle reports on why consumers in Japan are increasingly keen to support smaller, independent design firms.
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Affairs / Defence
Japanese MSDF
Under its post-war constitution, Japan is not allowed a navy, army or air force, only Self Defence Forces. Yet, today, the country has one of the largest, most sophisticated fleets in the world with 47 destroyers and nine…
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Monday 4 June
Watch and learn
If proof were ever needed of just how industrious the Japanese are, a quick trip to a city park on a sunny afternoon should be all that’s required.
Edits / Food & Drink
A cut above
Specialising in washugyu, Japan Premium Beef is seeking to re-educate New Yorkers about steak.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Friday 18 February
Japanese brush up on their English
Verb conjugation; adverbial clauses; the future progressive: forget financial jargon, these are the words that may soon be found flying around the offices of Japan’s banking world.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Thursday 25 August
The Japanese prime minister’s exit
Japanese voters would be forgiven for not remembering who their last prime minister was.
Affairs / Business Hubs
Monocolumn
Sunday 4 July
Japanese dads told to stay at home
Never mind politics and sex. There are two words that are infinitely more taboo when spoken in the confines of a Japanese office: “paternity” and “leave”.
Edits / Recipes
My Last Meal: Tokyo corner
Yorkshireman John Pawson is an architect and designer who has lived in Japan and is known for his stripped-back designs. For his last meal he chooses a seven-course meal at a Japanese restaurant in London’s Piccadilly.
Edits / Food & Drink
Tofu Catalan
Retiree Tateo Shimizu chose Barcelona as the perfect city to set up an authentic Japanese tofu shop.
Edits / Travel
Yongkang Park and Daan
Taiwan has been out on a limb, diplomatically, for the past 35 years but that hasn’t stopped its capital Taipei from thriving. It’s a blend of Chinese, Japanese and indigenous Taiwanese influences with friendly residents…
Affairs / Fashion
Monocolumn
Wednesday 9 March
Here come the gals
Japanese “gyaru” (gal) fashion works to a different set of rules.
Business /
Doggie style
The Japanese are going bonkers over their canines. But with the market for doggie products reaching saturation point, what’s next for the lucrative industry? Funerals and hotels apparently.
Edits / Food & Drink
Monocolumn
Tuesday 30 October
Kohee time
The latest issue of the influential Japanese men’s magazine, Brutus, is devoted entirely to coffee.
Design / Craft
The hand made tale
In a globalised market flooded with faux-artisan branding, real craftsmen are endangered. But in Kyoto, where tradition rules, a new initiative is refreshing generations-old techniques to bring Japanese craft to a worldwide…
Culture / Photography
Film stars
The global camera market has switched from film to digital with lightning speed. In Japan, 94m digital cameras were produced last year, compared to 800,000 film cameras. However, an army of die-hard fans is keeping the…
Design / Hotels
The Inn Crowd
They never make it on to most magazine’s “Best Hotel” lists, but Japan’s simple, pared-down ryokan are setting new standards in service and design. The Fuyija, remodelled by architect Kengo Kuma, looks set to introduce a…
Culture / Society
Monocolumn
Monday 21 January
The youth of today
To coincide with Japan's Coming of Age Day, we ask how much Japanese youth have to celebrate.
Section D, episode 4
Focusing on how Japanese designers are coping after the Tsunami and we go on a shopping spree for Japanese goods in Sydney, London and LA.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Wednesday 25 April
Royal wedding – the view from Japan
If the Japanese aren’t quite getting into the swing of the royal wedding you can hardly blame them.