Edits / Travel
It's Arrived
It’s not just 30 minutes closer to central Tokyo than Narita. The new international terminal at Haneda Airport is also a unique retail concept.
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Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Monday 13 May
The temptations of Tokyo
Technical innovation, artistic acumen and an improving economy: it's a good time to think about setting up home in Japan.
Affairs / Environment
04 - Tokyo
Integrated transport, breathtaking technology, great service and the best bars make this our top big city.
Culture / Diplomacy
Tokyo story
As part of our series on the foreign media coverage of the US presidential election, Aya Igarashi of ‘The Yomiuri Shimbun’ explains why Japan is worried about having a Democrat in the White House.
Edits / Travel
Treats in store
One-stop shopping in the Japanese capital gets a luxurious makeover as the owners of the prestigious Midtown spruce up their offer.
Design / Craft
Tokyo Designers Week
In the wake of a very difficult year for Japan, Monocle heads to Tokyo for its annual design week to see how the city and country is using craft heritage to attract new business.
Design / Interior design
Tokyo Designer’s Week
Tokyo Designer's Week has become an annual fixture in the creative calendar, with the city literally taken over by exhibitions, events and parties. Monocle explores the shops and galleries of Aoyama, Harajuku and Shibuya…
Culture / Television
Tokyo Limousine Bus Lady
Kaoru Kubo welcomes thousands of travellers to Japan every day. A former announcer for public broadcaster NHK Kubo has, for 23 years, been the voice of the Airport Limousine buses that ferry passengers to and from Narita…
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Thursday 31 March
Japan focus: Returning to Tokyo
At first it feels reassuringly familiar. The sun is shining in Shibuya, salarymen are rushing around and teens are chatting as they make their way across the famous crossing. But there are telling signs of change.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Wednesday 29 August
Dramatic twist for South Korean stars
Tensions between Japan and South Korea have reached an uncomfortably low point.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Monday 7 May
How to do holidays
For a country whose workers prefer not to inconvenience their colleagues by taking a vacation, Japan does remarkably well when it comes to public holidays: 15 a year.
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 / Government
Monocolumn
Monday 19 December
The Great Un-Known
Will the world be a safer place without North Korean leader Kim Jong-il?
Business / Health
Monocolumn
Sunday 6 June
Why giving up is hard to do
Japanese cigarette taxes go up in October, and I wish I could gloat.
Business / Small Business
Monocolumn
Sunday 7 February
Fancy a brew?
In June 1998, Ichiri Fujiura headed to Baltimore, Maryland, with a handful of beers that he’d made in his kitchen.
Affairs / Management
Monocolumn
Tuesday 16 February
Japan’s tie business in knots
In mid-January, Takeshi Kobori, the Japan Necktie Association (JNA) chairman, met with Japan’s environment minister Sakihito Ozawa and handed him a two-page letter of demands.
Design / Fashion
Monocolumn
Friday 23 October
Don’t tell anyone, but it’s Japan fashion week
Some cities grind to a halt during fashion week.
Affairs / Food & Drink
Monocolumn
Thursday 26 November
Paradise for chocolate lovers
When the cocoa dust settles and finally we learn who won control of Cadbury, one thing is certain: for the consumers who drive Japan’s 285,000-tonne-a-year chocolate market, it will hardly mean a thing.