Business / Technology
Monocolumn
Friday 16 April
Outwardly mobile – Japan makes an international call
One is a remote archipelago with its own eco-system.
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Business / Retail
Going to Zozotown
Zozotown has over two million visitors to its virtual boulevard of shops, populated by the best international fashion brands. Monocle visits the firm’s HQ to witness the future of e-commerce.
Edits / Food & Drink
Called to the bar: Y&M Kisling
Head bartender Mitsugi Yoshida has been mixing cocktails for six decades, having started in the early 1950s when he was just 18. Yoshida is a legend in the business, and his original Café de Tokyo won third place at the…
Business / Retail
Mister Midtown
Tokyo is one of the world’s most competitive commercial property markets but the fierce competition means that projects are finished on time and it is considered vital to get every detail right. The latest offering is…
Edits / Neighbourhood Business
Tokyu Hands
We visit the description-defying Tokyo institution that sells just about everything you could ever need and is loved by everyone who visits.
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.
Design / Interior design
Bay of plenty
Two new workplaces on the city’s waterfront, with cafés, gyms and roofdecks for lounging, show that new work styles are possible even in hardworking Japan.
Edits / Food & Drink
My Last Meal: Sweet natured
The almighty Master Shibatayama, a former Grand Champion sumo wrestler, chooses a traditional Japanese restaurant in Shinjuku for his Last Meal. He runs a sumo school in Tokyo and is the author of several books on regional…
Design / Travel
Capsule hotel – 9 hours
The 9 Hours is the brand new capsule hotel unveiled in December 2009 by Tokyo-based Cubic Corp. Designed in a collaboration with designer Fumie Shibata of Design Studio S, it looks nothing like its predecessors and repre…
Design / Interior design
With more interest
In a radical shift from its traditional brand identity, Sugamo Shinkin Bank has adopted an innovative and colourful design for its new Niiza branch. It looks more like an art gallery than a bank, and that seems to be having…
Design / Environment
Up the wall
There are several striking elements to the new Marunouchi Park Building in Tokyo, from its soaring office tower to the perfect replica of a 19th-century red brick building. But the most intriguing of all is its garden,…