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Business

Business

The company championing local organic produce in the UAE, Honda's new business jets, plus more news from the business world.

  • Issue #52
  • 7 min read
Do the ripe thing
Business

Reinvent the wheel

Aficionados of the simple sweatshirt know there’s only one label to turn to. Monocle meets the man behind Tokyo-based company Loopwheeler.

  • Issue #52
  • 1 min read
Pattern designer Fumiko Ishimoto adjusts a gray zip-up hoodie on a dress form.
Affairs

Asia

Kazakhstan's capital finishes its Metro, Japan's rare deepwater salmon is given a reprieve and the Indian state of Tamil Nadu gets some new urban planning.

  • Issue #52
  • 5 min read
Don't worry be happy
Affairs

Asia

We look at motorcade of Indonesia president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, and report on an ancient Punjabi sport that's gone global.

  • Issue #58
  • 5 min read
Modern pink and white apartment building with ground-level retail and landscaped grounds in Singapore.
Culture

Expo 58: Don’t stop moving

Millions of Japanese rise early every morning to get together and do radio exercises – the rest do them at work. We explore the cultural phenomenon of ‘rajio taiso’.

  • Issue #58
  • 8 min read
Expo 58: Don’t stop moving
Business

Business

A firm that makes exoskeletons for people with paralysis, a Filipino fast-food chain and other news of enterprising endeavours.

  • Issue #58
  • 8 min read
Person wearing Ekso Bionics exoskeleton demonstrates walking at demonstration event with audience seated in background.
Business

Business

A new Saturday market in Puerto Rico is boosting the country's organic agricultural movement, while a pie shop in Lisbon taps into the trend for inexpensive fare over traditional sit-down affairs.

  • Issue #55
  • 6 min read
Business
Affairs

Asia

A new motorway in the Phillipines gets underway, tree planting takes off in China to combat desertification and Kabul educates its population on conservation, while India's monorail enters a trial phase.

  • Issue #55
  • 4 min read
Asia
Quality of Life

Living for the city

Great cities adapt and change like their residents. Finding a favourite is a global undertaking that renews our love of urban centres. Here are Monocle’s top 25.

  • Issue #55
  • 1 min read
Zurich - top liveable city

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