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Sayuki Inoue

Society

Fat of the land

Qatar has an obesity epidemic; we meet the people working to change this, then explore initiatives around the world.

  • Issue #120
  • 12 min read
Fat of the land
Affairs

Diplomacy

The Japanese diplomats digging up documents to claim territory, what the Vatican and Italy agree to disagree on and Australia’s expansion in Latin America.

  • Issue #103
  • 4 min read
Diplomacy
Design

Leading lights

Kitting out your office? Sprucing up your home? The furniture and firms you need are perfectly arranged right here.

  • Issue #103
  • 17 min read
Leading lights
Retail

Emerging patterns

Shops and stylists, tailors and tracht: welcome to Monocle’s worldwide wardrobe of fashion-forward folk to keep an eye on.

  • Issue #102
  • 18 min read
Emerging patterns
Food & Drink

Food & drink

Where to find the tastiest cheese in California. Plus: Stockholm round-up and brewing in Belfast.

  • Issue #102
  • 5 min read
Food & drink
Travel and restaurants

Ready to rumble

Thanks to a clutch of shops, restaurants and bars beneath its arches, Tokyo's Nakameguro Station is a buzzing destination in itself, and more than just a gateway to the city.

  • Issue #100
  • 5 min read
Ready to rumble
Design

Vim and vigour

Urban-planners once sought ease of life but this made for less active populations. Now, a new kind of design and architecture is putting citizens’ wellbeing at its heart, transforming cities once again.

  • Issue #100
  • 13 min read
Vim and vigour
Affairs

Healthy cities: vim and vigour

Across the world governments and developers are waking up to the fact that healthier cities are happier ones. We touch down in three very different destinations to admire some of the best urban design…

  • Film
  • 2 min watch
Children playing at a kindergarten in Japan.
Design

Travel Top 50

All aboard for our fast-paced tour of the finest hotel openings, boats, planes and rolling stock setting agenda in the world of travel and hospitality.

  • Issue #99
  • 24 min read
Travel Top 50
Design

Into the woods

A spirit of unruly fun presides over the Good Neighbors Jamboree. The open-air celebration of retail, food and music attracts thousands of visitors from across Japan to this remote region.

  • Issue #97
  • 7 min read
Into the woods

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