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Growing strong

17 June 2023

Minagarten, a green retail and residential development, offers locals and visitors everything from delicious pastries to calligraphy workshops.

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The winds of fortune had been both kind and cruel to family-run business Maruni Wood Industry over the years. Then one member of the clan reluctantly went back to his roots – only to discover he was the natural saviour of…

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The sweet spot

20 June 2013

With each Japanese household spending thousands of yen a year on cakes and sweets, confectionery is big business in Japan and nothing in the sweet-tooth calendar is bigger than the National Expo.

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Destination: Japan

21 March 2019

A new chic hotel is set to revive Onomichi, a sleepy port town in Hiroshima prefecture flanked by hills and historic temples.

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Architecture/design

17 March 2009

Monocle's picks from the Stockholm furniture fair, an interview with Salvadoran duo the Washingtons, a layered house in Hokkaido and a pad that warms the cockles in the chilly far north of Norway.

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Get a move on

27 September 2019

From a cosy town in eastern France to easygoing Hiroshima, we’ve visited three compact cities with nature on their doorsteps that offer big business potential and quality of life.

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Three getaways

10 September 2020

In search of a place to take stock? Find inspiration with a swim in the Danube, on a French-inspired break in Menorca or exploring what it means to run a small and meaningful business in Japan’s Hiroshima prefecture.

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The Briefing - Friday 27 May

27 May 2016

We see what US president Barack Obama had to say in Hiroshima, discuss Vladimir Putin’s first visit to the EU this year and hear why North Korea may be behind cyber attacks on global banks.

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Monocle on Design - Extra: Memorialise

3 September 2020

Award-winning designer Es Devlin and her longtime collaborator Machiko Weston share their recent digital artwork, “I saw the world end”, marking the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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The Late Edition - Monday 11 April

11 April 2016

We ask whether Barack Obama’s self-assessment of Libya being his worst mistake as president holds true, learn what John Kerry had to say to the people of Hiroshima today and find out whether London is ready for a new sky…

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The Globalist - Friday 27 May

27 May 2016

We look to Japan as Barack Obama becomes the first serving US president to visit Hiroshima and to find out why Tokyo has a record number of helipads despite them being barely used. Plus: anti-labour law protests in France…

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The Late Edition - Friday 27 May

27 May 2016

We discuss Barack Obama’s visit to Hiroshima – the first by a sitting US president since the nuclear attack in 1945. Plus: we ask whether Venezuela can recover from its current crisis and look ahead to next week’s series…

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The Globalist - Tuesday 16 May

16 May 2023

A Chinese ‘peace’ envoy arrives in Ukraine as Volodomyr Zelensky pushes for military supplies abroad, South Africa sticks to its controversial stance on Russia and the EU plans to build internet cables under the Black Sea…

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The Globalist - Friday 19 May

19 May 2023

Fiona Wilson, Monocle’s Asia editor and Tokyo bureau chief, tells us about Japan’s aims ahead of the G7 meeting in Hiroshima; then Florida governor Ron DeSantis is expected to enter the 2024 presidential race, and we exa…

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Monocle preview: July/August issue, 2023

22 June 2023

Who tops our liveable leaderboard? Monocle’s annual Quality of Life Survey puts the world’s best cities through their paces and profiles the urban centres on the up. We also get set for summer by gardening in Hiroshima,…

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Issue 165

Who tops our liveable leaderboard? Monocle’s annual Quality of Life Survey puts the world’s best cities through their paces and profiles the urban centres on the up.