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How a pair of socks helped Japan’s FamilyMart convenience store become a fashion powerhouse
Designer Hiromichi Ochiai reveals how a simple pair of striped socks transformed Japan's ubiquitous konbini into unexpected fashion destinations
Persuasive manoeuvres
We celebrate the countries that have mastered the subtler arts of global influence.
Magnetic fields
Just an hour’s drive from Japan’s capital is a secluded stay where guests can get back to nature.
Growing strong
Minagarten, a green retail and residential development, offers locals and visitors everything from delicious pastries to calligraphy workshops.
Making the cut
We join movie directors, curators and yakuza, who all drop in on the young blade keeping alive a centuries-old Japanese craft.
Better together
Amid rising global tensions, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is – quietly –becoming more influential than ever before.
Affairs
The world’s highest railway bridge, an Indonesian presidential hopeful and assessing Asia’s strategies for combatting a declining population.
Mix and match
Bookshop chain Tsutaya is adding some design nous to the country’s co-working offering – and an alternative to its rigid office culture.
Digging it
Getting your hands dirty in the name of cultivating your green patch is that much more pleasing with the right tools. And in Japan they have developed the ultimate garden shed accessories.
Crimson tide
Ferries have been chugging between Japan and South Korea for decades but a new scarlet vessel, the 'Queen Beetle', is offering passengers a less choppy voyage across the Genkai Sea.
