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  • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
    Japanese business & finance
    Hong Kong elite descends on Tokyo for bargain property buys

    Investors join luxury real estate tours as yen hits record lows and Bank of Japan sticks to ultra-loose policies

  • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
    FT Globetrotter
    Five of the best bean-to-bar chocolate makers in Tokyo

    Here’s where to find chocolate at its purest — and all crafted by pioneering artisans — in the Japanese capital

  • Monday, 6 June, 2022
    Corporate culture
    The great Tokyo exodus

    A record number of companies have moved out of the capital to the countryside in the past year, reversing age-old working practices

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    FT Globetrotter
    12 glorious highlights in Tokyo’s constellation of starchitecture

    An ever-shifting canvas for Japan’s world-leading architects, the city is dotted with examples of their mind-bending vision — from stadiums and subway stations to a cake shop and public loos

  • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
    HTSIMakers and creators: guest edited by Jony Ive
    Fashion designer Hiroki Nakamura on why he values all things vintage

    The founder of Japanese label Visvim looks to the time-worn treasures of the past to find his inspiration

  • Friday, 15 April, 2022
    FT SeriesThe HTSI spring design special 2022
    Kengo Kuma: ‘I am not attached to objects at all’

    But the Tokyo-based architect still loves tenuguis and his cat T-shirt 

  • Wednesday, 23 March, 2022
    Global InsightKathrin Hille
    Ukraine war forces Japan foreign policy rethink over Russia

    Hopes dashed that Moscow could be turned into an ally to counter China

  • Tuesday, 22 March, 2022
    Japanese politics & policy
    Electricity saving averts Tokyo blackout after earthquake shuts power plants

    Businesses and residents asked to conserve energy as power reserves fall

  • Thursday, 24 February, 2022
    HTSI
    Cult Shop: for Tokyo’s stationery dreamers

    Kakimori’s in-house ink shop – where you can create your own unique colour – ticks all the write boxes

  • Friday, 4 February, 2022
    News in-depthBeijing Winter Olympics
    NBC battles China controversy and fickle viewers in bid for Winter Olympic glory

    Network paid billions for exclusive US rights but faces declining audience interest

  • Monday, 17 January, 2022
    FT GlobetrotterTips from the top
    ‘Womenomics’ pioneer Kathy Matsui’s guide to Tokyo

    One of Asia’s top financial executives — whose groundbreaking work on gender parity helped shape Japanese government policy — highlights Tokyo’s female game-changers in the fields of art, design and food

  • Monday, 10 January, 2022
    FT Globetrotter
    Many happy returns: the city spaces that bring joy to our correspondents and writers

    Be it New York subway trains, a Frankfurt bakery or a Tokyo karaoke joint, these are the spots that never fail to uplift the FT’s globetrotters

  • Monday, 27 December, 2021
    FT Globetrotter
    Cities on screen

    In this series from FT Globetrotter, our film critic selects the best movies in which the city plays a starring role

  • Wednesday, 22 December, 2021
    Tokyo Olympics
    Tokyo Olympics cost almost twice as much as predicted

    London still holds record for most expensive summer games with final bill of nearly $15bn

  • Friday, 17 December, 2021
    HTSI
    Soak up the hot springs in Nozawa Onsen

    A mountain village in Japan’s Nagano prefecture provides a perfect winter getaway

  • Tuesday, 7 December, 2021
    FT GlobetrotterCities on screen
    Tokyo drift: the best movies to spirit you away to the Japanese capital

    A Kurosawa crime thriller, a Soviet sci-fi epic and a wild anime reimagining of the Nativity are among the classics that take our film critic to Tokyo

  • Monday, 8 November, 2021
    Leo Lewis
    Tokyo subway attack exposes subtler dangers in the city

    Passengers’ terror was heightened by rules which prevent train drivers using their initiative

  • Tuesday, 26 October, 2021
    FT Globetrotter
    Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura — Tokyo’s hottest new restaurant

    Contemporary Italian and Japanese cuisine flirt to exquisite effect — in gorgeous, glamorous surrounds — at the celebrated Italian chef’s latest outpost

  • Monday, 18 October, 2021
    FT Globetrotter
    Portrait of a park

    Green spaces in our cities have become more cherished than ever. In this series from FT Globetrotter, our correspondents and writers tell their stories

  • Monday, 11 October, 2021
    FT Globetrotter
    Pressed to impress: the world’s best hotel laundry services

    Most make a decent job of it — but a handful of hotels turn it into a fine art

  • Thursday, 7 October, 2021
    Japan
    Laptop dispute pits Ghosn’s lawyer against Japan’s justice system

    Takashi Takano says socket prohibition highlights prejudice against defence teams

  • Thursday, 16 September, 2021
    HTSI
    How To Spend It in... Tokyo

    United Arrows co-founder and creative adviser Yasuto Kamoshita shares his insider’s guide to the Japanese capital

  • Sunday, 12 September, 2021
    FT GlobetrotterRide with the FT
    Local heroes: three of inner Tokyo’s most rewarding bike routes

    In this vast metropolis, exploring the capital’s neighbourhoods on short cycle rides is a great way to get to know the lie of the land

  • Tuesday, 24 August, 2021
    Robin Harding
    Halting east Asia’s education arms race could help birth rates

    Rather than a tutoring crackdown, China and Japan should overhaul systems that make one child’s gain another’s loss

  • Tuesday, 17 August, 2021
    FT MagazineLeo Lewis
    At 50, the video games industry is grappling with its sense of self

    ‘Golden ages’ have been variously declared at different points throughout gaming’s history . . . it is not obvious that we are in one now

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