japan
Page 32
Slow fashion movement
Monocle heads to Fukuoka, the main city on Japan’s Kyushu island and famous for its food culture, for our spring menswear dress-up.
Work in progress
From food-loving French taking long lunch breaks to workaholic Japanese businessmen, the world continues to approach office culture in very different ways.
Best in class
While some countries struggle with school design policy, innovative architects are demonstrating that a healthy learning environment with plenty of light and natural materials means happier children and long-term economic benefits.
Rocket man
Having dreamt of space travel since childhood, Koichi Wakata is a seasoned astronaut and a household name in Japan. Now he is preparing for his biggest trip yet.
Asia
France steps in to save Japan's oyster industry and China wonders if its one-chile policy is still a good idea.
Future proof
Kyoto is renowned for its ancient traditions. But a crop of young designers is making sure it’s also set to become one of Japan's creative hubs of the future.
Force of nature
Few anticipated the scale of the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan. Monocle talks to Eiji Kimizuka, chief of staff for the GSDF, about how the rescue effort continues one year on.
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.
Asia
We look at motorcade of Indonesia president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, and report on an ancient Punjabi sport that's gone global.
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’.
