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Affairs

Asia

The donation scandal engulfing the Thai prime minister, and why tiger poachers have leopard in their sights.

  • Issue #38
  • 5 min read
Asia
Design

From the same tree

Maruni Wood Industry, a family business, faced shifting fortunes for years. A reluctant family member returned to his roots, only to discover he was the natural saviour of the company his great uncle founded.

  • Issue #38
  • 9 min read
From the same tree
Media

Media

The entrepreneurs putting Africa on the app-map, the vinyl producer teaching everyone a lesson, and a visit to one of our favourite Honk Kong newsagents.

  • Issue #37
  • 5 min read
Radio phone-in
Affairs

Business

The Japanese prerfecture that leads the world that leads there world in LED making, the American company that keeps judges well-robed, and the Berlin coffee geeks on a cappuccino high.

  • Issue #37
  • 10 min read
Business
Affairs

Asia

The image-savvy Dalai Lama is this month's style Leader, and we report on Russia's celebration of its Second World War victory over Japan.

  • Issue #36
  • 4 min read
Asia
Business

Business

Why computers are not happy in Taiwan, and Japan's biggest technology firms join up to create a nuclear power mega-corp.

  • Issue #36
  • 5 min read
Licence to make money
Affairs

Your new local

In this benchmark report, Monocle puts the UK’s latest convenience store concept through its paces. Can Waitrose’s new offering live up to the high standards of Japan’s kings of convenience?

  • Issue #36
  • 6 min read
Your new local
Business

The buzz driver

Kajima, one of Japan’s largest engineering firms, is at the forefront of urban biodiversity. We meet Yoriyuki Yamada, the man who sees the future in the birds and the bees.

  • Issue #35
  • 11 min read
Yoriyuki Yamada among the green landscaping of Kajima’s office in Tokyo
Affairs

Asia

Portable farms from Japan, cash for babies in Taiwan, China and South Korea finally find something they can both agree on.

  • Issue #35
  • 5 min read
A case of the cramps
Affairs

Asia

The Malaysian PM's motorcade, Japan's special town for pensioners, and how the Haitian earthquake became a chance for Taiwan to make its mark.

  • Issue #34
  • 4 min read
Asia

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