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Business
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.
Design
Counter culture
From a good looking optician’s with vision and Tsutaya’s first outpost in southeast Asia to a cosy homeware shop in Milan.
Culture
Novel ideas
As the big media store chains disappear, Japan’s most successful book, music and magazine seller has opened a project that challenges everyone. We visit the floors of a refreshed retail landscape.
Entrepreneurialism
Quick on the draw
The CEO of Japan’s largest entertainment store chain has a peculiar management style. He never gives orders and encourages failure, yet Muneaki Masuda has built a hugely successful business.
