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Greater Tokyo, with 37.2 million people, is the world’s most populous urban area. After years of experiencing Japan only through the lens of Marunouchi, the ultra-modern city...
Two once-in-a-generation disruptors joined forces this year. Black swan events are defined as ‘random, unexpected, but high-impact events’. Over the past 12 months, the property...
Marunouchi: the quest for perfection Perfectionism is very important in Japan. In the collective national quest to slowly achieve the immaculate, Tokyo’s Marunouchi...
Our writer reports from court side. Like many in Paris, I relished last week’s return of two of the most anticipated shows on earth: Top Gun: Maverick and Roland-Garros. Both...
Originally published July 2022. Just after the fall of the Berlin Wall, I moved to the city for what proved an intense and life-changing experience. Last week I travelled there...
In June 2020, after 80 days of complete ‘confinement’, I wrote a piece about the “Coronavirus Time Machine”. Inspired by too much lockdown Netflix, the imaginary construct was...