Team Spirit

Tokyo's cross-town rivals, the Yomiuri Giants and Yakult Swallows, are running neck-and-neck for the Central League crown--thanks in large part to a quartet of foreign stars

Taking the Stares

Or, how to avoid being gawked at in Japan

Made in Tokyo

Foreign filmmakers are queuing up to work on location in the city. But that's easier said than done

Kitchen Crusaders

From high-end Japanese cuisine to crowd-pleasing Italian, these four chefs have added a dash of excitement to Tokyo's restaurant scene

O is for Otaku

A handy new guide covers Japanese subculture from A to Z

The Cartography of Cyberspace

Mapping the internet is an exhausting business

Fuzzy Democracy

Saitama has its Obama Moment

Director of Chaos

After tantalizing Japanese audiences in films like Suicide Club and Love Exposure, director Sion Sono makes his scariest move yet: a big-budget Hollywood production

Train Talk

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on June 2009 Roberto De Vido [...]

Hung Jury

Changes to Japan's legal system may energize the debate over capital punishment

Tall Order

Some of Tokyo's iconic buildings are being lost to zoning laws that were intended to improve the city

Band of Sisters

After finding fame as otaku idols, the Nakano Fujoshi Sisters are striking gold as a boy group