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Blast from the Past

Blast from the Past

Sylvester Stallone and a cast of he-men pay homage to the action movies of the ’80s

Festival

Festival

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2010What: Tokyo Kimono Week [...]

Statshot

Statshot

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2010Things Japanese girls do [...]

Asaka Seto

Asaka Seto

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2010Actresses Asaka Seto (far [...]

October 14, 2010

October 14, 2010

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2010 On top of [...]

Fall into Style

Fall into Style

Tokyo is finally cooling down, and the city’s best-dressed are opening up their autumn wardrobes

Masaru Ito

Masaru Ito

Founder of Surutokoro

Spy Hard

Spy Hard

Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz have a ball in the high-octane spy flick Knight and Day

Film Fest

Film Fest

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2010 Autumn gets arty [...]

Half-Baked in Tokyo

Half-Baked in Tokyo

One man’s culinary paradise is another’s cultural wasteland

All Smiles

All Smiles

Globetrotting director Atsushi Ogata tries his hand at a romantic comedy... in a country where there are no romantic comedies

October 14, 2010

October 14, 2010

This week's required reading

Exhibit

Exhibit

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2010 Hilary Tolman says: [...]

Back to School!

Back to School!

This is not your grandma’s retirement

Fudanjuku

Fudanjuku

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2010 Members of the [...]

Make Way for the Butt Police

Make Way for the Butt Police

In Tokyo, smokers are forced to take their habit indoors

Help!

Help!

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2010Non-Japanese-speaking residents got some [...]

October 7, 2010

October 7, 2010

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2010Out of a Jobs [...]

Tee

Tee

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2010 What: A T-shirt [...]

Drift Mania

Drift Mania

The D1 Grand Prix Series Final promises thrills, spills—and drifting galore

Bite Me

Bite Me

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2010 Some might argue [...]

Tax

Tax

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2010 Japan is a [...]

Kakaku Delivers Savings to Order

Kakaku Delivers Savings to Order

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2010 Tech-savvy readers already [...]

Elevator to Temptation

Elevator to Temptation

Michiko Kichise plays her siren song for Japanese audiences

Daikagura!

Daikagura!

Metropolis talks with the oldest master juggler on Earth

October 7, 2010

October 7, 2010

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2010Born-Again Regarding “Big Brother” [...]

AJ Martin

AJ Martin

Kindergartener

Notebook Anthology

Notebook Anthology

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2010 Think of it [...]

October 7, 2010

October 7, 2010

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2010 Sunset and wooden [...]

Power to your Pocket

Power to your Pocket

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2010 Sure, there are [...]

Mihoko Terasaki (A.K.A. Terako)

Mihoko Terasaki (A.K.A. Terako)

Puzzle maker

September 30, 2010

September 30, 2010

This week's required reading

All Eyes on Kou

All Eyes on Kou

Movies, TV ads and music keep Kou Shibasaki on the go

Green Light

Green Light

A new breed of foreign filmmakers find alternative ways to fund their Japan-based movies

Wanted: Awe-inspiring Inventions

Wanted: Awe-inspiring Inventions

Today’s technical advances are not much to marvel at

Screening

Screening

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2010 What: Free English-subtitled [...]