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Glitterball Meets Avex

Glitterball Meets Avex

Metropolis teams up with the music giant to enliven our Halloween bash with fresh tracks

Light of Life

Light of Life

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 Sanyo’s Eneloop range [...]

Education Reptile

Education Reptile

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 If we spend [...]

Disco Dolls

Disco Dolls

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 These are so [...]

Scene Around Town

Scene Around Town

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 Title: A Dog [...]

Recruiters Cup

Recruiters Cup

The annual soccer tournament welcomes a team of local homeless players

One-Night Stands

One-Night Stands

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 It seems that [...]

John Kirwan

John Kirwan

Head coach, Japan national rugby team

Miss World

Miss World

Dancer, biker, newscaster—NHK World’s Yuko Fukushima is a lot more than just a pretty face

Digital Bazaar

Digital Bazaar

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 Your go-to place [...]

Sick of it All

Sick of it All

A new rule promises to make public health insurance compulsory for foreigners living in Japan... or does it?

Oct 8, 2009

Oct 8, 2009

This Week's Required Reading

China Rips Guts Out of iPhone

China Rips Guts Out of iPhone

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 If you’ve been [...]

Change a Bulb, Save the Planet

Change a Bulb, Save the Planet

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 If, like most [...]

Artifact

Artifact

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 If someone asked [...]

Aiming For Solar Computer Chips

Aiming For Solar Computer Chips

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 What do NEC, [...]

Michail Gkinis

Michail Gkinis

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 While international fashion [...]

Oct 1, 2009

Oct 1, 2009

All the news that we can make up

Chausser

Chausser

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 Japanese footwear brand [...]

Yuuri Morishita

Yuuri Morishita

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 Pinup model and [...]

Oct 1, 2009

Oct 1, 2009

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009Rock the House Being [...]

Tokyo Green Space

Tokyo Green Space

A bevy of local residents and organizations offer surprising visions for creating an urban forest

Oct 1, 2009

Oct 1, 2009

This Week's Required Reading

DoCoMo to Export Self to U.S.

DoCoMo to Export Self to U.S.

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 DoCoMo fans moving [...]

’80s Revival

’80s Revival

The decade they tried to forget is back—and back in style

Tie-Up

Tie-Up

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 What: Armani “Night [...]

Dante Peaks

Dante Peaks

American actor Dante Carver enjoys fame as part of Japan’s most unusual family

The McJob  of Asia

The McJob of Asia

Thanks to the shady practices of dispatch companies, the English-teaching gravy train has derailed

Forest Conservation in Tsukuba

Forest Conservation in Tsukuba

Is a new housing tract “green development” or short-sighted destruction?

Bathed in Blood

Bathed in Blood

Director Koji Shiraishi’s torture-porn flick Grotesque gets banned in Britain—and ignites a debate about Japan’s splatter-film boom

Who Needs Meishi?

Who Needs Meishi?

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 We still feel [...]

Gomi Accessories

Gomi Accessories

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 Mexican designer Olga [...]

21st Century Canteen

21st Century Canteen

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 When is a [...]

Global Retro

Global Retro

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 What with Google [...]

Japanomatopoeia

Japanomatopoeia

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 ぴんぴん Meaning: Used [...]

The Rant

The Rant

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 “I think that [...]