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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
This Week's Required Reading
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
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 If, like most [...]
Artifact
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 If someone asked [...]
Aiming For Solar Computer Chips
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 What do NEC, [...]
Michail Gkinis
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 While international fashion [...]
Oct 1, 2009
All the news that we can make up
Chausser
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 Japanese footwear brand [...]
Yuuri Morishita
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 Pinup model and [...]
Oct 1, 2009
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009Rock the House Being [...]
Tokyo Green Space
A bevy of local residents and organizations offer surprising visions for creating an urban forest
Oct 1, 2009
This Week's Required Reading
DoCoMo to Export Self to U.S.
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 DoCoMo fans moving [...]
’80s Revival
The decade they tried to forget is back—and back in style
Tie-Up
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 What: Armani “Night [...]
Dante Peaks
American actor Dante Carver enjoys fame as part of Japan’s most unusual family
The McJob of Asia
Thanks to the shady practices of dispatch companies, the English-teaching gravy train has derailed
Forest Conservation in Tsukuba
Is a new housing tract “green development” or short-sighted destruction?
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?
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 We still feel [...]
Gomi Accessories
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 Mexican designer Olga [...]
21st Century Canteen
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 When is a [...]
Global Retro
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 What with Google [...]
Japanomatopoeia
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 ぴんぴん Meaning: Used [...]
The Rant
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 “I think that [...]
Mori Girls
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 The latest fashion [...]
David Chester
Screenwriter/musician
Meisa Kuroki
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009Something called the “Bright [...]
Chanel No. 2
French star Audrey Tautou plays the secretive French fashion icon
Sep 24, 2009
This Week's Required Reading
Two-Headed Monster
Beware Japan’s new political beast
Sep 17, 2009
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 Ambassador of Cute [...]
Antony Cummins
Slang merchant