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Eight Anime and Manga to Keep an Eye on in 2022

Eight Anime and Manga to Keep an Eye on in 2022

Starting the year off strong with anime auteurs and manga revolutionaries
Based in Japan: The Trash Taste Podcast

Based in Japan: The Trash Taste Podcast

Turning memes, arguments and garbage opinions into success

Finding Her Rhythm

Finding Her Rhythm

Tokyo rapper xiangyu on constant reinvention
Food for the Soul

Food for the Soul

5 local restaurants that will warm your body & heart in no time in Tokyo
Chip Tanaka: Ambitious Sound

Chip Tanaka: Ambitious Sound

Chiptune pioneer on using pilates to surpass Paul McCartney
A Second Chance at Iwate

A Second Chance at Iwate

Ghosts, ancient aliens, mannequins and more
Tokyo Time Travel: WOW RIDE

Tokyo Time Travel: WOW RIDE

From Ginza to the virtual fantasy

Event Events In Tokyo This Week

Burgundy Wine Seminar at Tokyo American Club

Burgundy Wine Seminar at Tokyo American Club

Jan 24, 2026 at 6:00pm ~ Dec 24, 2025 at 9:00pm

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Winter 2025

Read our latest print magazine online and browse all the locations across Tokyo and the Kanto Region where you can pick up a copy for yourself.

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Five Best Japanese Novels of 2018

Five Best Japanese Novels of 2018

Metropolis lists this year’s best Japanese fiction
The Town Hall Affair

The Town Hall Affair

New York’s acclaimed The Wooster Group brings controversial production to Kyoto Experiment 2018: Kyoto International Performing Arts Festival
Octopath Traveler and Dragon Quest XI

Octopath Traveler and Dragon Quest XI

The latest JRPG offerings from Nintendo and Square Enix
Tokyo International Film Festival 2018

Tokyo International Film Festival 2018

More venues mean more films at autumn fest
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Living

Tokyo Skytree launches ‘Tree of Hope’ 

Tokyo Skytree launches ‘Tree of Hope’ 

Add your own wish ribbon of hope 
Glen Wood on Battling Japan’s Problem with Paternity Leave 

Glen Wood on Battling Japan’s Problem with Paternity Leave 

How balancing family and work led to a legal battle with a megabank
Conversations With a Real-Life ‘Death Midwife’

Conversations With a Real-Life ‘Death Midwife’

Psychic practitioner Freya Bishop on ‘virtual vigils’ and death during the COVID-19 pandemic
Cycling Tokyo

Cycling Tokyo

The highs and lows of living in the 16th most bicycle-friendly city in the world

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Dining

Old School Ramen

Old School Ramen

Three top ramen shops on the streets long before Metropolis
Lolly

Lolly

Gari-Gari-kun meets Ultraman
Bread

Bread

Eat more of it. With soup
Drink

Drink

Fauchon x Asahi in an unholy alliance
Fare

Fare

A full-on food fest in Tachikawa
Veg

Veg

A rice lifestyle design store
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