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Tokyo Music Scene: New Japan Releases this August

Tokyo Music Scene: New Japan Releases this August

The best new Japanese indie, electronic, hip hop and rock releases of a hot and sweaty August
Women in trucking

Women in trucking

In the driving seat of Japan’s workforce 
Kengo Kuma: Skyscrapers Are Going Out of Style

Kengo Kuma: Skyscrapers Are Going Out of Style

The future of Tokyo’s skyline and how tracking cats via GPS is part of it

Yuichi Kudo — Technical Outsider

Yuichi Kudo — Technical Outsider

Where does extreme metal fit into Japan?
The Politics of “Junjapa”: What ‘Pure Japanese’ Really Means

The Politics of “Junjapa”: What ‘Pure Japanese’ Really Means

Exploring the question of what it means to be Japanese
So You Thought You Didn’t Like Manga?

So You Thought You Didn’t Like Manga?

A dive into the English-language side of Japan’s alternative manga world
Tokyo’s Homeless: The dilemma hidden in plain sight

Tokyo’s Homeless: The dilemma hidden in plain sight

Volunteering with Tokyo Spring Homeless Patrol can be more than an act of charity

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Robert Longo: Angels of the Maelstrom

Robert Longo: Angels of the Maelstrom

Apr 16, 2026 at 4:00pm ~ Jun 17, 2026 at 8:00pm

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Connecting With Keeenue

Connecting With Keeenue

Introducing the 25-year-old artist behind your favourite Shake Shack Shinjuku mural
Commemorating the Berlin Wall

Commemorating the Berlin Wall

A Hiroo mural marks the 10,316 days since its fall
A Peek into Arcadia

A Peek into Arcadia

A peek inside Arcadia – the newest exhibition of up-and-coming visual artist Kyoko Fujiwara at Yokohama’s Iwasaki Gallery
Santana vocalist Tony Lindsay Ticket Giveaway

Santana vocalist Tony Lindsay Ticket Giveaway

Metropolis is offering three lucky readers the chance to attend the concert on 22 February for free
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Based in Japan: Axel Deroubaix on Bringing Japan to the World

Based in Japan: Axel Deroubaix on Bringing Japan to the World

How the French entrepreneur teamed up with regional makers to create Peko Peko Box
Goodbye 2020, December 18

Goodbye 2020, December 18

Bid farewell to a difficult year at this dazzling rooftop event on December 18
America’s Tokyo

America’s Tokyo

Revisiting the capital 75 years after the American Occupation began

Plan Your Future With Argentum Wealth

Plan Your Future With Argentum Wealth

Financial advice from an international team, for international people
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Genka Bar

Genka Bar

Top-shelf drinks at bargain-basement prices
Avocado

Avocado

Gorge on the green fruit
Gyoza

Gyoza

Upscale and low-price in Ebisu station
Wolf

Wolf

Hot pot of champions in Toranomon
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Makeover

Square meals in the ’Pong
Conbini Corner

Conbini Corner

Low-brow burgerology at Mini Stop
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