Air Fair

Fuel costs are sending airfares into the stratosphere. What’s a poor traveler to do?

Gold Standard

As all eyes turn to Beijing, Japan’s Olympians Look to repeat their Athens Success

Dressed to Thrill

As the summer sizzles with major cosplay events across Japan, the industry branches out in bold new directions

Long Live the Queen

TV host Charles Ayres scours the city for his prince

State of the Art

Why collecting Japanese contemporary art is right, now

Delicious Debuts

A host of big-name chefs and restaurateurs are adding star power to the Tokyo dining scene

Mihoko Kasuga

Manager, Softbank Harajuku store

Malcolm Thompson

General Manager, The Peninsula - Tokyo hotel

The View From the Hills

Minoru Mori defends the Omotesando Hills development and reveals big plans for Tokyo

Half a world away

Find out why one local expat traveled from London to Tokyo—by bicycle

Room at the Top

A new wave of luxury hotels is shaking up the industry in Tokyo like never before. Can they all survive? Chris Betros checks in.

Pick of the Litter

She's cute, she's a commercial powerhouse and she's coming up on her 30th birthday. Ken Belson and Brian Bremner let the story of Japan's favorite cat out of the bag.