The Giving Season

Leave the holiday shopping blues behind with our essential gift guide

Dec 3, 2009

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on December 2009 Sic Transit In [...]

Dec 3, 2009

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Best Japanese Songs

Metropolis asked 16 local writers and musicians to describe a formative encounter with a Japanese song. The resulting mix—from folk to noise to metal and enka—represents a half-century of sounds from one of the most diverse music scenes on the planet

Nov 26, 2009

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on November 2009 The world of [...]

The Power of Two

Twin organ recipients are breathing life into Japanese transplant advocacy

No Mercy!

Human life is sacred. So hang Tatsuya Ichihashi

Synecdoche, New York

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on November 2009 "All the world’s [...]

Frank Spignese

Writer & poet

Open Graves

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on November 2009 Jumanji hooks up [...]

Vice Guy

An American journalist’s new book exposes the seedy underbelly of Tokyo

Monty DiPietro

Writer