Blue Trick is a denim shop that specializes in “boro,” a Japanese textile tradition that embraces the look of garments ...

Project B, the new women’s and men’s basketball league, will make a stop in Tokyo in April 2027. It’s the first city that the ...

Alfiyan Elfatah spends four hours each day commuting between Jakarta’s far-flung periphery and his workplace in the heart of the Indonesian capital. The 31-year-old has endured the slog for eight ...

This file photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 29, 2025, shows skyscrapers in Tokyo. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Jakarta ranked as the world's largest city with 41.9 million inhabitants ...

NTT Hibiya Tower project render. Courtesy of PLP Architecture. Image © Wire Collective The project incorporates IOWN (Innovative Optical and Wireless Network), a ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Alfiyan Elfatah spends four hours each day commuting between Jakarta’s far-flung periphery and his workplace in ...

Prices of used condominiums in central Tokyo continue to surge, with the average staying above 100 million yen for a seventh straight month. Real estate research firm Tokyo Kantei says the average ...

Meeting in Tokyo for the first time at leaders’ level, Central Asian states and Japan set out a framework for deeper political, economic and sectoral cooperation amid growing regional and global ...

As a lonely, bedridden child, Ory Yoshifuji wanted nothing more than a second body he could use to attend school and see his friends. For three and a half years, sickness forced Ory to stay at home, ...

With 2025 fast drawing to a close, it’s time for our annual round-up of the year in Tokyo. And what a remarkable 12 months it’s been. The capital, and Japan as a whole, welcomed a record number of ...

Japan’s Meteorological Corporation (JMC) on Dec 18 released its first sakura – or cherry blossoms –forecast for 2026, with the famous flowers expected to bloom in the capital around mid-March. The ...