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The city of Sapporo wants to host the 2030 Winter Games despite hard lessons from last year’s sporting festival
Investors join luxury real estate tours as yen hits record lows and Bank of Japan sticks to ultra-loose policies
Here’s where to find chocolate at its purest — and all crafted by pioneering artisans — in the Japanese capital
A record number of companies have moved out of the capital to the countryside in the past year, reversing age-old working practices
An ever-shifting canvas for Japan’s world-leading architects, the city is dotted with examples of their mind-bending vision — from stadiums and subway stations to a cake shop and public loos
The founder of Japanese label Visvim looks to the time-worn treasures of the past to find his inspiration
But the Tokyo-based architect still loves tenuguis and his cat T-shirt
Hopes dashed that Moscow could be turned into an ally to counter China
Businesses and residents asked to conserve energy as power reserves fall
Kakimori’s in-house ink shop – where you can create your own unique colour – ticks all the write boxes
Network paid billions for exclusive US rights but faces declining audience interest
One of Asia’s top financial executives — whose groundbreaking work on gender parity helped shape Japanese government policy — highlights Tokyo’s female game-changers in the fields of art, design and food
Be it New York subway trains, a Frankfurt bakery or a Tokyo karaoke joint, these are the spots that never fail to uplift the FT’s globetrotters
In this series from FT Globetrotter, our film critic selects the best movies in which the city plays a starring role
London still holds record for most expensive summer games with final bill of nearly $15bn
A mountain village in Japan’s Nagano prefecture provides a perfect winter getaway
A Kurosawa crime thriller, a Soviet sci-fi epic and a wild anime reimagining of the Nativity are among the classics that take our film critic to Tokyo
Passengers’ terror was heightened by rules which prevent train drivers using their initiative
Contemporary Italian and Japanese cuisine flirt to exquisite effect — in gorgeous, glamorous surrounds — at the celebrated Italian chef’s latest outpost
Green spaces in our cities have become more cherished than ever. In this series from FT Globetrotter, our correspondents and writers tell their stories
Most make a decent job of it — but a handful of hotels turn it into a fine art
Takashi Takano says socket prohibition highlights prejudice against defence teams
United Arrows co-founder and creative adviser Yasuto Kamoshita shares his insider’s guide to the Japanese capital
In this vast metropolis, exploring the capital’s neighbourhoods on short cycle rides is a great way to get to know the lie of the land
Rather than a tutoring crackdown, China and Japan should overhaul systems that make one child’s gain another’s loss
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