Tokyo’s coin-operated laundries – in pictures

There are an estimated 20,000 coin-operated laundries across Japan. Photographer Philip Fong is drawn by the atmosphere of Tokyo’s 24-hour laundromats, located in unassuming residential areas ... ( read original story ...)

Will a rare strike threaten the ‘buy Japan’ moment?

Now, in one of Japan’s most extraordinary labour muscle-flexes in recent memory, department store staff at one of the country’s most famous names, Seibu, are breaking yet more new ground by going on strike for the first time in more than 60 years. ( read original story ...)

Blue supermoon shines over Tokyo

Keen sky watchers gathered at an observation deck on the rooftop of Tokyo's Roppongi Hills Mori Tower to gaze at the full moon on Wednesday (August 30), the second full moon in the month of August. ( read original story ...)