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In Tokyo, Tyler Brûlé catches up with Monocle's Asia bureau chief, Fiona Wilson, for this week's edition. Joining them is British menswear retailer Jeremy Hackett, who's in Tokyo for the launch of the Hackett brand's first standalone store in Japan, and professor Koichi Nakano of Sophia University, who brings us up to speed with the latest news on Japan's foreign relations. Meanwhile, communications expert Alex Lopez tackles the issue of how Japanese media agencies can survive in a swiftly changing market and Tyler Brûlé shares his musical discoveries for the week in our culture section.

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The Monocle Weekly is a mix of smart discussion, previews, field reports and feature interviews. From our studio in London and our bureaux in Tokyo and New York, Monocle's editors focus on the horizon and explore the looming stories within the five areas that define our editorial agenda: global affairs, business, culture, design and consumer culture.

Hosted by editor in chief Tyler Brûlé, The Monocle Weekly also offers fresh angles on stories in the current issue and delivers in-depth follow-ups from past assignments. Culture editor Robert Bound is a regular with his weekly playlist of artists established and obscure.

Editor Andrew Tuck pulls in contributions from our correspondents in far flung corners and moderates debates. And from Tokyo and New York editors Fiona Wilson and Ann Marie Gardner deliver features and perspectives from Asia and the Americas.