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The Monocle Weekly travels to Tokyo where Tyler Brûlé opens up the discussion on the state of brand Japan with Japanese food writer Kimiko Barber and Financial Times correspondent Gwen Robinson. To broaden the debate he's then joined by Jonathan Soble, also of the Financial Times Tokyo bureau, for the latest on the Toyota crisis, before addressing the problems at JAL with Geoff Tudor, contributing editor to Orient Aviation magazine. We also hear from Masaya Kuroki, co-founder of the record label and fashion brand Kitsuné, on its interesting new pop-up venture in Omotesando, while culture editor Rob Bound and editor Andrew Tuck join the discussion on the line from Seoul and London.

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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.