How Joseph Kabila, president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, gets around in Me and My Motorcade, plus why Hezbollah loves a good DVD night in and a spotlight on the forthcoming Lebanese election.
As Japan moves towards the end of the financial year, local governments and even the National Tax Agency are clearing out their cupboards and holding sales of unwanted and confiscated goods via online auction site Yahoo…
Videocassette recorders (VCRs) – the clunky black boxes that graced every 1990s living room – will soon be no more. Osaka’s Funai Electric, which has been churning out the machines for 33 years and is the last company in…
In retrospect the past seven years have seemed quiet without a satirical whisper from the US’s favourite left-leaning dissenter Michael Moore. Fortunately the Oscar-winning film-maker’s latest work, Where to Invade Next …
Briefing: A Danish bag designer goes back to school, a pair of Japanese brothers fall in love with Bolivia, and a Swedish and an American shoe company cosy up for a collaboration.
Cindy, Lisa and Todd have changed your lives and taken over your TV menu. They are the power behind the Netflix throne and here’s what they have planned for their encore.
Beirut's first street atlas creates order out of chaos, Nairobi gets an airport "bush hotel" and Lagos motorists get some hi-tech help to avoid traffic.
Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen is a celebrity in Norway. A young pin-up for the game, he’s modelled for a denim label and, with his busy social life, is a far cry from the lonely child prodigy stereotype.
As the big media store chains disappear, Japan’s most successful book, music and magazine seller has opened a project that challenges everyone. We visit the floors of a refreshed retail landscape.