Porta's Listen...The Monocle Weekly EDITION 15

EDITION 15

-05 April

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 (and, at the time of recording, the impending North Korean ballistic-missile test firing). 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.

CONTRIBUTORS

THIS WEEK IN THE STUDIO
-05 April

Tyler Brûlé
Editor in chief

Fiona Wilson
Bureau chief Asia

Koichi Nakano
Associate professor of political science,
Sophia University, Tokyo

Jeremy Hackett
Co-founder and chairman, Hackett

Alex Lopez

Global director, Suitmen Entertainment

Credits:
Producer (London): Alexander Mills
Producer (Tokyo): Kanae Hasegawa
Researcher: Jonathan Openshaw
Sound Engineer: Chris Sharp
Editor: Aleksander Solum

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