Japan Layman is a newsletter that examines Japanese engineering and industrial projects in depth, such as car-parts makers entering data-centre cooling, robots for gas pipe inspection, and rocket turbopump seals. Each issue combines reporting from company filings and briefings with analysis of the gaps between corporate claims and commercial reality.
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A weekly newsletter exploring Tokyo's neighbourhoods, history, urban life and design through narrative walks and reflective essays. It also promotes the author's own signed, numbered book series on Tokyo neighbourhoods.
A London-based writer's newsletter on Japanese craft, design and culture, told through first-hand visits to workshops, foundries and artist-built spaces. Each issue combines personal travel notes with background on makers, materials and the business of craft.
Personal travel dispatches from writer and photographer Drew Gough, mixing vivid scene-setting, memoir from his first trip to Tokyo and recent visits to places such as Medellin's Comuna 13. Each issue pairs his own photos with reflective, detailed storytelling about people, place and history.
Data-driven analysis of Japan's property markets, covering Tokyo apartment pricing, resale activity, minpaku short-term rental economics and mountain resort markets. Issues separate what the numbers show from what they do not, with a premium tier for full reports.
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