This week's magazine

Review: Beware of Europe's insecure bigots

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Examination hell: Britain wants its schools to be more like those of Japan - competitive, conservative and uniform. But Japan has its own problems

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Inside the Fruit Kingdom: Millions of tourists flock to the little town of Takahata each year in search of the nation's past and a gentler way of life. But even there the pressures of modern life are steadily encroaching

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Love me tender: Making condoms that are both sensitive and safe is big business - and getting bigger all the time

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Small is powerful: Just when you thought computers couldn't get any smaller, nano-scientists are talking about shrinking supercomputers to the size of a hardback book . . .

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Trains, lifts and automobiles: Alun Anderson meets Yoshihiro Kyotani, the man behind the maglev train and other impossible projects

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Electric dreams take to the road: With the pressure on to limit carbon emissions, manufacturers are finally making electric cars that are more than just interesting prototypes

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Can robots come to care for us? Meeting the needs of an ever growing army of old people is pushing Japan's technical ingenuity to the limit

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The Green Empire: Japan desperately wants to become a leader

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Bitter wars in the pub?: Traditional British beer is dark, full-bodied and hard to copy - so can Japan brew a better pint?

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Technology

Beating the bullet train

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Longer yet and longer . . .: Japan's engineers are determinedly conservative when it comes to building bridges. But it doesn't stop them from breaking world records

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Why fish puts heart into the nation

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Panic in Gadget City: The search for the next big product is on in the cut-throat world of consumer electronics

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Future of a superpower

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Cities in the sky: Imagine the tallest building in the world, and then double the height of it. You could be living there sooner than you think . . .

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