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A few notions of good manners and a few words of Japanese will help you to negotiate successfully.

A new high-speed train is due to be launched in 2027. Or how to discover Japan at 500 kilometres an hour.

In Japanese, the verb Asobi means "to play", "to have fun", "to do something other than work".

With the Olympic Games just five years away, the world's safest city reveals its ambitions. Tokyo dreams of becoming the world's leading financial centre and a major tourist capital.

Pascal Meunier, French Ambassador to Baku

In 1994, Ludovica Palomba and Roberto Palomba founded the architecture and interior design firm PS+A. Together, they work as artistic directors for prestigious brands such as Poltrona Frau, Kartell and Zanotta...

Whether historic hotels or former department stores' warehouses converted into palaces, Milan's establishments often have a great story to tell. Of varying length, but always very elegant...

In 1993, Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli launched their foundation in Milan, dedicated to contemporary art. Since last May, visitors have been able to discover it in a new setting, a sublimely restored former distillery.

From 1 May to 31 October 2015, Milan will be hosting a World Expo. The second in its history, since the city was already the centre of attention in 1906. The theme then was transport, just as innovative as it is today".Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life" !

"What counts for me is creation. Nothing but creation."

Industrious and creative, Milan is the showroom of Italian elegance. Today, the capital of Lombardy is giving in to fashion by reinventing its old districts as business hubs and ultra-trendy new venues.

With a territory three times the size of France and a population of less than three million, and an incredibly rich subsoil that is still under-exploited, Mongolia is emerging as a stage for global companies to re-enact the conquest of the West in a Far Eastern version.

On the Po plain, the rice paddies - laid out according to Leonardo da Vinci's plans - produce 600,000 tonnes of rice a year. So risotto has logically become the Milanese dish par excellence, prepared in the classic way or with a touch of fantasy.

Changing lifestyles like taking the train, almost by the Channel effect: just two hours from Paris by Eurostar, London is opening up new horizons for a host of French people, from financial stars to heralds of odd jobs.

Mareike Kitz is Marketing Director of the Frankfurt Convention Bureau.