Article: Try this for a Japan Cup bet to leave you feeling flush.(Sports)

Byline: Paul Haigh

The Japanese economy may not be quite as intimidating as it once was, but Tokyo remains the most intimidating city on earth. Not because it's dangerous, or because the people are in any way threatening. On the contrary, Japanese manners and general demeanour are so exemplary they make us Brits feel like the barbarians we are.

It's the sheer size of the place; the cold rectangular modernity of it all; the ruthless practicality of everything. Tokyo, the megalopolis, feels like some pinch-lipped planner's dream of how one day every city's ...

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