The Weekend Intelligence: Postcard from Tokyo, the world’s most liveable megacity

When Noah Sneider’s family first moved to Tokyo, in the 1950s, the city was dirty, inefficient and struggling to shake off the scars of war. So how has it managed to become the gleaming metropolis that has captured the world’s imagination – and the world’s most liveable megacity? The Economist’s Tokyo correspondent takes a walk around the winding back streets of Tokyo in pursuit of the secret that makes it all work.