Shibuya could be the ideal first stop in a new virtual world
Shibuya Ward is once again putting on a virtual Halloween. However, the municipality's experiments in the digital sphere could lead to something more interesting than ghosts and pumpkins.
Walk-in vaccination site in Tokyo continues to see surge of people hoping to get shots
Thousands of people swarmed a walk-in COVID-19 vaccination site newly set up in central Tokyo for young people on Saturday morning
Thousands take to the streets in Tokyo to protest Myanmar coup
Around 5,000 people — mostly Myanmar nationals — gathered Sunday with flags raised and signs in hand to protest the putsch that occurred in their home country earlier this month.
A woman was killed and five other people were injured Monday when a taxi driven by a 73-year-old man hit a group of pedestrians on a crosswalk in Tokyo, police said. The vehicle hit the six people on a busy road in the capital's Shibuya ...
Photo essay: This is Halloween ... in Tokyo 2020
Despite officials’ pleas to stay home, crowds of revelers — with and without masks — converge for a costume street party in Shibuya.
Halloween revelry in Japan to take new forms during pandemic
Shibuya has been rendered in a virtual form to allow people to show up as costumed avatars for the night.
Tokyo's Shibuya Station now equipped with anti-flooding facility
A newly-opened underground facility can hold up to 4,000 tons of rainwater.
Tokyo may dedicate hospitals in Shibuya and Fuchu to COVID-19
The facilities would mainly focus on coronavirus patients with mild to moderate symptoms.
Shibuya's 'green frog' train tourist info center heading to Akita
The carriage will arrive in the birthplace of the famously loyal dog Hachiko on Thursday.
Despite pandemic, Uniqlo to open new store in Tokyo's Harajuku
The opening of the shop follows a 56.5 percent plunge in Fast Retailing's domestic same-store sales in April, its worst year-on-year decline.
A cut above: Tokyo barber launches 'telecut' service as COVID-19 hits business
Mr. Brothers Cut Club of Harajuku has launched what could be the industry's first online haircut service.
Harajuku Station replaced by gleaming glass box for Tokyo Games
The new version of Harajuku Station opened on Tokyo's busy Yamanote loop line Saturday as visitors in masks gathered to gawk despite the coronavirus pandemic. The new building, situated just south of the original wooden one, is a two-story structure straddling the tracks with exits ...
