Upper House candidates in Tokyo vie to fill void after exit of popular lawmaker
Candidates are frantically vying for support from unaffiliated voters in Tokyo ahead of Sunday's House of Councilors election in a bid to take advantage of an opportunity created by the exit of popular lawmaker Taro Yamamoto. In the constituency, where 20 candidates are competing for ...
Women boosting their presence at Tokyo's new Toyosu fish market
Mao Nakajima, 31, works for intermediary wholesale company Hicho in Tokyo's new major wholesale fish market, where she examines southern bluefin tuna and other fish and places bids. Intermediary wholesalers fillet tuna weighing more than 70 kilograms and sell pieces to buyers from restaurants who ...
Dad hangs self after daughter's body is found in store fridge in Tokyo
The body of an 18-year-old female university student is found stuffed inside a refrigerator at her father’s confectionery shop in Tokyo, and the body of the father is later found hanging from a tree in Saitama Prefecture.
Upscale summer dessert: The best gelato spots in Tokyo
Japan's capital abounds with top-notch gelato spots to satisfy any sweet tooth. Just in time for summer, here's The Japan Times' guide on where to find the best scoops in the city.
One year after deadly flooding in western Japan, disaster resonates for vulnerable areas of Tokyo
In the worst-case scenario, 2.5 million residents will be affected as five low-lying wards are submerged in water over 10 meters deep.
Now in Tokyo, Australian student freed by North Korea stays tight-lipped about his detention
An Australian student on Friday thanked Swedish and his country's diplomats for securing his release in North Korea but kept mum about what led to his weeklong detention. "I intend now to return to normal life but wanted to first publicly thank everyone who worked ...
Tokyo police grapple with growing demand for foreign-language services
Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department is facing a surge in demand for foreign language services in line with the rising number of overseas travelers seen arriving in Japan in recent years. In one such case, in around April last year, the Kabukicho police box in Shinjuku ...
On Walkman's 40th anniversary, Sony opens retro exhibition in Ginza
Sony Corp. opened an exhibition Monday in Tokyo's bustling Ginza district to mark the 40th anniversary of its signature Walkman. The handheld audio player debuted on July 1, 1979, offering portable music to ears across the world. In the years that followed, over 400 million ...
Welcome to Tokyo's 'Little Nepal': A microcosm of Japan's evolving identity
An area of Suginami Ward has attracted Nepali immigrants looking for good schooling, security and opportunity.
'Tokyo: City of Stories': An homage to the megacity
Cultural geographer Paul Waley adds to the slim body of academic work about Tokyo with an anthropologic take on the megacity's overlooked neighborhoods.
Basketball robot Cue3 and B. League's Alvark Tokyo join Olympic effort to teach students math
In an unusual combination of disciplines, a basketball-shooting robot created by Japan's leading automaker helped students at a Tokyo elementary school on Friday to learn math. [video_embed number="1"] The physically active math lesson was joined by professional players from the B. League's Alvark Tokyo basketball team ...
