Monument in Ikebukuro unveiled to mark 2019 car crash that killed mother and child
Backed by donations, the monument was set up in a nearby park as a reminder of the accident, which injured nine other people and raised awareness of elderly drivers.
Tokyo home of ‘Astro Boy’ creator and other manga legends opens as museum
A museum replicating the Tokyo apartment building that was home to the late Osamu Tezuka and other legendary manga artists opened Tuesday, 38 years after the original wooden building was dismantled in 1982.
Toshimaen calls it quits, to be replaced by Harry Potter theme park in 2023
The 94-year-old amusement park, which has entertained generations, will close for good in August.
Ex-top bureaucrat indicted over fatal 2019 car crash in Ikebukuro
Prosecutors on Thursday indicted an 88-year-old former senior bureaucrat on a charge of negligence resulting in death and injury over a fatal car accident in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district last year. Kozo Iizuka, former chief of the Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, is accused of ...
Saitama university student arrested over killing of Tokyo woman in Ikebukuro hotel
A university student was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of killing a 36-year-old woman at a Tokyo hotel last week, police said. Mizuki Kitajima, 22, of Iruma, Saitama Prefecture, has admitted to killing Hiromi Araki of Tokyo's Koto Ward at the hotel in the capital's Ikebukuro ...
Nightlife spots off Japan's beaten tourist track seek to lure in foreign visitors
At around 10 p.m. on a Thursday in early August, foot traffic at a dining and drinking district only one stop from Tokyo's Ikebukuro Station was unexpectedly sparse despite warm summer weather — ideal conditions for a cold beverage, or two. Across streetcar tracks and ...
Tokyo's Toshima Ward adds artistic touch to public lavatories to enhance user-friendliness
Dilemma: You are in a public park in Tokyo and you desperately need the toilet. You think about holding on until you can find a convenience store, but you realize time is against you. You accept your fate and approach the dimly lit lavatory with some ...
A blaze in Tokyo high-rise kills one, hospitalizes 10 others
One woman died and another 10 people were injured after a fire broke out in a 26-story condominium high-rise in Tokyo's Toshima Ward early Tuesday morning. According to the Tokyo Fire Department, which received a call around 4:25 a.m., the fire started in a second-floor ...
Tokyo ward to resurrect dwelling famed for housing manga artists
Tokyo's Toshima Ward plans to restore Tokiwa-so, a wooden apartment building known for housing many manga artists, including Osamu Tezuka, to promote the nation's anime culture. The ward will create the building at a park near the place where Tokiwa-so originally stood, ward officials said ...
Toshima Ward survey finds a fifth of residents willing to be resettled in Saitama
The Tokyo ward is accelerating moves to promote the resettlement of healthy seniors in Chichibu, where plans to create a retirement community are underway.
Tokyo police have arrested three people, including a 41-year-old shop owner, for providing sexually suggestive services involving high school girls in apparent violation of labor laws, investigation sources said. The shop offered so-called "JK" services in which underage girls would fold origami while posing with ...
Toshima Ward Office, residents to share new high-rise
Visitors to the new Toshima Ward Office in Tokyo may wonder why it's housed in a super high-rise when it opens Thursday. In fact, the ward office only occupies the first nine floors of the 49-story skyscraper. Residential dwellings account for the rest. It's the ...
