Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward plans to extend its ban on drinking on the streets to cover the entire year, while Shinjuku Ward is taking its first measures to deal with crowds of Halloween revelers.

“No Events for Halloween on Shibuya streets.” The ward also hid the statue of the faithful dog Hachiko, one of the most famed meeting spots in Tokyo, with a cloth, as it did last yea ...

Only four of Tokyo's 23 wards ban street smoking of both traditional cigarettes and heated tobacco products and impose fines ...

A London court on Wednesday gave the green light to the extradition of two British men wanted by Japanese authorities in ...

TOKYO -- Tokyo's Shibuya ward is stepping up its fight against graffiti, teaming up with businesses and volunteer groups to swiftly remove scrawl from utility poles and signage. Starting in fiscal ...

Tokyo's Shibuya Ward has decided not to hold a year-end countdown event around its major train station for the fifth straight year. The ward held such an event around Shibuya Station until 2019 ...

Last month, administrators announced that Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward would not be holding any New Year’s Eve countdown events this year. It’s part of a continuing effort to eliminate the drunken, rowdy, ill ...

Shibuya saw the biggest rental growth. Tokyo’s large-scale Grade B market also followed the Grade A sector’s moderate growth ...