TOKYO - Four people were injured after an explosion took place on Monday afternoon near Shimbashi in downtown Tokyo of Japan. The explosion was reported at around 3:15 pm local time as a fire broke ...

Michele Acuto receives funding from the UK's Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) for the project "Urban Connections: City Leadership for Global Governance". It is Tokyo, after all. It was ...

Tokyo’s buzzing Roppongi district is a picture of neon-lit modernity, where glistening skyscrapers stand amid designer boutiques and late-night bars. At the two-story barbecue restaurant Nikunotoriko ...

TOKYO (AP) — Shelters made of cardboard start popping up in the basement of Tokyo's Shinjuku train station right before the shutters come down at 11 p.m., in corridors where “salarymen” rushing home ...

In this Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, photo, Toshihiro Masuda, a 59-year-old homeless man, changes into sleeping clothes at Shinjuku Station, in Tokyo. Credit: AP Photo/Jae C. Hong Shelters made of ...

Shinjuku train station right before the shutters come down at 11 p.m., in corridors where “salarymen” rushing home and couples on late-night dates have just passed by. Dozens of homeless people ...

TOKYO -- Faced with soaring vacancies as the COVID-19 pandemic has ground much of Japan's tourism to a halt, one hotel operator decided it was time to learn a new trick. Instead of just catering to ...

TOKYO — An explosion at a building in Tokyo’s Shimbashi commercial district on Monday shattered windows and spewed smoke, injuring four people, department officials said. Tokyo Fire Department said ...

Shelters made of cardboard start popping up in the basement of Tokyo’s Shinjuku train station right before the shutters come down at 11 p.m., in corridors where “salarymen” rushing home and couples on ...

TOKYO—A fire broke out Thursday afternoon at a construction site under Tokyo's elevated Shuto Expressway, injuring one worker and shutting a major traffic route, the Tokyo Fire Department said. The ...

TOKYOTOKYO — Shelters made of cardboard start popping up in the basement of Tokyo’s Shinjuku train station right before the shutters come down at 11 p.m., in corridors where “salarymen” rushing home ...

People think the display is the cat’s pajamas. Tokyo has devised an unorthodox way to cheer up its citizenry during the coronavirus pandemic — by installing a giant 3D cat billboard above one of the ...