The iconic scramble crossing in front of Tokyo's Shibuya Station is busy at any time of year, but it hits peak congestion — and chaos — each Halloween. This year, authorities introduced new ...

Halloween has apparently gained equal status to Valentine's Day and Christmas among Japanese youngsters. In recent years, the famous scramble crossing in front of Tokyo's Shibuya Station and ...

The best deal, and Sunday afternoon plan, I know is the 1,500 yen “free seating” ticket that is the price of entry to the NHK Symphony’s Sunday (sometimes Saturday) matinee performances.

Shibuya is one of Japan's most famous tourist spots, but the low-lying city is also at risk of flooding and earthquakes. We'll look at Shibuya's advanced efforts to prepare for such disasters.

Square Enix unleashed Angela Aki in Shibuya today, coinciding nicely with the launch of a certain Final Fantasy XII. Appearing at media retailer Tsutaya, the same shop that hosted the Xbox 360 ...

Lakeshore Public Media today announced a new partnership with NHK WORLD TV which will bring Asian news and lifestyle programming to more than 3.5 mill ...

Ban areas and period expanded Local complaints of drinking-related problems and trash led Shibuya in 2019 to ban street drinking in the Halloween period, as well as the year-end and New Year holidays.

Located next to Yoyogi Park, the main auditorium of national broadcaster NHK is home to the NHK Orchestra, but also hosts a range of other productions from oper ...

The mayors of Tokyo's Shibuya and Shinjuku wards have urged people to refrain from drinking on the street during the Halloween period.

At least seven men in their 20s were injured Saturday evening — two seriously — after a car plowed into a line of pedestrians near Shibuya Ward’s famed scramble intersection in Tokyo, media ...

“How do you move Mount Fuji?” “How many telephone poles are there in Japan?” These are just a few of the types of questions that contestants will have to answer on NHK’s new show “Socrates no jinji” ...