SINGAPORE: Tokyo’s Shibuya district has cancelled its New Year’s Eve countdown for the fourth year in a row due to concerns over “safety and security at the event”, which typically draws ...

Tokyo’s Shibuya district will be cancelling its New Year’s Eve countdown for a fourth consecutive year due to an influx of visitors, citing concerns over safety and security of the crowd.

For decades, the Shibuya ward of downtown Tokyo has had an image as a party place. Things are less celebratory these days, though, as after telling people to stay away from the area on Halloween, ...

We’ve got some bad news for Tokyoites and those who’ve booked a trip to Tokyo over the New Year holidays. Shibuya ward has decided to cancel its popular New Year’s Eve countdown event once ...

Revelers celebrate New Year at the famed scramble crossing in Tokyo’s Shibuya district on Jan. 1, 2020. (Asahi Shimbun file photo) ...

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While Shibuya's pre-pandemic Halloween crowds peaked at about 40,000 in 2019, authorities have been bracing for as many as 60,000 people to show up this month, Hasebe said. As much as 70% of the ...

Revelers celebrate at the New Year's Eve and new year celebration event at the famed scramble crossing in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward on Jan. 1, 2019.

TOKYO, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Shibuya City, one of Tokyo's top destinations for tourism and nightlife, on Friday announced the cancellation of the New Year countdown event in front of Shibuya Station ...

TOKYO -- The Meiji Jingu ... Sunday marked the first New Year's Eve since Japan downgraded COVID-19 to the same category as seasonal flu in May. The streets leading to the Shibuya Ward shrine from ...