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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Tuesday began requiring rental go-kart service operators to register with it when they set up business in the area amid public complaints about the vehicles.

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.

A same-sex partnership system in Japan first introduced by Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in 2015 is now available to 92.5 percent of ...

Go-kart-style vehicles have become a staple part of Tokyo’s inbound tourism scene, but they have also drawn complaints from locals.

Shibuya wants to be more than just the scramble crossing, the landmark intersection recognized globally these days. The long-hip and ever-trendy Tokyo ward wants to become a magnet for ...

In both Shibuya and Shinjuku wards, which are home to some of Tokyo’s busiest areas, Halloween is increasingly known for public drinking and related troubles--a real headache for administrators.

NHK has found that Tokyo's 23 wards have different positions on the status of people who graduate from international schools in Japan. About half of the local governments do not consider such ...

Tokyo olice have arrested a group of six persons connected to a bar in Shibuya Ward who are suspected of misusing dating apps ...