The promotion assists foreign travelers visiting Tokyo and wandering about the city TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Leading private railway and diversified business operator Tokyu Corporation, based in ...

Tokyo — While boosting tourism is usually part of the job description for a local politician, the mayor of one Tokyo district is taking a different tack: He's pulling up the welcome mat. "This year we ...

Tokyo’s Shibuya Crossing is the busiest intersection in the world, with five crosswalks interlacing through 10 lanes of car and bus traffic. But the local government would like it to be one of the ...

TOKYO >> Tokyo’s busy shopping, business and entertainment district of Shibuya is trying hard to keep visitors at bay during this year’s Halloween weekend. Banners across town say no drinking and no ...

TOKYO – Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department will deploy hundreds of riot police and other officers around JR Shibuya station on Oct 31, which is Halloween, to prevent accidents or trouble in the ...

One station is as good as another when it comes to starting a walk along Tokyo’s Yamanote Line. Today I have chosen to head counterclockwise from Shibuya, one of the loop’s main stops. In order to go ...

Tokyo’s Shibuya neighborhood is one of the most popular, and crowded, parts of the city. In particular the part of the district that stretches from Shibuya Station, across the world-famous Shibuya ...

The last stretch of my walk around the Yamanote Line starts in Harajuku, arguably Tokyo’s foremost youth playground. Little has changed since 1992, when I moved to Japan. The only glaring exception is ...