Asakusa lies in the Shitamachi area of Tokyo, which refers to the more traditional, working class part of the city. As such, Asakusa can be perceived as the old town of Tokyo. Here, you'll find ...

Tokyo’s journey from Edo to the world’s largest urban area is a story of geography, history, and rapid modernization. 🌆 In ...

Typhoons, earthquakes and torrential downpours have caused large-scale damage throughout Japan, but now the city is using a ...

Though some events will be held elsewhere in Japan, the majority of the Olympic venues are situated in Tokyo within one of two main clusters: the Heritage Zone, an area in the heart of the city which ...

The fire, in a forested area of the coastal city of Ofunato, killed at least one person and prompted evacuation orders for ...

New ideas and strategies are looking at streets. Architect Chiba Manabu rediscovers the charm of Tokyo's city streets and explores new designs for transport infrastructure and urban living.

Celebrating its “distinctive transparent character and capacity to engage with the public in the largest metropolitan area in the world ... the architect of Tokyo’s City Hall and the ...

A powerful earthquake rocked the Kanto region early on Thursday morning, and authorities are warning the area's millions of ... Chiba Prefecture neighboring Tokyo at a depth of 40 kilometers.

A man arrested on suspicion of fatally stabbing a woman while she was apparently in mid-livestream near JR Takadanobaba ...

Hal speaks with Kristin Fukushima, executive director of the Little Tokyo Community Council, about the endangered status of Little Tokyo as the area deals with rising rents, gentrification and loss of ...

Nagareyama city in Chiba Prefecture had the highest population growth rate, at 2.13 percent. Still, the Tokyo metropolitan area, comprising the capital and the surrounding prefectures of Saitama ...