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Aoyama Gakuin University students hold their completed helmets on Sept. 6 in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 10, 2026
Students help design helmet aimed at boosting takeup among young cyclists
The nationwide helmet-wearing rate stood at just 24.4%, according to a National Police Agency survey released in September.
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 9, 2026
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
Chinese national Yu Hai, 31, is believed to have caused smartphones to connect to the base station through which fraudulent messages were transmitted.
Tokyo police have arrested a 39-year-old man following reports of several women being attacked while walking on a street in Tokyo's Jimbocho district in October.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 9, 2026
Man arrested following string of attacks on women on Tokyo street
Hikaru Hamaguchi, 39, is believed to have physically assaulted a total of seven female high school and university students within about 15 minutes.
Tokyo’s office market remains resilient despite interest rates hitting a 31-year high, with rising rents driving investment to its highest third-quarter level since 2007.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 9, 2026
Tokyo’s office rent boom spurs deals as Blackstone plans sale
Commercial-property investment across Japan hit ?2 trillion in the third quarter, according to data from brokerage firm Jones Lang LaSalle.
The number of births increased in 24 prefectures — many of them in urban areas including Tokyo, Aichi and Fukuoka prefectures — while 23 prefectures saw decreases.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 5, 2026
Births in Japan edge up 0.4% in January-June, thanks to Tokyo
This is the first increase in the first half in 11 years, with the capital’s 4.7% jump in births being the highest among all prefectures.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department conducts an on-site investigation of a fatal hit-and-run incident, with traffic restrictions in place, on Dec. 22, 2025, in Adachi Ward, Tokyo.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 4, 2026
Tokyo police to introduce AI-based accident reconstruction system
The system will combine AI with 3D spatial data from accident sites and footage from security cameras, reducing the need for on-site inspections.
Atsuko Ninagawa, co-founder of Art Week Tokyo, wants to “create opportunities for others and strengthen broader discussions about art.”
CULTURE / Art
Nov 4, 2026
Art Week Tokyo’s Atsuko Ninagawa wants to connect the city’s scattered art scene
The fifth edition brings together 56 venues and international participants for five days of exhibitions, conversations and creative exchange.
A watch shop on the Nakano Broadway complex's third floor in Tokyo was stolen on Thursday before being returned on Sunday morning.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 2, 2026
Stolen luxury watch returned to Tokyo store via courier with apology note
The package containing the stolen watch had been sent from Aichi Prefecture and included a handwritten apology.
Parishioners guide one of three Edo Period (1603-1867) "mikoshi" (portable shrines) during this year’s "shinkōsai" procession at Tokyo’s Nezu Shrine. Mikoshi are said to hold the spirit of shrine deities, in this case Susanoo-no-Mikoto, a god of of the sea, storms and fields.
LIFE / Travel / Photo essay
Nov 2, 2026
A quadrennial Tokyo festival returns to a changed Japan
Once every four years, Nezu Shrine celebrates a special version of its annual festival.
Members of the Meguro River Lazy Runners group gather for a chat and some stretching prior to their run on a recent weekday morning, in Tokyo's Nakameguro district.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Nov 2, 2026
‘Lazy’ running becomes fresh way for Tokyo runners to build community
An increasing number of coffee-centric, sociable running clubs are starting up across Tokyo, drawing more casual runners in search of community.
今日吃瓜 approach to the sharing economy is that if a service such as <i> minpaku </i>, or short-term private lodging, operates like a hotel, it should be regulated as one.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 1, 2026
The sharing economy is catching up with Japan
Shinjuku is moving to restrict minpaku following a surge of complaints from Japanese residents about tourists causing noise and other issues.
"Ise-ebi" (spiny lobster) from Aichi Prefecture is just one of the superb dishes at Saki. ?
LIFE / Food & Drink
Nov 1, 2026
Fine ‘omakase’ dining, with a twist, at Saki
Curated by a Japanese and a European chef, the courses at Saki include surprises to rankle purists while delighting the rest of us.
In Shinji Nishiki’s “Moonlit Golden-Gai,” Aoki (Ikkei Watanabe, right) runs Suikazura, a bar that serves as a social hub for Ginji (Zuimaro Awashima) and other regulars.
CULTURE / Film
Nov 1, 2026
‘Moonlit Golden-Gai’: A director’s love letter to Shinjuku’s bar district
Shinji Nishiki’s debut feature finds humor, nostalgia and unexpected family ties among the regulars of a tiny Tokyo bar.
The Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho mixed-use complex in Tokyo&#039;s Chiyoda Ward
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 30, 2026
Blackstone said to plan $1.9 billion central Tokyo office sale
The New York-based alternative asset manager is negotiating with a potential buyer, according to sources.
Around 80 participants joined the event, drinking coffee, reading, some of them taking part in a book-cover decorating workshop and some discussing the novel.
CULTURE / Books
Oct 30, 2026
Is the viral book rave real? We go to the second event to investigate.
The Jucy Book Rave, which went viral for the unusual choice of reading place in a Shimokitazawa livehouse, came back with a second event.
Kyohei Sorita
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 30, 2026
Renowned Japanese pianist found guilty of driving at 144 kph
According to a court ruling, Kyohei Sorita drove a car at 144 kph on an expressway in Tokyo’s Meguro Ward on the night of Dec. 20 last year.
Consumer prices excluding fresh food rose 2.6% in October from a year earlier in the capital, as the pace slowed slightly from 2.7% in September, according to the internal affairs ministry.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 30, 2026
Tokyo inflation exceeds BOJ’s 2% target before rate decision
Overall inflation in the capital stood at 2.8%, while prices excluding fresh food and energy, a key gauge of underlying inflation, climbed 2.6%.
A total of 71 breads will also be made exclusively for the event that runs from Oct. 31 to Nov. 1.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 30, 2026
Satisfy your kneads at the Setagaya Bread Festival
From inventive bagels and croissants to beer-and-bread pairings, this Tokyo festival serves up a weekend of carb-filled fun.
Emergency services workers operate in front of the Ginza Six shopping complex in Tokyo on May 25, following an incident in which an irritant was sprayed.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 30, 2026
Chinese man arrested over spray attack in Tokyo
Ye Shengfeng, a resident of Osaka Prefecture, was arrested on suspicion of spraying a substance containing capsaicin at a man in his 30s in May.
Today a modern commuter hub, the Kinshicho neighborhood was once the epicenter of some of old Tokyo’s most chilling ghost stories.
LIFE / Travel
Oct 30, 2026
A haunting in Honjo: Tracing old Edo’s most famous ghost stories
The Seven Mysteries of Honjo are a group of once-famous ghost stories and urban legends tracing back to the Edo Period.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo&#039;s Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo&#039;s Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Japan works to shield Takaichi from any Xi snub at China summit
Japan&#039;s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at the Prime Minister&#039;s office in Tokyo on Nov. 4.
Magnitude 5.7 quake injures dozens in central Japan
A magnitude-5.7 earthquake with its epicenter in Shizuoka Prefecture struck central Japan early Sunday, injuring dozens, shattering windows and disrupting train services, with no tsunami warning issued.
Private high schools remain out of reach for many despite tuition-free policy, survey finds
A survey showed that many families with children attending private high schools are struggling to pay expenses other than tuition.
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998&#039;s "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Famima Park Azabudai is a concept store by FamilyMart that combines convenience store staples with branded apparel, merchandise and a landscaped outdoor space.
Convenience stores, toilets and the allure of everyday Japan
By Elizabeth Beattie

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