TOKYO -- A social welfare corporation based in the capital's Sumida Ward announced on March 31 the launch of a "baby hatch" ...

The Shinjuku Ward government in January approved a draft proposal to amend a “district plan” for 19 hectares outside Shinjuku Station’s east exit, including relaxing restrictions on sizes ...

Viewers reportedly heard 22-year-old Airi Sato screaming for help while being attacked Police have arrested a suspect in the ...

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Tokyo police have arrested a man in his 40s following the stabbing of a woman in her 20s near Takadanobaba Station in the capital's Shinjuku Ward on Tuesday. Following the woman’s death ...

A man accused of using a fake new 10,000-yen (around $67) note at a convenience store in February has been arrested, marking ...

TOKYO -- University admission exam prep school Nichigaku in the capital's Shinjuku Ward suddenly closed its doors just before Japan's standardized university entrance exams on Jan. 18 and 19.

7, Shibuya Ward Mayor Ken Hasebe announced that there will be no Halloween events on the streets of Shibuya this year again. Shinjuku Ward Mayor Kenichi Yoshizumi also spoke at the news ...

Kabukicho in Shinjuku Ward is known as one of Tokyo's leading entertainment districts, whose flashing neon lights are a beacon attracting both locals and foreign tourists. Young people are drawn ...

A 42-year-old man arrested in connection with Tuesday’s fatal stabbing of a 22-year-old woman livestreaming in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward told police he attacked her over an unpaid debt.