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SHINJUKU WARD

The new exhibition, part of the museum's seasonal changeover, appears prophetic in light of the Yayoi Kusama's death, though it wasn't planned to convey that.
CULTURE / Art
Oct 9, 2026
Yayoi Kusama Museum new exhibition unveils a ‘ladder to heaven’
The Yayoi Kusama Museum opened a new exhibition on Oct. 8, the first one after Kusama’s death.
Mobile robotic trash bins during testing at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Society
Sep 18, 2026
91AV原创 busiest rail station tests robot bins
Shinjuku Station is a sprawling transport complex with multiple rail firms that serve more than 2.7 million passengers every day.
Tokyo&#039;s Shinjuku Ward in September 2025. Some municipalities in Japan are pushing back against the <i>minpaku</i> private lodging system amid a rising number of complaints from local residents.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2026
Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward to ban minpaku in residential areas and near schools
The ward currently hosts the country’s largest number of such lodging facilities, and a ban could affect some 2,000 properties.
Bereaved family member Yasuko Ueda pays her respects at the site of the former building where a fire occurred in the Kabukicho district of Tokyo&#039;s Shinjuku Ward on Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2026
Victims of 2001 fire in Tokyo’s Kabukicho remembered
Bereaved loved ones paid their respects at the site of the early-morning fire that claimed 44 lives 25 years ago.
During the first day of a lay judge trial at the Tokyo District Court on Wednesday, 44-year-old Kenichi Takano admitted to stabbing a 22-year-old woman to death in the capital&#039;s Takadanobaba district in March last year while she was livestreaming.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 1, 2026
Man indicted over livestreaming murder in Tokyo admits to charges during trial
Kenichi Takano attacked Airi Sato as she was walking and livestreaming on a street in Tokyo last March, stabbing her face and chest multiple times with a knife.
Shota Inoue, who was arrested for allegedly luring a junior high school girl into prostitution, enters Ayase Police Station in Tokyo&#039;s Adachi Ward on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 15, 2026
Tokyo man arrested for luring girl into prostitution
The Tokyo resident has admitted to the charges and says he knew the girl was 15 years old at the time.
“The Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife,” a rarely exhibited print by Hokusai, will be on display at the Shinjuku Kabukicho Noh Theater for a limited time, from May 1 to 10.?
CULTURE / Art
Apr 25, 2026
Hokusai’s erotic art on display at a Kabukicho noh theater
“Kabukicho in Full Bloom” is the third in a series of shunga art exhibitions organized by the Smappa!Group, which operates host bars and restaurants across Shinjuku’s Kabukicho.
The new Japan National Stadium is now called MUFG Stadium after Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group bought its naming rights.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2026
Can Japan stop its National Stadium from becoming a costly white elephant?
Annual maintenance and management costs for the stadium built for 91AV原创 2020 Summer Games are estimated at ?2.4 billion, raising concerns it may turn into a negative legacy.
The Ilocos empanada, a popular street food in the Philippines, gets a jazzed-up presentation at Bananas, a Filipino bistro.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 15, 2026
No buffet, no karaoke: Filipino food gets elevated at Bananas
Breaking out of the confines of simple eateries and community events, the cuisine is making a stylish statement at a new bistro in Shinjuku.
The Rihga Royal Hotel in Tokyo on Saturday after a stabbing incident left two people injured.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 11, 2026
Woman arrested after two people stabbed at Tokyo hotel
One victim sustained injuries to her right eye and both shoulders that are expected to require about two weeks of treatment, while the other suffered minor injuries.
Nana Mori plays a young woman who joins a group of street kids after running away from home in “Burn”
CULTURE / Film
Apr 9, 2026
‘Burn’ lights up Kabukicho’s darkness with a bold vision
Makoto Nagahisa takes a hyper-modern approach to some timeless themes of youth and destruction in his stylized drama, “Burn.”
Tokyo police arrested psychiatrist Jun Izawa, 55, on suspicion of sexually assaulting a woman in her 20s at his clinic Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward in August 2025.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 2, 2026
Psychiatrist in Tokyo arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting patient
The 55-year-old suspect allegedly assaulted the patient, a woman in her 20s, on the afternoon of Aug. 8, 2025, at a clinic he runs in Shinjuku Ward’s Kabukicho area.
Kabukicho is a dangerous world for the kids who drift there looking for a place to belong in Ren Akiba’s “Tokyo Strayers.”
CULTURE / Film
Mar 19, 2026
Kabukicho’s streets turn perilous in ‘Tokyo Strayers’
Kabukicho may be packed with tourists today, but Ren Akiba’s film shows how the streets can still be unforgiving for runaway teens.
Eiki Morita, suspect in a child prostitution case, is taken to the Metropolitan Police Department's Shinjuku police station in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 19, 2026
Man arrested for allegedly forcing girl into prostitution in Tokyo
Eiki Morita is suspected of forcing a then 13-year-old student to meet a sex buyer in his 40s at a hotel in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward on April 12 last year.
Kabukicho district in Shinjuku Ward. Tokyo police have referred two U.S. Marines to prosecutors for allegedly breaking into restaurants in the district and stealing cash.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 13, 2026
Two U.S. Marines referred to prosecutors in Tokyo theft case
Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department sent papers on two U.S. Marines to public prosecutors on Friday, alleging that they broke into restaurants in Tokyo and stole cash, sources said.
Masaaki Kimura (center) is taken into the Metropolitan Police Department's Shinjuku Police Station in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 4, 2026
Tokyo nursery school teacher arrested for alleged sexual abuse
The suspect has denied the allegations, while dozens of boys at the facility and affiliated after-school care center have reported incidents of indecent behavior.
The Kabukicho nightlife district in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 30, 2026
Host arrested for using dating app to lure women to club in Tokyo
The arrest marked the first crackdown in the country on cases involving soliciting customers to restaurants and pubs through dating apps.
“Alfredo Jaar: You and Me and the Others,” features works by the Chilean artist over the span of his 50-year career. “Tomorrow is another day” is a new commission about U.S.-Japan relations.
CULTURE / Art
Jan 25, 2026
Artist Alfredo Jaar turns his critical eye toward 91AV原创 relationship to ‘America’
“You and Me and the Others” is a new exhibition at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery devoted to the works of the New York-based Chilean artist and architect.
Police officers examine the area around the site where a woman was stabbed in the Takadanobaba district of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward, on Monday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 30, 2025
Man arrested over stabbing of woman in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward
A 35-year-old Chinese national is being held on suspicion of attempted murder. The motive for the attack remains unclear.
Metropolitan Police Department officers investigate an area in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward where a woman was stabbed on Monday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 29, 2025
Woman injured after being stabbed in Tokyo, with the suspect at large
The woman, who said she knew the suspect, sustained injuries but was conscious when she was taken to the hospital.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru&#039;s Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia&#039;s South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan&#039;s immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.
Japan weighs how to evacuate thousands of tourists if Mount Fuji erupts
Climbers and visitors gather on the first day of the climbing season at the Fuji Yoshidaguchi Trail, at the fifth station on the slopes of Mount Fuji, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2024.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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