Shibuya city Mayor Ken Hasebe held a news conference Thursday, when he discouraged Halloween party-goers from coming to the ward, which is famous for its annual celebrations. "This year ...

TOKYO -- Tokyo's busy shopping ... visitors at bay during this year's Halloween weekend. Banners across town say no drinking and no Halloween events on the street, and town officials are cordoning ...

TOKYO — About 15,000 people gathered in the streets of Shibuya for Halloween despite government attempts to tamp down the party spirit ... to obey the ban on street drinking.

the mayor of one Tokyo district is taking a different tack: He's pulling up the welcome mat. "This year we're making it clear to the world that Shibuya is not a venue for Halloween events," Ken ...

TOKYO — Leaders of this city’s most popular nightlife districts held a news conference Monday and called on revelers to stay away during Halloween. Shinjuku Mayor Kenichi Yoshizumi said his ...

Revelers celebrate Halloween in Shibuya in 2019. / Credit: CBS News/Randy Schmidt A former advertising executive who later started a street-cleaning nonprofit before winning office as an ...

the city is concerned that the influx of tourists eager to party and celebrate in Tokyo will be even bigger than before the pandemic. Halloween is popular with younger people in Japan. Rather than ...

TOKYO -- Tokyo's popular Shibuya and Shinjuku districts are teaming up to try and stop street drinking and restrict public partying over Halloween in what they say is an effort to combat ...

Tokyo's Shibuya and Shinjuku wards saw fewer costumed Halloween night revelers than in past years as the local governments tightened rules while calling on the public not to visit the wards to ...

“The street has turned into something ... Shinjuku voted in June to prohibit public drinking around Halloween and New Years. “Next is the rest of Tokyo,” Higashiura said.