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 ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) is urging caution regarding roads freezing over and traffic disruptions due to ...

Sasaki struggles with command and walks five in three innings, but Shohei Ohtani, Kiké Hernandez and Tommy Edman homer in a 6 ...

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 ...

New condominiums in the Tokyo metropolitan area fetched their highest prices ... particularly in Yokohama, Chiba city, Funabashi and Saitama city. Demand for a bigger, more comfortable house ...

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 ...

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.

Hal speaks with Kristin Fukushima, executive director of the Little Tokyo Community Council, about the endangered status of ...