Tokyo can be a bit hard to love. To those used to classical cities built out of stone and brick, its boxy grey buildings can feel oppressively ugly. The crude strip lighting, the lack of insulation in ...

It's a rite of passage for newcomers and pretty much everyone's daily nightmare. Commuting on Tokyo's overcrowded trains and subways, that is. Statistics recounting which lines are most over capacity ...

Tokyo is a megapolis on steroids. It's a real "Back to the Future" experience that can be a bit overwhelming at first. But once you have found your Tokyo legs, there are layers to this complex city, ...

A Geiger counter in Tokyo has been set up to publish the readings online. Over the past hour, the counts per minute have been rising from the baseline of 20 to nearly 60 cpm. These readings do not ...

Will the Tokyo Olympics happen? When I mention the Games to people at the moment, they split into three groups. Those with nothing to do with professional sport tend to say something like: “What? The ...

TOKYO-- As you walk up to the Senso-ji Buddhist temple here, you might be forgiven for not realizing you're standing in front of the city's oldest temple, first built in the year 645. Past its main ...

Thanks for joining us for the Bloomberg Global Credit Forum Tokyo, where senior Japanese government officials and top names ...

TOKYO – As mourners, some weeping, piled Japanese comics, flowers and other mementoes at the scene of a deadly stabbing rampage, the government Monday sought to impose tighter controls over large ...

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While it may be the offseason for the Warriors, basketball will soon be in full swing once again as the world prepares for the summer Olympics in Tokyo. And some exciting news for Dub Nation: several ...