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Shota Inoue, who was arrested for allegedly luring a junior high school girl into prostitution, enters Ayase Police Station in Tokyo'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 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.
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.
From fiery Sichuan to Inner Mongolia feasts, Tokyo's Chinese hot pot scene is heating up.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Feb 27, 2026
Where Tokyoites go for Chinese hot pot
The fiery alternative to Japanese hot pot, “huoguo” is a tongue-numbing Sichuan staple that has found many fans in the Japanese capital.
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.
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 Japan’s 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.
A man who fought another in September on a street in Tokyo's Kabukicho red light and entertainment district, resulting in the latter's death, has been arrested by police under an 1889 anti-dueling law.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 9, 2026
Japanese man arrested under 1889 law after deadly ‘duel’
The 1889 law stipulates that “anyone who has engaged in a duel shall be punished by imprisonment for no less than two years and no more than five years.”
In December 1925, The Japan Times reported on a 13-year streak of high birth rates around the country, with more than 50,000 born in Tokyo annually, or an average of 3.37 per 100 people.
JAPAN / History / Japan Times Gone By
Dec 2, 2025
Japan Times 1925: Tokyo population booming in late Taisho Era
The Japanese capital averaged more than 50,000 births per year in the 13 years leading up to 1925, as steady incomes allowed ordinary people to live prosperous lives.
Yukari (Hana Sugisaki, right) is brought out of her shell by a beautiful hostess (Kotona Minami) in “Meets the World.”
CULTURE / Film
Oct 23, 2025
‘Meets the World’: A tragicomic hunger for connection
Between grilled meat and gay manga, Daigo Matsui’s latest is a darkly funny tale of friendship, fantasy and female loneliness.
Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department headquarters
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 6, 2025
Member of boy band Ae! Group arrested on public indecency charge
Keita Richard Kusama is suspected of exposing his lower body around the entrance of a building in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
A <i>shunga</i> work by Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825) is on display at an exhibition of erotic Japanese art in the Kabukicho red-light entertainment area in the Shinjuku district of central Tokyo.
CULTURE / Art
Sep 8, 2025
Traditional Japanese erotic art exhibition puts female pleasure in focus
An erotic form of ukiyo-e, shunga is often dismissed as mere pornography. An exhibition in Kabukicho aims to highlight its artistry.
Tokyo police investigators carry items seized from a girls bar in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Saturday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 29, 2025
Kabukicho girls bar owner first to be arrested under strengthened regulations
Entities operating such businesses without permission could face penalties up to ¥300 million ($2 million) and prison sentences of up to five years.
Police have arrested a senior official of Nippon Kakekomidera, a nonprofit organization that helps vulnerable people in Tokyo’s Kabukicho district, for cocaine possession.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 20, 2025
Youth support group official arrested for cocaine possession
A senior official of a group that helps youth in Tokyo’s red-light district was arrested along with a woman in her 20s who is believed to have sought help from the nonprofit.
People take photos of the Shinjuku Alta building on Friday evening.
JAPAN / Society
Feb 28, 2025
Shinjuku Alta closes its doors after 45 years
The shopping complex near the JR Shinjuku Station served as a de facto meeting point for many in one of Tokyo’s busiest entertainment districts.
Tokyo’s Kabukicho entertainment district. Masayuki Makino, a representative of a volunteer group that operated in Kabukicho, is suspected of committing indecent acts against a 17-year-old girl at a hotel in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, on Oct. 15, 2023.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 14, 2025
Tokyo volunteer group’s former rep held over indecent acts against teen
Masayuki Makino, who was part of a volunteer group that operated in the Kabukicho entertainment district, allegedly committed the acts against a 17-year-old girl.
Uruguay federation reportedly cancels charter flight after World Cup exit
Uruguay&#039;s Jose Maria Gimenez reacts after the team&#039;s loss against Spain at the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Friday.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
India’s gig workers pay the price for exposure to New Delhi’s hazardous air
Rohit Kushwaha waits for a customer as he delivers his last parcel of the day, in New Delhi in January. His work as a delivery driver has helped pay the family’s bills, but has had a significant impact on his health.
Chinese and Russian bombers and fighter jets stage joint patrol near Japan
A Chinese Air Force H-6 bomber is seen during a joint patrol with Russian military aircraft on Saturday.
U.S. missile moves in Japan send China clear message: A new era has arrived
Soldiers conduct the first Typhon midrange capability live-fire exercise outside of the continental United States, firing an SM-6 missile in July last year in Australia&#039;s Northern Territory during Exercise Talisman Sabre.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troublé, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
LGBTQ+ families are building lives Japanese lawmakers still struggle to see
Haru Ono founded Nijiiro Kazoku in 2010 after forming a same-sex stepfamily. She said the impetus for founding the organization was that she couldn’t find much reliable information out there for families such as hers in Japan.
In Kyushu’s far south, Senti.U sparks a culinary destination
Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.
‘The colors speak for themselves’: How Japan’s chroma bible went global
“A Dictionary of Color Combinations” is meant to function as a quick-reference guide for artists, designers and anyone with a passing interest in aesthetics as a quantifiable pursuit.

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