Arakawa Ward News Today

Japan has a lot of great restaurants, but many people will still tell you that their favorite version of a particular dish is a family recipe that their grandma makes. There’s just something special about that rustic, homemade flavor that satisfies both the taste buds&#x20...

Four men and women have been arrested for allegedly forcing Vietnamese women, who came to Japan as technical interns, into prostitution.

Four men and women have been arrested for allegedly forcing Vietnamese women, who came to Japan as technical interns, into prostitution.

Japan is marking 100 years since a devastating earthquake triggered a widespread inferno in Kanto, a region that includes the capital Tokyo. Most victims perished in the fire.

Japan is marking 100 years since a devastating earthquake triggered a widespread inferno in Kanto, a region that includes the capital, Tokyo. Most of the tens of thousands of victims perished in the fire.

After four long years, the sights and sounds of picnickers beneath the cherry blossom trees returned to Tokyo’s Ueno Park as COVID-19 restrictions were lifted.

Police in Tokyo have arrested a 35-year-old man on suspicion of attempting to rob a woman in her 80s after he forced his way into her apartment. According to police, the incident occurred at around 3:30 p.m. on Sept 13 at the woman’s apartment in Arakawa War...

A 58-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of pickpocketing an IC commuting card from the handbag of another woman on a subway train in Tokyo. According to police, the incident occurred at around 8:30 a.m. on Friday in a women’s-only car on the Chiyoda li...

It all comes down to dough. Rising prices of materials over the past year or so, combined with the sharp depreciation of the yen in recent months, are weighing heavily on bakeries.

TOKYO -- Japans capital has recently updated its earthquake damage estimate for the first time in 10 years, and presented its first