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War memorial exhibition unveiled at busy Shinjuku Station
A war memorial exhibition opened Aug. 9 at Tokyo's Shinjuku Station, with as many as 160 items and photos from World War II on display. The items and documents from the Heiwa Kinen Tenji Shiryokan...
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Nishino Kana collaborates with LUMINE EST Shinjuku
Nishino Kana has been selected as the main image character for LUMINE EST Shinjuku's campaign, '2013 Autumn & Winter: BRANDNEW SHOP SHOW'.
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Update : Anti-hate speech march fills streets around Shinjuku
A march against racial discrimination filled the streets of Shinokubo, Tokyo's Korean neighborhood, and around nearby Shinjuku Station on Sept. 22.
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KTZ Heart Dress & Tokyo Bopper Studded Platforms in Shinjuku
Malico is a friendly girl with an eye-catching look who we met near Bunka Fashion College in Shinjuku.
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Shinjuku basement bar a witness to Haruki Murakami's jazz-infused youth
There's a place that can transport you back to the world of Haruki Murakami, circa 1965, and it’s hiding right in plain sight.Located a few steps from Shinjuku Station, down a narrow stairway beneath a...
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Soseki museum planned at author's former home in Tokyo's Shinjuku
Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward is seeking donations to build a museum dedicated to famed Meiji Era (1868-1912) writer Natsume Soseki that will be built at the former site of his residence.
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Shinjuku Station becomes stage for Haruki Murakami's latest novel
The Shinjuku district in Tokyo, which plays a starring role in Haruki Murakami’s latest work to be translated in English, “Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage,” certainly has a...
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Shinjuku Mitsui Building
The Shinjuku Mitsui Building (Shinjuku Mitsui Biru) is a high-rise building in Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo. It is owned by Mitsui Fudosan. It is the one the 10 tallest buildings in Tokyo, and was...
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VIDEO : Subaru gratitude to the Shinjuku area
As a sign of gratitude to the Shinjuku area that was home to Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (FHI), the manufacturer of Subaru automobiles, for 48 years, the Shinjuku Subaru Building that housed the FHI...
View ArticleShinjuku Swan (Japanese Movie)
Set in Kabukicho,…CastGou Ayano - Tatsuhiko ShiratoriErika Sawajiri - AgehaTakayuki Yamada - Hideyoshi MinamiYusuke Iseya - MatoraNobuaki Kaneko - Yutaka HayamaMotoki Fukami - Gensuke SekiJun Murakami...
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Shinjuku Park Tower
The Shinjuku Park Tower is the second-tallest building in Shinjuku, Tokyo. It was designed by Kenzo Tange and completed in 1994. Shinjuku Park Tower has 3 elements; S tower, which is 235 m (771 ft)...
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Tokyo Opera City Tower
Tokyo Opera City Tower is a skyscraper located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. Completed in 1997, it stands 234 meters (768 feet) high and has 54 floors; it is the third-tallest building in Shinjuku and...
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Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower
Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower is a 204-metre (669 ft), 50-story educational facility located in the Nishi-Shinjuku district in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The building is home to three educational institutions:...
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Institute illustrations to help Tohoku
An institute in Tokyo is displaying more than a dozen illustrations from among 3,000 collected from around the world to help victims of the March 11 disaster in northeastern Japan.
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Tanimura Nana 2nd photobook
Japanese pop singer Tanimura Nana will be releasing her second photobook, "WILL" on August 27th. The photobook will feature Tanimura in various situations that bring out her cool and sexy charm.
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Koma theater now movie multiplex
Cinema giant Toho is planning to build a multistorey hotel and cinema multiplex in Shinjuku on the former site of the legendary Koma theater. Also called Komageki, the huge kabuki theater was known...
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Ken Watanabe in TV Asahi drama special
Japanese actor Watanabe Ken (52) and actress Minami Kaho (47) will appear together in a TV Asahi drama special next month, titled "Ai Inochi Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomidera”.
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Sleepless Shinjuku
A high-rise shopping and entertainment hub, with well over 500,000 travelers passing through it each day.Shinjuku Station in Shinjuku-ku, the "new center of Tokyo," is an immense terminal with a...
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Keio unveils train security cameras
Keio Corp. has unveiled new train security cameras slated to be installed on the Keio Line on a trial basis from Feb. 28 to crack down on molesters.Though security cameras earlier went into operation...
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Rad levels to be checked Tokyo
The Tokyo metropolitan government announced Wednesday it will gauge radiation levels in the air at 100 locations in the metropolis, in response to requests from cities, towns and villages for more...
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Ishihara rec. Sawa for PM job
Tokyo Gov Shintaro Ishihara says that Homare Sawa, the 32-year-old captain of the women’s World Cup-winning team, should become Japan’s next prime minister.
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4 die in house fire in Shinjuku
Four people were killed and one is unconscious in a fire that broke out in a two-story, wooden apartment house in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward early Sunday, police said.
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Shinjuku gov tightens fire regulations
Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward government has begun an overhaul of its fire prevention measures in neighborhoods with many old wooden apartment buildings, after a fire killed four people and injured three...
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Seamless communication cellphone subway
Passengers on part of the Tokyo subway system will be able as of next March to text and transmit data on their mobile handsets even when they are moving through tunnels, train operators said Friday.
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Shinjuku art project lifts spirits of kids in disaster-stricken Tohoku
An art festival in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward is showcasing pictures drawn by kids living in disaster-stricken areas of the Tohoku region, and the organizers have arranged a colorful way for festival-goers...
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