The death of downtown is now a familiar refrain. Central business districts (CBDs) in cities around the world—once bustling centers of office work—were hit hard by the pandemic and the shift to remote ...

Shinjuku train station right before the shutters come down at 11 p.m., in corridors where “salarymen” rushing home and couples on late-night dates have just passed by. Dozens of homeless people ...

In Little Tokyo, the new year is heralded by the frenetic energy of thrumming taiko drums and pounding mallets, transfiguring rice into mochi. Known as Oshogatsu, the Japanese New Year is among the ...

STORY: Commuters outside Tokyo's Shinjuku station, one of the world's busiest with some 3.6 million people passing through daily, said the wintry weather hadn't caused them much of a delay. "There ...

High-profile politics has not been the style of Japanese Americans Downtown since at least World War II's internment. In fact, talk to any member of this minority group, and it's why they'll always ...