Since the Japanese anime boom of the past few decades, Akihabara has been a refuge for the otaku — someone who would “go ...

Akihabara might be known as the center of the anime, video game, and manga universe. But it's roots are in it's electronics markets - some of the coolest in the world! Today, we're exploring the ...

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Real Akiba,” which transmits Akihabara culture to the world, announced on the 9th that it has conducted a seed round of funding totaling over 400 million yen. Startup Factory, led by ...

The Japanese government this week confirmed that the death sentence handed down to a man who went on a stabbing spree in Tokyo back in 2008 has been carried out. Kato Tomohiro, then 25, rammed a ...

He was convicted of murdering seven people by driving into them or stabbing them in a random attack in Tokyo’s Akihabara district in 2008. Yoshihisa Furukawa was justice minister at the time of ...

TOKYO -- Some of Japan's most iconic neighborhoods have undergone dramatic personality changes. From Akiba to Ueno Ameyoko to Dotonbori, these spots are losing their "Japaneseness" and taking on a ...

The chaotic scene in Tokyo’s Akihabara district on June 8, 2008, after Tomohiro Kato rammed a rented truck into a crowd of pedestrians and went on a stabbing spree (Asahi Shimbun file photo) ...