Akihabara has long been known as one of the best places to buy retro video games in Tokyo, Japan. Given the nickname of "Electric Town," the district is rife with stores selling trading cards ...

Anime fans have long gathered in Tokyo’s Akihabara district in pursuit of subculture opulence. “I think the area’s greatest appeal is how much anime is thrown in your face there — the ...

Akihabara is known globally for all of ... Narita Airport offers easy train access. Marunouchi is Tokyo’s prime business district, home to many of Japan’s largest companies and international ...

On paper, the Square Enix Cafe had everything going for it. Just steps from JR Akihabara Station in the heart of Tokyo’s ...

A Texas bill aimed at criminalizing obscene depictions of minors could inadvertently ban popular anime and games.

In a corner of Tokyo’s Akihabara district, a collector card store was lined with used Pokemon cards. One carried a price tag of 2.7 million yen. Another one cost 7.5 million yen. Shops in this ...

To clear things up, Harajuku is a neighborhood in Japan (part of the greater Shibuya District ... celebrated in Akihabara. Its neighborhood streets look a lot like the rest of Tokyo's most ...

Kato was arrested on the spot by police officers who rushed to the scene. The Tokyo District Court in March 2011 handed down the death sentence that prosecutors had sought, declaring that Kato ...

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 ...

Drawings and pictures from "Astro Boy" are also on display at Anime Tokyo Station. Tokyo's Akihabara district has long been well-known as the "city of anime." But in recent years, Ikebukuro in ...