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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...