Capital punishment in Japan is under scrutiny again after the world's longest-serving death row prisoner, Iwao Hakamada, was ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

TOKYO, Japan (CNN)-- A man ran over a group ... showing rescue workers tending to victims in the street. The Akihabara district, where the attack took place, specializes in electronic gadgets ...