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Tighter Halloween crowd control in Shinjuku

Security guards patrol in Tokyo's bustling Kabukicho district on Halloween night on Oct. 31, 2024, as Shinjuku Ward introduced a ban on alcohol consumption in the area from 5 p.m. Oct. 31 to 5 a.m. Nov. 1.

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Tokyo police chief inspects Kabukicho entertainment area

Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department head Hiroshi Kojima (C) patrols together with police officers and volunteers in the Kabukicho entertainment district in Tokyo's Shinjuku area on Dec. 22, 2023, ahead of the year-end and New Year holiday season.

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Tokyo police chief inspects Kabukicho entertainment area

Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department head Hiroshi Kojima (C) patrols together with police officers and volunteers in the Kabukicho entertainment district in Tokyo's Shinjuku area on Dec. 22, 2023, ahead of the year-end and New Year holiday season.

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Tokyo police chief inspects Kabukicho entertainment area

Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department head Hiroshi Kojima (C) patrols together with police officers and volunteers in the Kabukicho entertainment district in Tokyo's Shinjuku area on Dec. 22, 2023, ahead of the year-end and New Year holiday season.

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Tokyo's Kabukicho nightlife district

National Police Agency Commissioner General Yasuhiro Tsuyuki and other officials visit Tokyo's Kabukicho nightlife district on Nov. 27, 2023, as part of an effort to crack down on the illicit operations of host clubs.

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Tokyo's Kabukicho nightlife district

National Police Agency Commissioner General Yasuhiro Tsuyuki (far L) and other officials visit Tokyo's Kabukicho nightlife district on Nov. 27, 2023, as part of an effort to crack down on the illicit operations of host clubs.

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Tokyo's Kabukicho nightlife district

National Police Agency Commissioner General Yasuhiro Tsuyuki and other officials visit Tokyo's Kabukicho nightlife district on Nov. 27, 2023, as part of an effort to crack down on the illicit operations of host clubs.

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Tokyo's Kabukicho night-life district to have new skyscraper

The new 225-meter-tall skyscraper in the Japanese capital's popular Kabukicho nightlife district was shown to the media Thursday ahead of its April 14 opening. With 48 floors above ground and five below, Tokyu Kabukicho Tower houses two hotels and entertainment facilities like a theater, a concert hall and a movie house. "We want it to be a facility that specializes in entertainment and motivates people to come to the area," said Tomoo Kimura, an executive officer of Tokyu Corp., which engages in railway and urban development businesses. The theater can seat around 900 people and the concert hall has a maximum capacity of around 1,500, while the movie house has eight screens. The tower includes a gym and spas for members and a food court offering "B-class gourmet foods," or unpretentious but tasty meals, from around the country at affordable prices for the general public.

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5 found guilty over 2001 Kabukicho fire that killed 44 people

TOKYO, Japan - Suiko Nakamura (far R) and fellow plaintiffs speak at a news conference in Tokyo on July 2 after the Tokyo District Court gave five individuals suspended prison terms for professional negligence in connection with a fire that claimed 44 lives in a building in Tokyo's Kabukicho district in 2001, and acquitted the sixth defendant.

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121 people sickened by tear gas attack in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A woman receives treatment Oct. 7 in the Kabukicho entertainment district in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. She was one of 121 people who suffered eye and throat burns from a tear gas attack at two bars there.

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Police surveillance cameras in operation in Tokyo's Kabukicho

TOKYO, Japan - A surveillance camera set up by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) in Tokyo's Kabukicho entertainment district surveys a street of Japan's largest adult entertainment area. The MPD put 50 surveillance cameras into operation Feb. 27 in the district as part of its crime-fighting efforts there.

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Tokyo fire drill conducted at S. Korean film preview

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo Fire Department conducts a fire drill Nov. 6 at the Yurakucho Marion theater in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward with the cooperation of about 450 moviegoers attending a film preview of a new South Korean film, ''Libera ME.'' The latest drill came on the heels of recent deadly fires in the Kabukicho entertainment district in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward.

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2 dead, 5 hurt in Shinjuku building fire

TOKYO, Japan - Firefighters try to extinguish a fire that broke out in the six-story Kabukicho Sanyo Building in the Kabukicho entertainment district in Tokyo's Shijuku Ward on Oct. 29. Two people died and five others, including a firefighter, suffered injuries in the fire.

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Tokyo's Kabukicho entertainment district crowded after fatal fir

TOKYO, Japan - A huge crowd of people turn out in Tokyo's Kabukicho, the busiest entertainment district in Japan, as usual on the night of Sept. 2, a day after a fire engulfed an amusement building there, killing 44 people.

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Police investigate site of fatal Tokyo fire

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers and firefighters search a building in a popular nightspot in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Sept. 1 for clues about the fatal fire that killed 44 people there the day before. Searchers focused on the third floor of the four-story Meisei 56 Building in the Kabukicho entertainment district, as the fire is thought to have started on that floor.

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(3)Midnight blast rips Tokyo building, killing 44

TOKYO, Japan - Policemen cordon off the street near a building in Tokyo's Kabukicho entertainment district Sept. 1. A powerful blast ripped through a mahjong game parlor on the third floor and an adult shop on the fourth floor of the four-story building early Sept. 1, killing at least 44 people and injuring three.

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(1)Midnight blast rips Tokyo building, killing 44

TOKYO, Japan - Firefighters attempt to reach the shattered windows of a four-story building in Tokyo's Kabukicho district where a powerful explosion ripped through a mahjong game parlor and an adult entertainment shop early Sept. 1, killing at least 44 people and injuring three.

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(2)Midnight blast rips Tokyo building, killing 44

TOKYO, Japan - Firefighters try to rescue an injured person from a building in Tokyo's Kabukicho district where a powerful explosion ripped through a mahjong game parlor and an adult entertainment shop early Sept. 1, killing at least 44 people and injuring three.

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Tokyo's Kabukicho district

People walk in the Kabukicho nightlife district in Tokyo's Shinjuku on April 12, 2022.

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Tokyo amid coronavirus pandemic

People wearing face masks walk in the Kabukicho nightlife district in Tokyo's Shinjuku on Jan. 21, 2022. A quasi-state of emergency was widened to Tokyo and 12 more prefectures for three weeks the same day amid a rapid rise in coronavirus infections.

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Tokyo amid coronavirus pandemic

People walk in the Kabukicho nightlife district in Tokyo's Shinjuku on Jan. 21, 2022. A quasi-state of emergency was widened to Tokyo and 12 more prefectures for three weeks the same day amid a rapid rise in coronavirus infections.

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Tokyo fire drill conducted at S. Korean film preview

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo Fire Department conducts a fire drill Nov. 6 at the Yurakucho Marion theater in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward with the cooperation of about 450 moviegoers attending a film preview of a new South Korean film, ''Libera ME.'' The latest drill came on the heels of recent deadly fires in the Kabukicho entertainment district in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward.

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(3)Midnight blast rips Tokyo building, killing 44

TOKYO, Japan - Policemen cordon off the street near a building in Tokyo's Kabukicho entertainment district Sept. 1. A powerful blast ripped through a mahjong game parlor on the third floor and an adult shop on the fourth floor of the four-story building early Sept. 1, killing at least 44 people and injuring three.

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Journalist-turned-writer sees women's lives as full of trial and error

Suzumi Suzuki, a writer who used to be an adult video actress, nightclub hostess and journalist, poses in the major entertainment area of Kabukicho in Tokyo's Shinjuku district on March 11, 2015. She says women's lives are full of trial and error, and you can learn something from them. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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YouTuber 'PDR' shows his video

YouTube personality "PDR" shows a video he posted on his YouTube channel in the major entertainment area of Kabukicho in Tokyo's Shinjuku district on March 13, 2015. Half Japanese and half British, he storyboards every single scene, making him one of the most popular YouTubers in Japan. "I don't want to regret what I haven't done," he says. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Blast rips Kabukicho building, 34 seriously injured

An explosion and fire ripped through a third-floor mahjong parlor in Tokyo's Kabukicho entertainment district in the early hours Saturday and at least 34 people were injured seriously, authorities said.

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Blast rips Kabukicho building, 34 seriously injured

An explosion and fire ripped through a third-floor mahjong parlor in Tokyo's Kabukicho entertainment district in the early hours Saturday and at least 34 people were injured seriously, authorities said.

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Blast rips Kabukicho building, 34 seriously injured

An explosion and fire ripped through a third-floor mahjong parlor in Tokyo's Kabukicho entertainment district in the early hours Saturday and at least 34 people were injured seriously, authorities said.

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China-born naturalized Japanese

Komaki Lee, a China-born naturalized Japanese, makes a stump speech in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on April 24, 2015, when the 54-year-old Lee ran unsuccessfully for the ward assembly just two months after acquiring Japanese citizenship. Lee, who came to Japan in 1988 as a student, later worked as a tour guide for foreigners in Shinjuku's Kabukicho night entertainment district. He shouted "Love live democracy!" in Kabukicho to cap his campaign. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tourist photographs Godzilla head in Tokyo's Kabukicho

A tourist from South Korea takes a shot of the "real-scale" head of world-famous movie monster Godzilla adorning the 8th-floor terrace of the Shinjuku Toho Building in Tokyo on March 30, 2015. The building, housing a cinema complex and other facilities in Tokyo's Kabukicho entertainment district, opened April 17. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Godzilla head landmark in Tokyo's Kabukicho

The "life-size" Godzilla head appears as if looking down on Tokyo's major entertainment area of Kabukicho from the 8th-floor outdoor terrace of the Shinjuku Toho Building in the Shinjuku district on April 9, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sushi shop creates roll in image of Godzilla's back

A sushi restaurant in the Shinjuku Toho Building in Tokyo's Kabukicho entertainment district shows a sushi roll created in the image of famous movie monster Godzilla's back on April 15, 2015. A "real-scale" Godzilla head placed on the outdoor terrace adorns the building as a landmark. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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'Godzilla head' shown in Tokyo's Shinjuku district

A 12-meter-tall "Godzilla head" appears on the eighth-floor outdoor terrace of the Shinjuku Toho Building in the major entertainment area of Kabukicho in Tokyo's Shinjuku district on April 9, 2015, ahead of its official "unveiling" on April 17. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aftermath of March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Photo taken March 15, 2011, shows Kabukicho nightlife district in Tokyo. The light of a street signboard is turned off as part of electricity saving efforts to avoid a massive blackout after electricity power plants were damaged by March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Japan extends virus emergency for Tokyo and other regions

People wearing face masks walk in Kabukicho nightlife district in Tokyo's Shinjuku on Feb. 2, 2021. Japan extended the coronavirus state of emergency for Tokyo and other regions the same day by one month to March 7 in view of manpower-strapped hospitals.

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Scenes of Tokyo amid coronavirus pandemic

Top photo shows several people walking a street in the Kabukicho nightlife district in Tokyo's Shinjuku area on April 7, 2020, when a coronavirus state of emergency was declared in the Japanese capital and six other prefectures. Bottom photo shows the same place on April 6, 2021, with people having returned to the streets.

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State of emergency declared for Tokyo metropolitan area

A large TV screen in the Kabukicho entertainment district of Tokyo's Shinjuku area shows Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaking at a press conference on Jan. 7, 2021, to declare a state of emergency in Tokyo and adjacent Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama prefectures to fight a recent surge in coronavirus infections.

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State of emergency declared for Tokyo metropolitan area

Large TV screens in the Kabukicho entertainment district of Tokyo's Shinjuku area show Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaking at a press conference on Jan. 7, 2021, to declare a state of emergency in Tokyo and adjacent Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama prefectures to fight a recent surge in coronavirus infections.

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82-year-old DJ puts unique spin on Tokyo's club scene

Sumiko Iwamuro, 82, spins her beats and rocks a wild crowd at a club in Tokyo's Kabukicho red-light district on May 27, 2017. The octogenarian DJ is proof that age never matters and says there is much more awaiting in life ahead. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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82-year-old DJ puts unique spin on Tokyo's club scene

Sumiko Iwamuro, 82, spins her beats and rocks a wild crowd at a club in Tokyo's Kabukicho red-light district on May 27, 2017. The octogenarian DJ is proof that age never matters and says there is much more awaiting in life ahead. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Virus test in Tokyo's nightlife district

A coronavirus antigen test is conducted on an experimental basis in Tokyo's Kabukicho nightlife district on June 30, 2021, for bar and restaurant employees and customers, as virus infections are on the rise in the Japanese capital.

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Virus test in Tokyo's nightlife district

A coronavirus antigen test is conducted on an experimental basis in Tokyo's Kabukicho nightlife district on June 30, 2021, for bar and restaurant employees and customers, as virus infections are on the rise in the Japanese capital.

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Virus test in Tokyo's nightlife district

A coronavirus antigen test is conducted on an experimental basis in Tokyo's Kabukicho nightlife district on June 30, 2021, for bar and restaurant employees and customers, as virus infections are on the rise in the Japanese capital.

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5 found guilty over 2001 Kabukicho fire that killed 44 people

TOKYO, Japan - Suiko Nakamura (far R) and fellow plaintiffs speak at a news conference in Tokyo on July 2 after the Tokyo District Court gave five individuals suspended prison terms for professional negligence in connection with a fire that claimed 44 lives in a building in Tokyo's Kabukicho district in 2001, and acquitted the sixth defendant. (Kyodo)

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Police surveillance cameras in operation in Tokyo's Kabukicho

TOKYO, Japan - A surveillance camera set up by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) in Tokyo's Kabukicho entertainment district surveys a street of Japan's largest adult entertainment area. The MPD put 50 surveillance cameras into operation Feb. 27 in the district as part of its crime-fighting efforts there.

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(2)Midnight blast rips Tokyo building, killing 44

TOKYO, Japan - Firefighters try to rescue an injured person from a building in Tokyo's Kabukicho district where a powerful explosion ripped through a mahjong game parlor and an adult entertainment shop early Sept. 1, killing at least 44 people and injuring three.

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(1)Midnight blast rips Tokyo building, killing 44

TOKYO, Japan - Firefighters attempt to reach the shattered windows of a four-story building in Tokyo's Kabukicho district where a powerful explosion ripped through a mahjong game parlor and an adult entertainment shop early Sept. 1, killing at least 44 people and injuring three.

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State of emergency declared for Tokyo metropolitan area

A street in the Kabukicho entertainment district of Tokyo's Shinjuku area is deserted on Jan. 7, 2021, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared a state of emergency the same day in Tokyo and adjacent Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama prefectures to fight a recent surge in coronavirus infections.

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State of emergency declared for Tokyo metropolitan area

A large screen in the Kabukicho entertainment district of Tokyo's Shinjuku area shows Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaking at a press conference on Jan. 7, 2021, to declare a state of emergency in Tokyo and adjacent Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama prefectures to fight a recent surge in coronavirus infections.

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State of emergency declared for Tokyo metropolitan area

Large TV screens in the Kabukicho entertainment district of Tokyo's Shinjuku area show Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaking at a press conference on Jan. 7, 2021, to declare a state of emergency in Tokyo and adjacent Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama prefectures to fight a recent surge in coronavirus infections.