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Seibu department store in Tokyo's Shibuya to close

Photo taken March 25, 2026, shows the Seibu department store logo on its storefront in Tokyo's Shibuya shopping district. Its operator Sogo & Seibu Co. said the same day it will close the Seibu department store near Shibuya's iconic scramble crossing at the end of September.

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Seibu department store in Tokyo's Shibuya to close

Photo taken March 25, 2026, shows a Seibu department store in Tokyo's Shibuya shopping district. Its operator Sogo & Seibu Co. said the same day it will close the store near the area's iconic scramble crossing at the end of September.

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Seibu department store in Tokyo's Shibuya to close

Photo taken March 25, 2026, shows a Seibu department store in Tokyo's Shibuya shopping district. Its operator Sogo & Seibu Co. said the same day it will close the store near the area's iconic scramble crossing at the end of September.

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Japan PM Ishiba to resign

A street news board in Tokyo's Shibuya district shows Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announcing his resignation on Sept. 7, 2025.

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[Breaking News]Japan court orders dissolution of Unification Church

TOKYO, Japan, March 26 Kyodo - Video taken on March 25, 2025, shows a building housing the Unification Church in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward. The Tokyo District Court ordered the same day the church's dissolution, a decision that will deprive the controversial organization, criticized for soliciting financially ruinous donations from its members, of its status as a religious corporation with tax advantages. (Kyodo)

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Japan court orders dissolution of Unification Church

Photo taken on March 25, 2025, shows a building housing the Unification Church in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward. The Tokyo District Court ordered the same day the church's dissolution, a decision that will deprive the controversial organization, criticized for soliciting financially ruinous donations from its members, of its status as a religious corporation with tax advantages.

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Japan court orders dissolution of Unification Church

Photo taken on March 25, 2025, shows a building housing the Unification Church in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward. The Tokyo District Court ordered the same day the church's dissolution, a decision that will deprive the controversial organization, criticized for soliciting financially ruinous donations from its members, of its status as a religious corporation with tax advantages.

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Scene in Tokyo

Combined photo shows a scramble crossing in Tokyo's Shibuya district under a state of emergency on May 14, 2020, (top) and the same place on May 8, 2023, (bottom) after coronavirus was reclassified and put in the same category as seasonal flu.

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Snowfall in Tokyo

People walk in the snow at the famous scramble crossing in Tokyo's Shibuya district on Feb. 5, 2024.

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Shibuya ahead of Halloween

Police officers control traffic at the famous scramble crossing in Tokyo's Shibuya district on Oct. 28, 2023, ahead of Halloween on Oct. 31. Shibuya Ward has asked people to stay away from the capital's famous shopping and entertainment area on the day, citing an increase in vandalism and drunken behavior in recent years.

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Tokyo's Shibuya before Halloween

Photo taken on the evening of Oct. 21, 2023, shows empty bottles and cans of alcohol left on Tokyo's Shibuya Center Gai street as the district, famous for its Halloween revelry, braces for chaotic celebrations this weekend.

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Tokyo's Shibuya before Halloween

People pack the narrow streets of Shibuya Center Gai in Tokyo on the evening of Oct. 21, 2023, as the district, famous for its Halloween revelry, braces for chaotic celebrations this weekend.

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Tokyo's Shibuya before Halloween

Security officers patrol Tokyo's Shibuya Center Gai street on the evening of Oct. 21, 2023, as the district, famous for its Halloween revelry, braces for chaotic celebrations this weekend.

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Muslims in Tokyo pray for Gaza

Muslims perform prayers at the Tokyo Camii mosque in Tokyo's Shibuya district on Oct. 20, 2023, following the escalating conflict between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza.

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Mayor asks no Halloween party on Shibuya streets

Ken Hasebe, mayor of Tokyo's Shibuya Ward, speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2023. Hasebe asked people to refrain from coming to the streets of the popular district of Shibuya to drink alcohol during Halloween on Oct. 31, citing safety concerns for the day that usually attracts large crowds of partygoers every year.

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Summer heat in Japan

People walk with parasols on a sweltering hot day in Tokyo's Shibuya district on July 27, 2023, with the mercury topping 35 C in many parts of Japan.

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Scene in Tokyo

Combined photo shows a scramble crossing in Tokyo's Shibuya district under a state of emergency on May 14, 2020, (top) and the same place on May 8, 2023, (bottom) after coronavirus was reclassified and put in the same category as seasonal flu.

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Japan to ease COVID-19 rules

People wearing face masks walk across scramble crossing in Tokyo's Shibuya district, on Jan. 27, 2023. Japan decided the same day to ease COVID-19 prevention rules on May 8 in a major policy shift in its response to the three-year-long pandemic.

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Japan to ease COVID-19 rules

People wearing face masks walk across scramble crossing in Tokyo's Shibuya district, on Jan. 27, 2023. Japan decided the same day to ease COVID-19 prevention rules on May 8 in a major policy shift in its response to the three-year-long pandemic.

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Japan to ease COVID-19 rules

People wearing face masks walk across scramble crossing in Tokyo's Shibuya district, on Jan. 27, 2023. Japan decided the same day to ease COVID-19 prevention rules on May 8 in a major policy shift in its response to the three-year-long pandemic.

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Democratic Party allows overseas voting in primaries

TOKYO, Japan - The Democratic Party, for the first time, allows voting by overseas Americans in the 2008 presidential primaries through the Internet and polling stations overseas. Photo shows voters casting their ballots at a polling station in Tokyo's Shibuya district on Feb. 5. Polling stations are set up in 34 countries.

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Mercury tops 25 C in various areas in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 20 Kyodo - Taking off their jackets, people walk in Tokyo's Shibuya district on Oct. 20, 2016, when the mercury topped 25 C in the capital, Osaka and many other cities in Japan.

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Mercury tops 25 C in various areas in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 20 Kyodo - People walk in Tokyo's Shibuya district without jackets or while using a sun umbrella shade on Oct. 20, 2016, when the mercury topped 25 C in the capital, Osaka and many other cities in Japan.

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Fashion Week Tokyo

TOKYO, Oct. 12 Kyodo - Models wearing outfits of "TODD SNYDER" walk on a runway in Tokyo's Shibuya district as Fashion Week Tokyo begins Oct. 12, 2015.

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Street fashion show in Tokyo's Shibuya

TOKYO, Japan - Models pose during the Street Runway fashion show in Tokyo's Shibuya district on Oct. 19, 2014. During the show held to regulate traffic around JR Shibuya Station, a red carpet stretching 20 meters was laid on a street in the youth fashion and culture district.

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Street fashion show in Tokyo's Shibuya

TOKYO, Japan - Models walk on a red carpet during the Street Runway fashion show in Tokyo's Shibuya district on Oct. 19, 2014. During the show held to regulate traffic around JR Shibuya Station, a red carpet stretching 20 meters was laid on a street in the youth fashion and culture.

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Tokyo Fashion Week

TOKYO, Japan - Models wearing outfits of "HANAE MORI designed by Yu Amatsu" walk on a runway in Tokyo's Shibuya district as Tokyo Fashion Week begins Oct. 13, 2014.

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Tokyo Fashion Week

TOKYO, Japan - Models wearing outfits of "HANAE MORI designed by Yu Amatsu" walk on a runway in Tokyo's Shibuya district as Tokyo Fashion Week begins Oct. 13, 2014.

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Tokyo Fashion Week

TOKYO, Japan - Models wearing outfits of "HANAE MORI designed by Yu Amatsu" walk on a runway in Tokyo's Shibuya district as Tokyo Fashion Week begins Oct. 13, 2014.

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Japanese supporters

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese supporters cheer on a scramble crossing in Tokyo's Shibuya district, despite Japan's loss to Ivory Coast in a World Cup match, on June 15, 2014.

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Japanese supporters

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers guide World Cup fans on a scramble crossing in Tokyo's Shibuya district, as they gather to cheer despite Japan's loss to Ivory Coast, on June 15, 2014.

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Tokyo bitcoin exchange closes transactions

TOKYO, Japan - A man carries a sign protesting against the indefinite halt of transactions by Mt. Gox, a major bitcoin exchange, in front of a building where the exchange is believed to be based in Tokyo's Shibuya district on Feb. 24, 2013. The sign reads, "Where is our money!?"

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Tokyo gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo gubernatorial election candidate Kenji Utsunomiya, former president of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, speaks in the Japanese capital's Shibuya district after the official campaigning kicked off on Jan. 23, 2014, for the Feb. 9 election. He is recommended by the Japanese Communist Party and the Social Democratic Party.

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Sexual-minority parade

TOKYO, Japan - Wataru Ishizaka (2nd from R in front row), an openly gay member of the local assembly of Tokyo's Nakano Ward, joins a gay pride parade held in Tokyo's Shibuya district on April 28, 2013, as part of events called "Tokyo Rainbow Week" to support the sexual-minority community in Japan.

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Japan general election eve

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshimi Watanabe, head of Your Party, makes a stump speech in Tokyo's Shibuya district on Dec. 15, 2012, on the eve of the general election.

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New "Dragon Quest" title hits Japanese market

TOKYO, Japan - The Tsutaya movie and music rental shop in Tokyo's Shibuya district is packed Aug. 2, 2012, with people buying a new title in the popular "Dragon Quest" game series. Japanese game developer Square Enix Co. launched the same day "Dragon Quest 10 -- Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku (five awakened tribes) Online" for Nintendo Co.'s Wii home game console.

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New "Dragon Quest" title hits Japanese market

TOKYO, Japan - Yuji Horii (L), the creator of "Dragon Quest," hands a new software title in the popular game series to Kensuke Matayoshi, a 33-year-old part-time employee who became the first person to purchase the game at the Tsutaya movie and music rental shop in Tokyo's Shibuya district, on Aug. 2, 2012, its launch day, after waiting outside the shop from the previous day. Japanese game developer Square Enix Co. launched "Dragon Quest 10 -- Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku (five awakened tribes) Online" for Nintendo Co.'s Wii home game console.

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Hacker group Anonymous cleans up Shibuya street

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the hacker group Anonymous, wearing its trademark masks, pick up garbage on a street in Tokyo's Shibuya commercial district on July 7, 2012. The members said the action is meant to be the group's peaceful protest against a revision of the country's copyright laws.

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For young Japanese men, looking pretty is pretty cool

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken June 11, 2012, shows the sales area for male beauty products at retailer Tokyu Hands' store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. Young Japanese men are starting to resemble their female counterparts when it comes to the pursuit of beauty, with the nation awash in salons dedicated to male grooming and products such as hair removal creams, electric nose-hair trimmers and face-firming masks targeting the image-conscious man.

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Man arrested over stabbing at Tokyo's Shibuya subway station

TOKYO, Japan - Reporters gather in front of Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on May 23, 2012. Police arrested a 32-year-old man that evening on suspicion of stabbing another man during the evening rush hour on May 22 at a crowded subway station in Tokyo's Shibuya district.

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New shopping complex in Tokyo's Shibuya

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Shibuya Hikarie building, a high-rise complex of offices, commercial facilities and a huge musical theater, which opened April 26, 2012, in Tokyo's Shibuya entertainment district.

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New shopping complex in Tokyo's Shibuya

TOKYO, Japan - People enter the Shibuya Hikarie building, a high-rise complex of offices, commercial facilities and a huge musical theater, which opened on April 26, 2012, in Tokyo's Shibuya entertainment district.

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Earth Day antinuclear march in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows participants of the Earth Day Parade in Tokyo's Shibuya commercial district on April 22, 2012. The event's organizer said about 1,000 people took part to express opposition to reactivating a nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture.

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Bicycle-sharing system in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 12, 2011, shows a parking space for a bicycle-sharing scheme, in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward. Run by cogicogi Corp., the membership-based service is offered within a roughly 3-kilometer radius of the Omotesando district, with popular entertainment and commercial centers such as Shibuya, Aoyama and Roppongi included.

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Shibuya street named 'Basketball Street'

TOKYO, Japan - Players of the Japan Professional Basketball League parade in a ceremony to name the main street of the Shibuya Center Gai entertainment district in Tokyo ''Basketball Street'' on the street on the evening of Sept. 26, 2011. A local shop owners' union decided to give the street the name as part of efforts to improve the area's image, which has often been associated with delinquents.

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Typhoon Roke hits Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A street tree is swept down by strong winds caused by Typhoon Roke, hitting a taxi in Tokyo's Shibuya district on the evening of Sept. 21, 2011.

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Typhoon Roke hits Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A street tree is swept down by strong winds caused by Typhoon Roke, hitting a taxi in Tokyo's Shibuya district on the evening of Sept. 21, 2011.

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Lomo analog camera shop in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - The walls of ''Lomography Gallery Store Tokyo'' in Tokyo's Shibuya district are covered with dazzling photographs taken using Lomo analog cameras on Jan. 18, 2011.

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Shibuya area in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken Oct. 19, 2010, shows the Shibuya district in Tokyo, a trend-setting area in the Japanese capital.

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HMV Shibuya closed on sales slump

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors at an outlet of HMV, a major retailer of CDs, DVDs and books, in Tokyo's Shibuya district look at a farewell message Aug. 22, 2010, the store's closing down day. HMV Japan K.K. decided to wind up its business in the trend-setting area due to sluggish sales at a time when many potential customers are seeking content online.