https://www.alojapan.com/1263009/tokyo-man-suspected-of-sex-with-underage-girl-at-shinjuku-hotel/ Tokyo man suspected of sex with underage girl at Shinjuku hotel #HIGHSCHOOLGIRL #JapanNews #papakatsu #ShinjukuWard #Tokyo #TokyoTopics #東京 #東京都 TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 45-year-old man for allegedly engaging in sex with a high school girl at a hotel in the capital, reports the Sankei Shimbun (Apr. 30). I March of last year, Naoki Kanzaki, allegedly gave 25,000 yen in cash to the high school girl, then 15, and en…

Tokyo’s newest art star is only a year old and has a bedtime before her solo show opens. Meet Thumbelina, the toddler turning heads (and making sales) in Kabukicho. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/04/24/art/tokyo-toddler-artist-thumbelina/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #art #decameron #shinjukuward #kabukicho #children

https://www.alojapan.com/1255343/thumbelinas-bedtime-is-before-8-her-exhibition-runs-till-5-a-m/ Thumbelina’s bedtime is before 8. Her exhibition runs till 5 a.m. #children #Decameron #kabukicho #news #ShinjukuWard #Tokyo #TokyoNews #東京 #東京都 Gripping paintbrush and crayon, the artist known as “Thumbelina” splodges and splats with merry abandon, the 1-year-old star of a Tokyo exhibition that goes on way past her bedtime. Abstract paintings by the toddler are on sale for ¥33,000 ($230) at her debut show at the Decameron gallery, tuck…

https://www.alojapan.com/1252515/social-media-helps-fuel-growing-sex-tourism-in-japan-2/ Social media helps fuel growing ‘sex tourism’ in Japan #kabukicho #news #prostitution #ShinjukuWard #SocialMedia #Tokyo #TokyoNews #tourism #women; #東京 #東京都 Tokyo – Young women standing idly around a park in Tokyo’s west suggest that a giant statue of Godzilla is not the only attraction for a record number of foreign tourists. Their faces lit by the cold glow of their phones, the women lining Okubo Park are evidence that sex touri…

Tokyo police announced Wednesday the arrest of a 24-year-old host club employee in the capital’s Kabukicho entertainment district for allegedly attempting to force a female client into prostitution. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/13/japan/crime-legal/host-club-prostution/ #japan #crimelegal #hostbars #shinjuku #japanesepolice #prostitution #kabukicho #shinjukuward #mpd #tokyo

The redevelopment plan for the historic Meiji Jingu Gaien district in central Tokyo has been revised to preserve more trees and keep construction further away from the park's iconic rows of ginkgo trees. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/09/japan/society/jingu-gaien-redevelopment-plan-changes/ #japan #society #meijijingugaien #shinjukuward #minatoward #tokyo #environment

The assembly of Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward unanimously enacted an ordinance on Friday to ban street drinking at night in certain entertainment districts during the Halloween period. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/22/japan/shinjuku-driking-ban/ #japan #shinjuku #shinjukuward #drinking #halloween

While the metropolitan government aims to make projection mapping a new tourist attraction in Tokyo, many question the cost. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/05/japan/politics/tokyo-projection-mapping/ #japan #politics #tokyo #projectionmapping #tokyometropolitangovernment #tourism #shinjukuward #shinjuku