At a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward on Oct. 7, Shibuya Ward Mayor Ken Hasebe announced that there will be no Halloween events on the ...

KOBE—Sorry kids. There will be no more Halloween trick-or-treating at the offices of Japan’s largest yakuza organization if Hyogo prefectural police get their way. The department will submit a ...

The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday it was looking into what it said were possible violations of terrorism laws during protests over the Gaza war at Columbia University, putting fresh ...

Hami-Kuma, a fan favorite icon of Japan’s version of Halloween Horror Nights may be coming to Hollywood and Orlando for HHN34 in 2025. According to Hallowed Out Horror (@hallowed_horror on X ...

Halloween has apparently gained equal status to Valentine's Day and Christmas among Japanese youngsters. In recent years, the famous scramble crossing in front of Tokyo's Shibuya Station and ...

Halloween this year After sunset on October 31, the crossing was crowded with people dressed in costumes garish and ghoulish. Hundreds of police officers were deployed as partygoers reveled until ...