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29 days ago
Japan reach World Cup last 32 after 1-1 draw with Sweden on 26 June, prompting celebrations across Tokyo. , sparking huge celebrations in Tokyo’s Shibuya. They now face Brazil in the knockout stage.
39 days ago
‘We weren’t allowed to meet Oasis!’: Japanese punk band Otoboke Beaver on fun, feminism and famous fans ⊕⊕
Dave Grohl spread the word about the ferociously funny quartet and now they’re supporting Foo Fighters in stadiums. Just make sure you switch off your phone’s flash if you go to their gigs …
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40 days ago
So this is why Japan fans are so tidy at the World Cup: Tokyo's new litter police brandish fines of 2,000 yen - and are targeting tourists ⊖
Foreign visitors in Shibuya, Tokyo's famously busy tourism centre, will face instant fines if spotted dropping litter, with signs in the area reading: 'If you throw trash, you lose cash.'
4 months ago
‘Do what you really want to do while you’re still alive’: Masayoshi Takanaka, the Japanese guitar hero surfing a second wave in his 70s ⊕⊕
Playing a surfboard-shaped axe, Takanaka was a stadium-level artist at home but little known in the west – until YouTube brought him a huge new audience
In November 2025, Masayoshi Takanaka announced …
14 months ago
Son of man jailed over botched plot to murder £54m Securitas robber faces extradition to Japan over £680k jewellery store heist in Tokyo ○
Ex-football prodigy Kaine Wright, 27, and Joe Chappell, 37, allegedly took 46 items from the Harry Winston Omotesando Hills Salon of Jewellery in the Shibuya district of Tokyo in 2015.
15 months ago
Bog standard? Tokyo’s spectacular public toilets – in pictures ○
Public toilets are rarely thought of fondly – that is unless you’re talking about those in Tokyo’s Shibuya district. Commissioned in 2019, creatives including renowned architects Shigeru Ban and the …
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