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Tokyo cops seize 6,600 uncensored porn DVDs in Kabukicho raid

By CJ • April 6, 2012

Cops raid porn DVD shop Dragon@V in Kabukicho, arrest manager

Tokyo cops seize 100,000 uncensored porn DVDs in Kabukicho raid

By CJ • January 24, 2012

Tokyo police raid three shops involved in sale of uncensored adult video DVDs

AV actresses Nanako Mori and Rika Matsuda crowned champions at ‘Mature Queen Contest’

By CJ • March 5, 2011

Tenth incarnation of event wraps at jam-packed Loft Plus One club in Kabukicho

AV actress Reiko Yamaguchi matures into bar mama in Kabukicho

By Kenji Nakano • July 12, 2010

Ten years after her porn debut she finds herself as a mama-san in Kabukicho

Gaijin shitamachi: Kinshicho a low-cost alternative to Kabukicho

By Amy Takahashi • April 16, 2010

The warmth of spring may have finally arrived but the chill of the wave of recession is still readily apparent throughout the metropolis. Yet Akihabara on the Chuo Line in Tokyo’s Sumida Ward, to be surprisingly indifferent to these economic difficulties.

Creative new commerce keeps Kabukicho hopping

By Kazutaka Shimanaka • October 7, 2009

“First it was Koma Stadium, which shut its doors last New Year’s Eve,” a local mutters. “Now it’s the Kabukicho McDonald’s outlet, which closed on Aug. 31. I think the place went under because it became a hangout for bar hostesses waiting for the trains to start running and homeless people, who just sat there nursing a cup of coffee.”

Tohoku red-light town looks to Tokyo’s Kabukicho for revival

By Kenji Nakano • September 30, 2009

Hard-hit by Japan’s recession, various business and long-term building owners came together last month in the district, located in the city’s Aoba Ward, to form the “Kokubuncho Development Project,” whose aim is to enhance the brand of the city — which has shared a style similar to the restaurants, bars and clubs found in Tokyo’s Shimbashi and Ginza districts.