Ginza

DPJ’s nighttime dalliances deemed dubious

By Amy Takahashi • October 16, 2009

Following last month’s revelations in the Mainichi Shimbun that offices of Democratic Party of Japan members spent large sums in adult entertainment clubs, weekly tabloid Flash (Oct. 20) reports on whether the establishments were suitable meeting locations, as was later claimed by the politicians.

Punchy posters encourage Tokyo subway etiquette

By CJ • June 24, 2009

A 35-year-old designer attempts to make the subway experience more pleasant

Clampdown on boys behind bars in Kabukicho

By CJ • March 21, 2009

Bars catering to both sexes seeking to exploit the adult-entertainment law

The canals of Edo

By CJ • July 18, 2008

Japan’s construction industry is renowned for its proclivity for paving over anything that does not stand still. But in terms of magnitude, today’s concrete pourers were certainly rivaled by the work of their predecessors, who cut and filled what is now Ginza into a network of canals and bridges before transforming the area into the asphalt slab it is today.

Tokyo’s only private highway

By CJ • June 27, 2008

TOKYO – A steady hum and an occasional small shake or two rolls through the second floor office of Masaki Negishi, chairman of Tokyo …