Subcontractors for Osaka-Kansai Expo pavilions complain of non-payment
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
'Payments suddenly stopped,' a representative of one subcontractor says
16-year-old girls referred to prosecutors for drinking straight out of tea pitcher at Sukiya
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Sukiya said, 'We cannot tolerate any behavior that causes harm to customers'
Osaka City cordons off popular gathering spot for youths, delinquents amid opening of Expo
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Osaka City cordoned off 'Gurishita' with a fence before the opening of Osaka-Kansai Expo on April 13

An afternoon in Roppongi

By Tokyo Reporter Staff on April 29, 2014

(Photographs by The Tokyo Reporter, April 29, 2014)

Published in Photography and Tokyo

Tokyo Reporter Staff

The editorial team at The Tokyo Reporter brings the site's readership the latest news from the under side of Japan.

Mei Nagano’s reported two-timing could impact commercial endorsements
By Kenji Nakano
One ad exec said, 'If this is her true nature, her sponsors will be shocked'
Company run by husband of Ruriko Kojima in red before suicide
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Kota Kitamura served as the president of Habitat, a company that works with saunas and public baths
Softbank pitchman Masahiro Nakai embroiled in ‘woman problem’
By Mieko Shimizu
Nakai reportedly paid a woman 90 million yen in compensation over an incident that took place last year

Ex-West Ham youth player arrested in U.K. over ¥100 million Harry Winston heist in Tokyo
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
LONDON (TR) – A former West Ham United youth footballer has been arrested in the U.K. nearly a decade after a smash-and-grab robbery at a...
Man on death row over Manila murders dies in Aichi
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Cause of death was hyponatremia, according to the justice ministry
First female Fukui police chief says ‘gender no significance in carrying out duties’
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Mikiko Masuda: 'I will do my best to perform my duties to ensure the safety of the people of Fukui Prefecture'

Tokyo cops: Second woman was in hotel room with Raysum founder when drugs found
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Mona Konishi is a 21-year-old student at the Institute of Science Tokyo
Sapporo City terminates contracts with contractor after videos show president assaulting employees
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
In one case, president slaps a seated male employee and then jumps atop him
Subcontractors for Osaka-Kansai Expo pavilions complain of non-payment
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
'Payments suddenly stopped,' a representative of one subcontractor says