This year, two of Tokyo’s most popular nightlife districts – Shibuya and Shinjuku – started cracking down on party gatherings and public drinking over Halloween to tackle rowdy behaviour.

Covers have been placed over an iconic dog statue outside Tokyo's Shibuya Station to deter Halloween revelers from gathering in the area. The statue of Hachiko, modeled after a loyal Akita dog ...

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 ...

The iconic statue of a loyal dog that has been a popular meeting point in front of JR Shibuya Station will be blocked from view again this Halloween season. Shibuya Ward officials plan to put up ...

The ward office says 18,000 people were near Shibuya Station when the crowd peaked at 10 p.m. -- about 20 percent more than last year. It says about 200 people breached the ward's ban on street ...

The now annual event made a comeback in Shibuya a couple of years ago, where it will again bathe the tree-lined walkway leading to Yoyogi Park in a fantastical blue glow this holiday season until ...

Partygoers who haven't yet made plans would do well to start organizing their costumed nights out now, however, as the famous (or infamous) impromptu celebrations on the streets of Shibuya and ...

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