She says she did not know about the ordinance, and asks me, “Will street drinking be banned all over Japan?” I asked Higashiura Sachio, who heads Shibuya’s municipal safety division ...

“The street has turned into something like a pub,” Shibuya Mayor Ken Hasebe said Tuesday, at an event marking the new ...

Toyko’s Shibuya Ward officials will ban drinking on the streets at night around Shibuya Station again this year for Halloween to prevent the rowdy behavior that has marred celebrations in the past.

The Shibuya Ward government reported on Nov. 1 that 15,000 people had gathered on a famed shopping street there at 10 p.m. on Halloween, or 8,000 fewer than last year. To prevent problems such as ...

"The Holy Sanctuary of Street Drinking." It's an image many inbound tourists have of Shibuya, thanks to years of social media chatter. On Tuesday, however, local authorities there tightened an ...