[Akiba] of Freaklabs has been kind enough to take us all on a video tour of Akihabara Station, a treasure trove for electronics hackers located in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo. The highlight includes ...

Located in central Tokyo and predominantly surrounding the area outside Akihabara Station, Akihabara used to be known as Tokyo’s leading technology and household appliances shopping district.

Akihabara, or Akihabara Electric Town, is one of Tokyo's most iconic districts, often referred to as the ultimate anime and electronics mecca. The place is particularly famous for its well-lit ...

For all its focus on the newest anime and latest electronics, Tokyo’s Akihabara neighborhood also has a lot of local history. Sadly, a tasty piece of that history is disappearing, with the news that ...

She was arrested at JR Akihabara Station in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward on suspicion of attempted murder. The woman, in her 20s, is believed to have slashed several people. Four men were stabbed in the ...

Metropolitan Intercity Railway Co. stopped providing free Wi-Fi on Tsukuba Express trains connecting Akihabara Station in Tokyo and Tsukuba Station in Ibaraki Prefecture on Dec. 23, 2022 ...

The Japanese government this week confirmed that the death sentence handed down to a man who went on a stabbing spree in Tokyo back in 2008 has been carried out. Kato Tomohiro, then 25, rammed a ...

Drawings and pictures from "Astro Boy" are also on display at Anime Tokyo Station. Tokyo's Akihabara district has long been well-known as the "city of anime." But in recent years, Ikebukuro in ...

Japan has executed a 39-year-old man who killed seven people in Tokyo in 2008 during a stabbing ... into a lunch-time crowd of pedestrians at Akihabara shopping district, killing three people.

Food lovers will love Tokyo Station for its many restaurants, department store food courts, cafes and dessert shops. You’ll also be pretty close to the neighborhoods of Akihabara (manga ...