Coronavirus: Tokyo’s red-light district workers to be tested for Covid-19 after new spike. ... Japan's biggest nightlife entertainment district at Shinjuku, in Tokyo, 25 May 2020.

Tokyo has been seeing a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases Authorities link the spike to nightlife and adult entertainment Leaders have asked their citizens to refrain from using such services Tokyo ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. As night descends on Tokyo, the most famous entertainment district in Japan blazes into life. Kabukicho is ...

The changing face of Tokyo's 'red-light' district. ... "This is a place where young girls can walk the streets alone, even late at night. It's neither a 'sinister city' nor a high-crime zone." ...

Red-light alert in Tokyo. ... where neighbours say he was often in the company of Western women late at night. ... "It's a scary world," said a Canadian woman whose friends worked the bar district.

I'm a relatively late fan of Sega's famed Yakuza franchise. It was the 2015 prequel, Yakuza 0 on the PS4, that got me hooked: It was the series' first title to be localized in Chinese, which ...

Talk a walk around modern-day Senzoku 4-chome 千束四丁目 in Taito-ku 台東区 and you will find few reminders of the Yoshiwara, the best-known red-light district in Old Edo, bar a handful of plaques. One is at ...

To regulate the sex industry, the Yoshiwara red-light district was originally built in a different part of Tokyo in 1618, with entry tightly controlled to stop the women from escaping.