New fiscal data shows a stark ¥847 billion divide between wealthy central wards and outer districts, forcing difficult choices on infrastructure spending.
As vintage game halls and pachinko parlours face closure along Center-gai, the neighbourhood must decide between preservation and the high-rise future developers are already sketching.
This week brought significant changes to higher education across the capital, with leading institutions unveiling expanded international curricula and revised admissions strategies.
Decades of pollution crises and urban overcrowding transformed Japan's capital into a laboratory for environmental innovation—but the journey reveals hard lessons about what real change requires.
Four convenience store thefts in five days have prompted the Metropolitan Police Department to increase evening security measures across central Tokyo's busiest commercial districts.
Tokyo's foreign resident population grew 12% since 2020. Learn how Japan's capital built a pragmatic immigration model that attracts skilled workers while avoiding anti-migrant backlash seen globally.
Major universities and public institutions across the capital rolled out new curriculum frameworks on Monday, signalling a decisive pivot toward artificial intelligence education at secondary and tertiary levels.
Tokyo schools lead global digital transformation with 1:1 device programs and smart boards. Explore how Japan's capital is reshaping education technology faster than London, Sydney, and New York.
As major projects near completion and funding questions mount, city planners face pivotal choices on the Shinjuku Line extension, waterfront redevelopment, and aging infrastructure upgrades.
As traditional shopping streets close across Tokyo, community leaders warn that the loss extends far beyond retail—elderly residents lose daily gathering spaces and younger generations lose ties to local culture.
This week's landmark planning decision signals a shift toward denser residential construction, but affordability concerns remain as median apartment prices edge toward ¥80 million.
While emergency services worldwide grapple with understaffing and coordination failures, Tokyo's integrated approach to public safety offers lessons in prevention over reaction.
The metropolitan government's plan to fund aging rail infrastructure will cost commuters an extra ¥100 monthly, reshaping transport economics across the city's 23 wards.
