Shibuya Ward starts ‘anti-graffiti’ task force
By Tokyo Reporter Staff on May 13, 2021
TOKYO (TR) – With the state of emergency resulting in fewer pedestrians in the capital’s shopping districts, there has been an increase in incidents of graffiti.
The trendy Harajuku area of Shibuya Ward is no exception. A stroll through Takeshita-dori reveals big, bulbous lettering of a variety of colors, painted on the shutters of one shop after another.
Yasuhiro Tsuchida, of the Harajuku Takeshita Street Shop Association, wants the vandalism to stop. “The longer the shutters are down, the more noticeable the graffiti becomes,” he said. “Some [vandals] return to spray again.”
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People using Nippon Hotel Co.’s travel lodging package can spend time at this room at Hotel Metropolitan in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro district. (Provided by Nippon Hotel Co.)
Struggling hotel operators are ramping up efforts to lure in guests looking for longer stays and seeking to use the rooms as temporary residences or telework offices.
Hotels are scrambling to generate as much profit as possible as the novel coronavirus crisis keeps its usual customer base away, which has prompted a string of innovative promotional packages amid the pandemic.
The trend toward introducing longer-stay options began to take off on Feb. 1, when Imperial Hotel Tokyo, located in the capital’s Uchisaiwaicho district, unveiled a new 30-night extended-stay package for 360,000 yen ($3,280).
Ex-talent agency president not prosecuted over alleged rape of woman
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Ex-talent agency president not prosecuted over alleged rape of woman
By Tokyo Reporter Staff on April 20, 2021
TOKYO (TR) – Prosecutors have announced the non-prosecution of a former talent agency president over the alleged rape of a woman in Shibuya Ward earlier this year, reports TBS News (April 19).
On three occasions on February 14 and 15, Kimiyoshi Yamaguchi, 60, is alleged to have sexually assaulted the woman, aged in her 30s, inside a hotel room and internet cafe.