The death of downtown is now a familiar refrain. Central business districts (CBDs) in cities around the world—once bustling centers of office work—were hit hard by the pandemic and the shift to remote ...

In June of 2020, Ikea opened a new branch in the fashion-focused Harajuku neighborhood of Tokyo. Launching a new venture at this time was a gamble, since the COVID pandemic was in full force and the ...

An aerial view of the Marunouchi area near the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan is seen in this file photo [JOONGANG ILBO] TOKYO — While Tokyo accelerates high-rise redevelopment even around imperial ...

It’s not a total withdraw, but the chain’s downtown Tokyo footprint is going to get a lot smaller.

TOKYO — U.S. Forces Japan may appropriate a central Tokyo compound that includes the headquarters of Stars and Stripes Pacific as the command weighs a move from the city’s western suburbs, the ...