"This year we're making it clear to the world that Shibuya is not a venue for Halloween events," Ken Hasebe, the mayor of one of the city's most well-known and bustling wards, told reporters this ...

TOKYO (AP) -- For the usually reserved Japanese, Halloween has become the perfect excuse to act wild in strange outfits. The spooky celebration is consuming the energy, fashion sense and wallets of ...

This year, Starbucks Japan’s drink and dessert holiday specials evoke a spooky, fiery Halloween. Under a theme of Magical Fire Halloween, Starbucks introduced a Frappuccino that looks like a ...

While Americans are carving pumpkins and buying candy for trick-or-treaters, the Japanese are preparing for Halloween a little differently. Horror-lovers are paying to get chased by pirate- and ...

Finally! A pizza fit for seven of your closest friends and one you absolutely hate! Just in time for Halloween, Japanese locations of Domino’s are serving up a scare for their very brave — or very ...

Believe it or, Japan, a country where even the politicians cosplay, is home to some people who don’t like dressing up. As popular as Halloween gets over there, some adults are just too timid to ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Gegege no Kitaro was created in 1960 by mangaka Shigeru Mizuki, which focuses on a young man ...

The new items will feature Rean Schwarzer, Altina Orion, Alisa Reinford, Fie Claussell, and Crow Armbrust in Halloween-themed costumes. Prices for the items will range from ¥550 (~$3.85) for a random ...

The spooky holiday is a huge hit in the country. TOKYO— -- Japan has its own spooky traditions, but Halloween has taken root in the country in a big way. For the last decade or so, Halloween’s ...

Halloween is a frothy foreign import in Japan, an excuse to have a party and eat sweets. Monsters, though, are a more serious matter. They are indigenous and reputed to be everywhere. One is called ...

JAPAN - Finally! A pizza fit for seven of your closest friends and one you absolutely hate! Just in time for Halloween, Japanese locations of Domino’s are serving up a scare for their very brave — or ...