, officially Tokyo Metropolis, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area in the world. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family. Tokyo is in the Kantō region on the southeastern side of the main island Honshu and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands.
All stories in Tokyo
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Violent stalker finds Japanese artist's home by zooming in on her eye
Phone cameras are getting scarily sharp. So much so that a disturbed stalker was able to track down the address of a popular ...
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Japan is increasingly renting cars for everything except driving
Many people in Japan who rent cars through vehicle-sharing services don't drive them at all - instead, they use them for ...
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Mt. Gox’ Mark Karpeles to appeal data manipulation conviction
Mt. Gox's former chief has confirmed his intent to appeal his charges of manipulating the financial records of the now-defunct ...
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A brief history of Mt. Gox, the $3B Bitcoin tragedy that just won't end
Mt. Gox's ex-CEO Mark Karpelès faces court in Japan this Friday, which means the long-running case of its "missing" Bitcoin ...
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Tokyo crypto-cops nab their first cryptocurrency hacker: the $134K Monacoin thief
An 18-year-old was charged with stealing $134K (¥15M) worth of cryptocurrency, marking the first time local cops have ...
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Facial recognition is Tokyo’s secret weapon to beat the heat at the 2020 Olympics
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics plans to introduce facial recognition software at security checkpoints -- both to cut down on unauthorized ...
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A Japanese startup has ambitious plans for on-demand meteor showers
A Tokyo-based startup is hard at work developing a system that would deliver "shooting stars on demand." According to a report ...
