Learn more

Tokyo police on Friday said there were no major issues reported over Halloween the previous day amid strict measures by authorities in the capital’s Shibuya and Shinjuku districts to keep crowds in check. A large police presence in the area around Shibuya’s famous scramble crossing ensured pedestrians kept moving as announcements calling for accident prevention were made in both Japanese and English amid an increase in foreign tourists. Shibuya Ward authorities in the weeks leading up to Halloween made repeated calls for revelers to refrain from coming to the area for Halloween and introduced …