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Panic at Tokyo luxury mall after man sprays unidentified substance

Firefighters, police and hazmat crews surrounded a luxury shopping mall in Tokyo’s Ginza district after a man sprayed an unidentified substance inside, with 19 people taken to hospital.

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Over 20 taken to hospital after unknown substance allegedly sprayed in Tokyo shopping area

More than 20 people developed sore throats near a luxury department store in Tokyo’s Ginza shopping area

The Independent UK

Around 20 people injured after spraying incident at Tokyo mall ATM, police say

Roads around the building in the shopping district of Ginza, where the mall is located, were blocked off following the incident, and fire trucks lined the street.

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The most whimsical hotel Christmas trees around the world

We round up the best hotel Christmas tree collaborations of the year, from an abstract take in Madrid to a heritage-rooted installation in Amsterdam

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Japanese outerwear label Tatras’ expansive new Tokyo store finds ‘beauty in contrast’

Step inside the new Ginza outpost of Tatras, an Italy-meets-Japan outerwear label which has recently collaborated with Italian artist and Michèle Lamy protégé Giovanni Leonardo Bassan

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Ya-man’s Tokyo store is ‘an immersive, almost psychedelic experience’

Ya-man, the Japanese beauty brand known for its tech-focused devices and gadgets, opens an otherworldly HQ in Ginza, Tokyo

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Revised e-scooter law raises safety concerns

With electric scooters soon to be rideable without a driver's license, businesses in Tokyo's Ginza district are racking their brains over how to ensure the safety of pedestrians.

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Kishida hosts Yoon at 2 Ginza restaurants

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hosted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday at a dinner following their summit meeting earlier in the day. After the dinner, the two leaders even went to a rare after-party to further the conciliatory mood.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Short story: Mama, by Colleen Maria Lenihan

"She sang Japanese enka while draped over the peach velvet furniture": inside a Tokyo hostess club

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Visitors look at illuminated goldfish bowls at an event to mark the Tanabata star festival in the Ginza district of Tokyo. Decorations included bamboo leaves and tanzaku paper strips, on which people traditionally write wishes for Tanabata, which comes every year on July 7. The event runs through Sunday at…

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Japan’s Landmark Capsules Coming Down to Sit in Museums

Nakagin Capsule Tower, a building tucked away in a corner of downtown Tokyo that is made up of boxes stacked on top of each other, is an avant-garde honeycomb of science-fiction-era housing long admired as a masterpiece. It’s now being demolished in a careful process that includes preserving some of…

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