As of April 2021, LGBTQ+ couples and their children can be certified as family in the Tokyo ward of Adachi. Kyodo News reports that this is the first time a Tokyo municipality is recognising children ...

A man in his 50s suffered burns to his head and hands after accidentally setting his own car on fire while driving along a ...

Over the past several years, Kitashikahama Park in Tokyo's Adachi Ward has suffered repeated acts of vandalism to toilets and other public facilities. Soon after repairs were made, the same facilities ...

This park has a theme of ‘Play with nature, learn about nature, co-exist with nature’. It has more than 50 types of cherry blossom trees amongst which the goshiki sakura (five-colour cherry tree) is ...

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