By SHO TANJI/ Staff Writer
October 14, 2022 at 17:13 JST
Revelers celebrate at the New Year's Eve and new year celebration event at the famed scramble crossing in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward on Jan. 1, 2019. (Saki Rin)
Although Japan is nearing a sense of pre-pandemic normalcy with border controls eased, Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward has decided to cancel its New Year’s Eve countdown celebration this year for the third year in a row. [Read More]
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