Ikebukuro is embracing its anime identity more and more each year, and now has a street named for its biggest anime shop.

2 of killing two people and injuring nine others in a 2019 traffic accident in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district and sentenced to five years in prison. Prosecutors sought a maximum seven-year prison ...

An octogenarian driver accused of running a red light and killing a mother and her young daughter in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district in 2019 pleaded not guilty at Tokyo District Court on Oct. 8. “ ...

Anime Tokyo Night runs from Saturday, March 15 through Sunday, March 23 at the NAKA-IKEBUKURO PARK (1-16-1 Higashi-Ikebukuro, ...

A new facility aiming to become a base for promoting Japanese anime to the world has opened in Ikebukuro in central Tokyo. Anime Tokyo Station is jointly run by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government ...

Spring is in the air again at Ikebukuro’s popular Sunshine City shopping complex in downtown Tokyo. The annual event, called ...