Nerima is an area of central Tokyo with a history of agriculture. It is also famous for being the birthplace of Japanese animation. We uncover its past and learn how locals are looking to the future.

Yukari Imamura, 46, who lives in Tokyo’s Nerima Ward, admitted to the charges. “It is correct that I committed theft,” she said. The MPD said that the amount is estimated to be nearly 2 ...

9 sentenced a former teacher at a junior high school in Tokyo’s Nerima Ward to nine years in prison for sexually assaulting and injuring a female student at the school. The prosecution had ...