KYOTO--The Gion entertainment district here toned down its blunt and threatening demands for tourists to behave themselves after visitor numbers plummeted during the COVID-19 pandemic. With the ...

The Kyoto District Court handed down a guilty verdict to Aoba on January 25, 2024. The defense representing Aoba filed an appeal to the ruling the following day. The prosecutors for the case ...

Kyoto's Yasaka Shrine annually hosts Setsubun ... Geiko apprentices called maiko from the city's Gionkobu entertainment district gave a dance performance on Sunday on a stage set up in the ...

The site where Kyoto Animation Studio 1 once stood is seen in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward on Jan. 25, 2024, from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter. (Mainichi/Takeshi Nishimura) OSAKA (Kyodo) -- A man charged ...

The Kyoto District Court determined that despite suffering from a delusional disorder, Aoba was mentally competent to be held criminally responsible for his actions. Initially, his defense team ...

The suspected arsonist behind the deadly Kyoto Animation attack has been sentenced to a death penalty. The anime studio has produced numerous beloved projects.