After 2009, Tokyo’s Halloween train was never quite the same. But that didn’t matter. By 2012, Halloween had caught on in Japan, with parades and events held all across the country.

Japanese Halloween brings costume contests to a new level 01:00 "There is a risk around the stations, especially subways," he told CBS News. "If someone pushes, or they have to push in front, then ...

Halloween season brings opportunity to Hollywood amid production slowdown 02:35. It's usually a serene two-and-a-half-hour ride on Japan's famously efficient bullet train.

Although Halloween is not widely celebrated across Japan, the country’s theme parks transform completely during the season, offering elaborate rides and experiences.

CAMP ZAMA, Japan – Thousands of costumed revelers, many of them Japanese visitors, celebrated Halloween by going door-to-door in the neighborhoods here and at Sagamihara Family Housing Area in ...

TOKYO — The mayor of a city ward that attracts throngs of drunken, costumed revelers for unofficial street parties each Halloween hopes a virtual celebration will help keep the peace.

A Halloween reveler in a Godzilla costume poses on a street in Tokyo's Shibuya ward, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. (Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes) ...

Halloween is popular with younger people in Japan. Rather than going trick-or-treating or visiting haunted houses, it’s seen as an opportunity to party and drink.