A visitor using an avatar stands outside the metaverse office for the government of Tokyo’s Edogawa Ward, which is designed to look like the brick-and-mortar ward office building.

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Edogawa Ward's initiative, slated to start in fiscal 2023 for a total of six events, will be held at an actual venue, but allow people to join from the metaverse using their avatars.

TOKYO -- Tokyo's Edogawa Ward is trialing a virtual ward office in the metaverse, aiming to offer administrative services for people unable to visit the real-life office.

One of the biggest challenges for a local government with a declining population and shrinking tax base is to lure young families to move into their communities. Tokyo's Edogawa Ward is one ...

TOKYO >> From the stately changing room of a nearly 60-year-old sento (public bath) in a residential area of Edogawa ward, you can enjoy a majestic view of Mount Fuji — through a painting.

A large-scale blackout Monday night in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward affected about 59,000 households, Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) said Tuesday. According to TEPCO, the blackout occurred at 5:40 p.m and ...

A recent survey conducted in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward has shown that as many as one-third of hikikomori, or social recluses, living there have no desire for the government to help them reintegrate into ...

A large-scale survey conducted by Tokyo's Edogawa Ward has found that nearly 8,000 people age 15 and older are considered to be hikikomori, or people who have isolated themselves from society at ...

One in 76 people in Tokyo’s Edogawa Ward are “hikikomori,” or social recluses who do not go out for work or school and rarely interact with people outside their families, a survey showed.