However, in 2020, Nintendo, the maker of "Mario Kart," successfully sued one tour operator ... with the reopening of Japan's ...

Japan is to introduce new traffic laws to deal with the fad for fancy dress go-kart tours on the streets of Tokyo, it's reported. Tourists who go on the tours dressed as characters from the Mario ...

A street kart tour operator in Tokyo has been referred to prosecutors ... meaning that their international driving permits are not valid in Japan. One of the tourists was involved in a property ...

Touring cities on go-karts and dressed as Nintendo characters has become one of Japan's hottest tourist attractions. Photo: Shiho Fukada for The Wall Street Journal.