The first commercial advertisements appeared Saturday on the outside of train cars on the JR Yamanote line since the Tokyo metropolitan government lifted a ban on such advertising in October.
Fifty out of 52 Yamanote trains were adorned with ads for the Tokyo Millenario event, which will feature light shows and be held in central Tokyo from Christmas Eve.
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