Developer Mitsui Fudosan Co. said Wednesday it is in talks with the government about the removal of a highway near Tokyo Station ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games.
The company is urging the government to relocate the expressway in the Nihonbashi district where Mitsui Fudosan is redeveloping office and commercial buildings, President Masanobu Komoda said at a news conference.
Mitsui Fudosan and local owners are in talks with the land ministry and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, he said.