Business Sep 17, 2020
Japan's eventual tallest building to be finished in fiscal 2027
Torch Tower, near Tokyo Station, is expected to stand at 390 meters.
Business / Corporate Aug 3, 2020
Tokyo Station's new expansive shopping area opens after coronavirus delay
Gransta Tokyo features around 150 stores in the station's basement and ground floors, including some selling sake and fresh fish delivered by bullet train.
National Mar 25, 2020
Passersby in front of Tokyo Station gathered around a popular Olympics countdown clock to take pictures Wednesday as it stopped displaying the number of days until the games after the event was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Tokyo 2020 Olympics had been scheduled ...
Business May 22, 2019
AI robot duo to guide visitors during test trial at Tokyo Station
East Japan Railway Co. on Wednesday showed the media a test trial of two artificial intelligence robots designed to guide passengers at Tokyo Station. The robots — Pepper of SoftBank Robotics Corp. and SEMMI of German railway company Deutsche Bahn AG — were deployed at ...
National Dec 18, 2018
by Satoshi Sugiyama
When a train is about to depart a station, passengers hear an announcement saying, "Please stand clear of the closing doors." Now, when they ride an escalator at Tokyo Station, they will get a constant reminder from East Japan Railway Co. to "Please stand on ...
National Jul 23, 2018
JR East launches escalator safety campaign after logging 180 accidents in fiscal 2017
East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) launched a escalator safety campaign at its stations Monday after seeing about 180 accidents in fiscal 2017 and some deadly cases before that. This is the first time the railway has disclosed a tally for escalator accidents. Dangerous incidents included ...
National Dec 7, 2017
New Tokyo Station plaza offers a more pleasant promenade to the Imperial Palace
by Chisato Tanaka
A new plaza on the Marunouchi side of Tokyo Station was unveiled Thursday after years of construction, offering pedestrians a much improved promenade from the station to the Imperial Palace. Before construction started in August 2014, the area outside the station was mainly occupied by ...
Books / Reviews | ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES Jul 15, 2017
'Tokyo Station': Taut thriller has slow start, strong finish
by J.J. O'Donoghue
The bulk of Martin Cruz Smith's "Tokyo Station" is set in 1941, when the impending war with the Allied Forces was the talk of Tokyo. Tokyo Station, by Martin Cruz Smith.464 pages SIMON & SCHUSTER, Fiction. Yet a third of the way into the book, which was ...
National Oct 4, 2016
Welcome to Tokyo. Need directions? Ask Emiew3. East Japan Railway Co. has started a pilot project under which a humanoid robot serves visitors in English, Chinese and Japanese. Placed in front of the travel service center at the Marunouchi north exit, the 90-cm, 15-kg robot can ...
National / Crime & Legal Apr 27, 2016
Police release likeness of woman found dead in Tokyo Station locker a year ago
A year after an elderly woman's body was found stuffed in a yellow suitcase in a locker at JR Tokyo Station, police on Tuesday released a reproduced portrait of the woman as well as the suitcase itself. The Metropolitan Police Department's Marunouchi Police Station will ...
More Sports / Track & Field Mar 29, 2016
Starting next year, runners at the Tokyo Marathon will cross the finish line at historic Tokyo Station, race organizers decided Tuesday. The finish line through this year's edition in February had been at the bayside Tokyo International Exhibition Center, popularly known as Tokyo Big Sight. ...
National / Crime & Legal Jul 12, 2015
What started out as a late-night quarrel between colleagues at Tokyo Station turned into a deadly accident, leading to the arrest of a systems engineer.