However, the Tokyo Metro lines are full – to a level rarely seen in Germany. You stand like a sardine in the carriage, holding on to one of the many handrails and wondering what smaller people ...

Tokyo Metro on Saturday marked the 25th anniversary of a subway derailment accident that killed five passengers and injured 64 others. Tokyo Metro President Akiyoshi Yamamura and others laid ...

The Tokyo metropolitan government is the largest promoter of the “nighttime economy” for the sake of revitalizing business. In February 2024, the metropolitan government invested 1.65 ...

Thirty years on from the fatal sarin nerve gas attack in Tokyo’s subway network, survivors and families who lost loved ones ...

So what makes the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Tower special? It's free! The nearly 800-foot-tall building houses two observatories (North and South observatory) that are the highest vantage ...

Tokyo Metro on market fast track with 45% jump in debut Tokyo Metro's shares shot up 45% in their market debut on Wednesday after Japan's largest initial public offering in six years bagged it $2 ...

On March 20, 1995, 12 people were killed, and more than 5,000 made ill in a nerve-gas attack on the Tokyo subway system. A ...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government No. 1 Building in Shinjuku now serves as the backdrop for a jaw-dropping and record-breaking projection mapping show. Covering an area of a whopping 13,905sqm ...

Ethiopians Tadese Takele and Sutume Asefa Kebede won their divisions of the Tokyo Marathon on a nearly perfect spring day in the Japanese capital. Takele won on the men's side in a personal best time ...

Changes in Tokyo’s population and the soaring number of high-rise buildings over the past 10 years prompted the metropolitan government to begin revising its damage estimate for a major quake ...

The best hotels in Tokyo highlight the offerings of one of Asia’s most exciting destinations. With its speedy bullet trains, high-tech gadgets and celebrated cuisine, there are plenty of reasons ...

Only seven years into her marriage did Yuki Niimi first touch her husband -- at a morgue where she collected his body after he was executed, and kissed him in a coffin. Before that a glass screen ...