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YAMANOTE

COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Mar 31, 2018
Elevator crush
'It's not rush hour on the Yamanote Line.'
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Sep 30, 2017
The name game
'Ask me a question. I want a quiz!'
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Aug 5, 2017
Japan Times 1967: 'Iconic Ginza streetcars are on their way out'
The streetcars that have tootled along Ginza, Tokyo's most glamorous shopping center for the past 56 years, will bow out by the end of the year.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Mar 19, 2016
Manner mode: Defusing tension on the train
Commuting to and from work during peak hours in Tokyo can be an utterly soul-destroying experience.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2014
Yamanote Line trains to get revamp next year
East Japan Railway Co. is developing a new commuter train design that it wants to get rolling on Tokyo's Yamanote Line by fall 2015.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jun 30, 2014
New station to boost Shinagawa's international role
East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) announced in early June it will open a new station on the Yamanote loop in Tokyo in time for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Mar 8, 2014
Amya Miller: 'What's the difference between a duck?'
Where do you go to escape Tokyo? The Yamanote Line. I ride it all the way around once and I'm all better.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jan 22, 2014
Workshops for theater — and life
"When I worked in an office, I was always nervous and I tensed up a lot just trying to behave correctly. But since coming to these workshops, I often feel like communicating with others spontaneously, of my own free will."
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2013
Virtuous, vicious or just circular? Loop line to wed pair
East Japan Railway Co. announced Tuesday that a lucky couple will get the chance to hold a special wedding ceremony on board its Yamanote Line later this year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Aug 4, 2012
Today's J-blip: Tokyo train gets the Olympic treatment
Tokyo riders get the gold in commuting with Asics' train-jacking ad campaign.
JAPAN
Jan 5, 2002
Yamanote adds English and standing room
Come April, Tokyo's Yamanote Line will be kinder to English-speaking foreign passengers.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Saitama court bans demonstrations over anti-Kurd hate speech
Kurdish people in Japan in 2015. A court injunction has banned acts that defame the Japan Kurdish Cultural Association and are disrespectful, such as putting up banner flags or handing out fliers with hate speech like “Refugees should go back to their home countries.”
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
Beijing Daxing International Airport
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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