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Learning Japanese from the news / Terminal ‘Basuta Shinjuku’ starts operations

Edit The Japan News 28 Apr 2016
Speech Basuta Shinjuku in Tokyo, a terminal for highway buses, has commenced operations ... The terminal is connected to JR Shinjuku Station, making it very convenient. Before the new terminal, a number of highway buses traveling to various places including the Tohoku and Kansai regions operated from around Shinjuku Station ... The name Basuta Shinjuku was selected from 1,733 suggestions submitted by the public....

Everyday Exploration / ‘Delivery lockers’ a growing hit for privacy, convenience

Edit The Japan News 25 Apr 2016
By Miki Yabuki / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer More and more people are taking delivery of parcels at special lockers set up at railway stations and post offices instead of at home ... “Being able to collect them at the station is very convenient.” ... At six stations on the Keio Line, including Shinjuku Station, some coin lockers have been converted into delivery lockers....

Pokemon Go release date, beta, trailers, gameplay and everything you need to know

Edit Digital Spy 25 Apr 2016
Pokémon Go will allow players to capture Pokémon who inhabit parks, shopping areas, sidewalks and the countryside all around the world," said John Hanke, founder of Niantic. "Imagine discovering a Squirtle hiding along the waterfront in San Francisco, a Bulbasaur at Shinjuku Station or a Pikachu beneath the Eiffel Tower." Related. 11 Pokemon records that will never be beaten POKEMON GO RELEASE DATE ... Related....

Keio, Seibu debut new trains in FY18

Edit The Japan News 22 Apr 2016
The Yomiuri Shimbun Keio Corp. and Seibu Railway Co. will debut two new trains in fiscal 2018, in the hope of meeting the latest needs of customers. Keio’s train will feature a seat reservation system, a first for the railway company ... Keio’s new train will appear in the spring of 2018 ... Keio will launch five 10-car trains that will travel from Shinjuku Station to Keio-hachioji and Hashimoto stations at night ... Speech. Click to play ... + - ... ....

Free Wi-Fi launched on Tokyo streets (Tokyo Metropolitan Government)

Edit Public Technologies 20 Apr 2016
Free Wi-Fi is now available in areas around tourist information map and signs on streets in Shinjuku and Ueno ... Shinjuku, Ueno ... Shinjuku Free Wi-Fi. Shinjuku Station area, Kabukicho area (18 locations) Start of service ... [2] Shinjuku Free Wi-Fi. Free Wi-Fi service aimed at tourists, available in public spaces, restaurants etc., in Shinjuku City. (Operated by Shinjuku City and Shinjuku Convention & Visitors Bureau.)....
photo: WN / RTayco
White taxis wait for their turn to cross the street in Tokyo, Japan.

Tokyo’s taxi companies to reduce minimum fare to ¥410

Edit The Japan News 19 Apr 2016
Elderly welcome ¥410 fare ... If the new taxi fare is realized, passengers would be able to take a taxi from the west exit of Shinjuku Station to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building — about 700 meters as the crow flies — for only ¥410 ... “If it goes ahead, I’ll be able to use taxis more easily and without hesitation, when I have a lot of shopping to carry and when I have to walk a long distance to a station,” Chiba said ... Speech ... + - ... ....

STYLE FILES / NEWoMan takes aim at new band of customers

Edit The Japan News 18 Apr 2016
However, seeing an opportunity to cash in on the spending power of women, Lumine opened NEWoMan — a new type of shopping mall — on March 25 at the new south exit of JR Shinjuku Station in Tokyo ... NEWoMan occupies the first to sixth floors of JR Shinjuku Miraina Tower, a 33-story building with two basement levels ... In the Shinjuku area, Lumine Est is situated at the station’s east exit, and Lumine 1 and 2 are located at the south exit....

Every Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Ever Sold, All in One Place

Edit Kotaku 18 Apr 2016
Incredible to see them all displayed like this in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Station ... ....

Man arrested after fire in Shinjuku

Edit The Japan News 14 Apr 2016
... the origin of a high-profile fire in the Golden Gai bar district in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward the previous day ... The Golden Gai district, about one kilometer northeast of Shinjuku Station of East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, has attracted growing attention from foreign tourists in recent years....

Notice concerning Acquisition of Asset (Nikko Building)(PDF：348.1KB) (Daiwa Office Investment Corporation)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Apr 2016
1-14-11, Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo ... The property is located at 4 minutes on foot from one of the largest terminals within Tokyo, JR Shinjuku Station and at 1 minute on foot from Shinjuku Station of the Keio Line. Starting with each JR line such as the Yamanote Line, Shinjuku Station conveniently serves to multiple railways such as Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line, Toei Oedo Line, Shinjuku Line, Keio Line and Odakyu Line....

JR East to number stations

Edit The Japan News 07 Apr 2016
“This is part of our efforts to make our stations friendly to users,” JR East President Tetsuro Tomita said at a press conference ... For example, Shinjuku Station on the Yamanote Line will have the code JY and the number 17, with these in a box with light-green edges symbolizing the color of the loop line in central Tokyo....

Largest bus terminal opens in Shinjuku

Edit The Japan News 04 Apr 2016
Jiji Press TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s largest expressway bus terminal opened at the south exit of East Japan Railway Co.’s Shinjuku Station in central Tokyo on Monday ... The new terminal put together 19 bus stations around Shinjuku Station ... Expressway buses come and go at the new terminal at the south exit of East Japan Railway Co.’s Shinjuku Station on Monday....

Japan 'SWAT' Team Hones Terror Attack Response After Brussels

Edit Bloomberg 30 Mar 2016
The police have increased patrols and are stationing more staff at the nation’s biggest ... The practice drill took place in a new bus terminal at Shinjuku station, the world’s busiest train hub, with more than half a dozen police apprehending the two hostage takers and releasing the passengers....
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