New Takanawa Gateway station opens on Tokyo’s iconic Yamanote loop rail line
A new train station with easy access to Haneda airport and the Shinkansen bullet train opened in Tokyo on Saturday, becoming the first new stop on the capital’s busy Yamanote loop line in nearly 50 years. Featuring wayfinding robots and a shop with automated checkouts, it opened between Tamachi and Shinagawa stations as the 30th […]
Japan average land prices rise for 1st time in 27 years: government survey
Japan’s average land prices rose for the first time in 27 years in the year to July 1 as an influx of foreign tourists boosted demand for hotel properties and shops, a government survey showed on Tuesday. Land prices are a key indicator to gauge how much Japan asset prices have recovered after decades of […]
More businesses are introducing smartphone payments in Japan
Cashless payment services via smartphones such as scanning QR codes are spreading. Smartphone payment services are expected to reach 600 billion JPY in fiscal 2019. The amount of smartphone payment purchases is expected to expand to about 8 trillion JPY in fiscal 2023. source: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/02/20/business/corporate-business/japans-jal-ana-beefing-hawaii-services-competition-intensifies-domestic-rivals/#.XHTIJlwzZPY