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Electronic Paper and E Ink create a moving display for the opening of Takanawa Gateway Station.
A long stretch of the Yamanote Line is taking a break while construction crews get ready for its newest station.
Tokyo’s Yamanote loop line is getting its first new station in nearly half a century, and Japan Railways wants you to give it a name.
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