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TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY

Takanawa Gateway City is the centerpiece of East Japan Railway¡¯s broader effort to redevelop what it calls the Greater Shinagawa Area into a major international business and transportation hub.
JAPAN / Greater Shinagawa Area
Jun 2, 2026
The rise of the managed city
Tokyo's newest megadevelopments aim to redesign urban life for an aging, increasingly diverse society
Visitors walk through the Oimachi Tracks development, one of several major projects tied to East Japan Railway¡¯s efforts to transform southern Tokyo station districts into hubs for shopping, tourism and daily life.
BUSINESS / Companies / Greater Shinagawa Area
Jun 2, 2026
JR East¡¯s next stop? City building.
Faced with shrinking demand, the operator expands beyond transportation into land, commerce and large-scale redevelopment.
The distinctive architecture of MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives has made the building a standout in the area.
CULTURE / Art / Greater Shinagawa Area
Jun 2, 2026
Takanawa Gateway¡¯s latest landmark is still working on its own story
The museum's programming may lack focus, but its open spaces already offer Tokyoites a reason to stop in.
More than 500 plants are growing in Luftbaum's rooftop garden.
LIFE / Travel / Greater Shinagawa Area
Jun 2, 2026
Five things to look out for while getting lost in Takanawa Gateway City
It's not easy to navigate the sprawling new redevelopment complex in what JR East calls the Greater Shinagawa Area, but here are a number of themes to help guide you.
The inaugural exhibition at the Museum of Narratives Takanawa is organized around the theme of spirals and searching for them in science, art and our own bodies.
CULTURE / Art
Apr 3, 2026
Museum of Narratives is rife with possibilities
Part museum, part performance venue, the ambitious Museum of Narratives aims to make Shinagawa a cultural hub.
The Gateway Park at Takanawa Gateway City on Tuesday
BUSINESS
Mar 26, 2025
JR¡¯s ¡¯futuristic¡¯ Takanawa Gateway complex set to open in Tokyo
Takanawa Gateway City is a long-planned redevelopment project from JR East that integrates residential, commercial and cultural facilities.
Tropical Storm Jangmi set to lash wide area of Japan
A Meteorological Agency official shows a satellite image of Tropical Storm Jangmi in Tokyo on Sunday.
At least 16 injured as Tropical Storm Jangmi threatens Kyushu
A man looks a departures board showing a canceled flight to Okinawa after Tropical Storm Jangmi shut down the airport there as it moved toward mainland Japan, at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Monday.
Tokyo wants you to wear shorts to work. Say no.
Tokyo¡¯s push for cooler office attire has sparked backlash in Japan, where conservative workplace norms still shape office culture and critics say shorts and sandals do not belong in the workplace.
Billionaire behind Japan¡¯s tiny-room hotel empire bets on U.S.
A guestroom at an APA Hotel in Tokyo. APA built its name in Japan on a standardized formula: a long list of amenities packed into tight rooms engineered for efficiency.
Japan eyes first export of indigenous missile system amid closer ties with Philippines
Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro speaks during a group interview on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue security forum in Singapore on Sunday.
Japan taking cautious ¡ª if firm ¡ª approach to avoiding escalation with China
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks at the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore on Sunday.
As immigration rises, Kawasaki¡¯s foreign council shows path toward inclusion
Members of the Kawasaki Foreign Resident Council discuss issues faced by foreign residents during a meeting on May 17.
Mosque fire shows need for better communication with foreign residents
Farooq Soban, a Pakistani resident of Ebetsu, Hokkaido, points to damage from a fire that destroyed a local mosque in the city, on April 29.
How carbon finance could give a boost to Japan¡¯s ailing forestry industry
Everimpact¡¯s Alain Retiere visits a project site in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture. Through a collaboration that also includes local foresters and Hitachi Systems, the team is striving to connect Japanese forestry with international carbon finance.
Who are the former royals who may be reinstated to the imperial family?
Tsuneyasu Takeda, a member of one of the 11 former princely houses that were abolished after Japan's defeat in World War II, in 2006

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

Longform

Community programs and tracking systems are expanding across Japan as local governments search for ways to prevent dementia-related disappearances.
He told his wife he was ¡®coming home.¡¯ Then he disappeared.
By Alex K.T. Martin

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