New commercial complex in Tokyo waterfront

New commercial complex in Tokyo waterfront

Photo taken on Tokyo's waterfront area on June 12, 2025, shows high-rise building Tower S (C, L), one of the two buildings constituting the Blue Front Shibaura commercial complex being developed by JR East and Nomura Real Estate Development Co. Housing about 40 shops, most of them restaurants, and a 217-room hotel, Tower S, located on the south side of the complex, will fully open on Sept. 1, while another building is slated to be completed on the north side in fiscal 2030.

New commercial complex in Tokyo waterfront

New commercial complex in Tokyo waterfront

Photo taken on Tokyo's waterfront area on June 12, 2025, shows high-rise building Tower S (C, L), one of the two buildings constituting the Blue Front Shibaura commercial complex being developed by JR East and Nomura Real Estate Development Co. Housing about 40 shops, most of them restaurants, and a 217-room hotel, Tower S, located on the south side of the complex, will fully open on Sept. 1, while another building is slated to be completed on the north side in fiscal 2030.

Chinese-invested airport in Cambodia's tourist hub expected to boost tourism

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12 missing after flash floods hit India's Uttarakhand

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Impoverished suburb a different universe from mainstream France

Impoverished suburb a different universe from mainstream France

Almost no shops are open even during the day on a weekday in the impoverished Grande Borne neighborhood in the town of Grigny, south of Paris, as seen on Feb. 2, 2015. The district, where the unemployment rate reaches about 40 percent, was home to one of the Paris gunmen in the January terror attacks in France. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo