Tobu Railway Co. will introduce a new Spacia limited express train that connects Tokyo’s Asakusa district with the Nikko-Kinugawa area in Tochigi Prefecture. Scheduled to start operations on ...

but in 1927 Tokyo became the first Asian city with a subway thanks to a 2.2-kilometre (1.4-mile) track from Ueno to Asakusa. The trains ran every three minutes on what is now part of Tokyo Metro's ...