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How Japan's second-longest private railway anchors the Asakusa-Nikko UNESCO corridor — and how the Tokyo Skytree, Ikebukuro Tobu Department Store and Tobu Hotels build a ~150-group-company conglomerate.
How Tokyo's Shinjuku-Odawara private rail line became the dominant Hakone gateway — and how the Hakone Free Pass, Enoshima coast line and Hakone Tozan Railway anchor Odakyu's tourism-revenue mix.
How a 1910 Osaka tramway became Japan's largest private railway by network at ~500 km — and how the 2020 sale of Kintetsu Department Store, the Miyako Hotel chain and Ise Shrine pilgrimage tourism shape its post-restructure footprint.
From the Tsutsumi family's post-war empire through the Cerberus restructuring to the 2014 relisting — and how Seibu Holdings reshaped itself with the 2022 GIC Prince Hotels sale and the 2023 Fortress Seibu Department Stores exit.
From the 1907 Kobayashi integrated-conglomerate model to the 2006 post-Murakami merger, the Hanshin Tigers, Takarazuka Revue, and the Umeda Hankyu department store — Japan's most asset-heavy rail conglomerate.
How a Tokyo southwestern private-rail operator became the city's most aggressive single-station developer — Shibuya Stream, Scramble Square, Sakura Stage, and the 108-group-companies empire.
How Central Japan Railway built the world's most profitable high-speed-rail corridor and is self-funding a $120B+ maglev Shinkansen — a single-asset infrastructure bet.
Why JR East carries ~17M passengers daily across ~7,400 km of track and also runs the Lumine, Atre and ecute station shopping platforms — Japan's most overlooked infrastructure investment.
