New station name on iconic Tokyo line too much of a mouthful for some

About a week after a railway operator unveiled a name partly using English for a station under construction on Tokyo's iconic Yamanote loop line, people are still debating whether the name is appropriate, with naysayers collecting petitions online to demand its retraction."Takanawa Gateway," a mixture of the name of a neighborhood in the capital's central Minato Ward and the English term, has been selected by East Japan Railway Co. for the station opening in 2020 ahead of the Olympics and Paralympics. The station will be part of a sophisticated commercial-residential complex to be lit up at…READ FULL ARTICLE