The deal, which had been expected, will make the Tokyo-based company one of Japan's major asset managers and give it the opportunity to offer Robeco's financial products to Japanese customers in the future.
But the ubiquity of department stores around Tokyo also make depachika convenient places to pick up a bento box for a quick picnic lunch that feels as decadent as it is inexpensive.
Furthermore, it would take a combination of extreme events to make things dangerous in Tokyo (nuclear re-criticality, steam explosion) etc all of which are being rendered less and less likely as time passes and the heat decay process progresses.
In one sense, it is a mystery why Tokyo is continuing to make mistakes when it comes to government pump-priming.
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Standing at just over 5-feet tall and 95-pounds, HRP-4C, developed by Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, will make its catwalk debut next week at the Tokyo fashion show.
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They hope to build skyscrapers in Tokyo, run banks in London and make films in Hollywood.
The 360-odd species of maple, oak, pine and other Japanese favorites make surprisingly effective insulation from the frenetic metropolis that is Tokyo.
Make the rounds of all 29 stations on the Yamanote Line and Tokyo no longer appears a cohesive city.
In recent weeks, Tokyo has trotted out a parade of politicians and bureaucrats to make the pitch: the bad-loan mess at the banks is under control, more public-works money is rolling down the pipeline, consumers are perking up.
If the visitor wants to make connections elsewhere in Japan, it is a 3-hour transit to Tokyo's domestic airport.
"Only a foreigner could make such changes, " says Yukio Noguchi, an economist at the University of Tokyo.
She was fascinated by Tokyo's apprentice geishas as they paraded around town, and she copied their fancy costumes and heavy make-up.
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Train stations deep indoors and underground rarely make for the best places to hit up a smartphone for data, yet they're where a lot of Tokyo residents have to spend their time.
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