Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway
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| Public KK | |
| Traded as | : |
| Industry | Private railroad |
| Founded | September 2, 1922 |
| Headquarters | 5-6 Nanpeidaicho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan |
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Area served
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Tokyo and Kanagawa. |
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Key people
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President-Director Chairperson Representative Director Kiyobumi Kamijo Toshiaki Koshimura |
| Services |
passenger railways other related services |
| Owner | Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co. (6.8%) Nippon Life Insurance Co. (6.0%) |
| Website | www |
The Tokyu Corporation (東京急行電鉄株式会社 Tōkyō Kyūkō Dentetsu Kabushiki-gaisha), also known in Japanese as Tōkyū Dentetsu (東急電鉄) for short, is a major private railway company, land developer, hotel and retail store operator in the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan. Part of the Tokyu Group of companies, Tokyu Corporation's headquarters are located in Shibuya, Tokyo.
The company was first registered on September 2, 1922 as the Meguro-Kamata Electric Railway (目黒蒲田電鉄 Meguro Kamata Dentetsu), and was later known as the Tokyo-Yokohama Electric Railway (東京横浜電鉄 Tōkyō Yokohama Dentetsu) before gaining its current name in 1943. From 1944 to 1948, it also owned the companies now known as Keikyu, Keio Corporation, and Odakyu Electric Railway. During this time, it was colloquially known as Dai-Tokyu (lit. Great Tokyu).
Tokyu also operates the KD Kodomonokuni Line (Nagatsuta Station - Kodomonokuni Station, 3.4 km) under contract with and on behalf of Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Company.
The Tokyu Group also owns two smaller railroad companies (Ueda Kōtsū, Izukyū Corporation), several bus companies and a major upscale department store chain called Tokyu in Japan and stores overseas (such as in the MBK Center in Bangkok, Thailand). Other retail operations include Tokyu Hands stores (except for the two locations in Nagoya, which are owned by Sanko Creative Life, Inc., and operated under license). It also runs a number of hotels under the names Tokyu/Pan Pacific in Japan and formerly owned the Pan Pacific Hotels abroad, which it sold to UOL Limited of Singapore.
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