Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd. (æ±äº¬åœ°ä¸‹é‰„æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾, TÅkyÅ Chikatetsu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a private company jointly owned by the Japanese government and the Tokyo metropolitan government. It replaced the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (å¸éƒ½é«˜é€Ÿåº¦äº¤é€šå–¶å›£, Teito KÅsokudo KÅtsÅ« Eidan), commonly Eidan or TRTA, on April 1, 2004. TRTA was administered by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and jointly funded by the national and metropolitan governments. It was formed in 1941, although its oldest lines date back to 1927. [It] forms part of one of the most complex public transportation systems in the world. It is extremely well maintained and clean, although some stations on older lines are beginning to show their age.
Yu Yamada (山田優 Yamada YÅ«, born July 5, 1984 in Okinawa, Japan) is a model, actress, singer. Yamada also appears in advertising for instant spaghetti, yogurt, Vodafone mobile phones, Kanebo’s T’estimo line of cosmetics and most recently Canon Ink Jet Picture “PIXUS”.