Free Wi-Fi service to be available on Tokyo buses

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NTT Broadband Platform Inc plans to introduce free Wi-Fi service on all buses operated by the Tokyo metropolitan government by next March.

The company said in a statement posted on its website that the service will debut Dec 20 on buses running between Shimbashi and Shibuya via Roppongi. By the end of March, the plan is to have the Wi-Fi service available on all 1,452 Toei buses operating in the capital by March 31.

Passengers will be able to use the Wi-Fi service as many times as they wish, up to three hours at a time.

Available languages are Japanese, English, Chinese and Korean.