Security cameras to be put in all Tokyo Metro stations.

Security cameras to be put in all Tokyo Metro stations

Yomiuri

Tokyo Metro Co. will place cutting-edge security cameras in all subway stations within the current fiscal year to be used to solve disputes between passengers, monitor violence against station staff and better direct people during rush hour.

The new system will enable employees to see images from every station simultaneously from one location. The cameras are also intended to be used for counterterrorism.

An increasing number of railway companies have improved or will improve their security camera systems. Recently, Keihin Electric Express Railway Co. introduced a new remote-control …