At 7.30 on a weekday morning, Tokyo’s rush hour is at its peak. (0) COUNTLESS commuters pour into the world’s largest city, via an 1EXTEND network of bullet and overground trains, all of which operate with impeccable 2RELY. As the trains pull into the station and the doors slide open, more and more workers force themselves on board. To do this, they need the 3ASSIST of the white-gloved ‘pushers’ who are employed to 4SURE that people get to work on time. This morning ritual is the downside of the rapid 5GROW in Tokyo’s population. Seats have been removed from trains in an attempt to find a 6SOLVE to solve the problem, but this has not been a popular move with some people, who complain about even more people being crammed into the same limited space, A new subway system, which takes a 7CIRCLE route around the city, has helped a little but, until more is done to ease 8CROWD, it seems that commuters will just have to grin and bear it.