IMAX Corporation and Toho Cinemas Ltd., Japan’s leading exhibition company and subsidiary of Toho Co. Ltd., a film production and distribution company in Japan, announced an agreement for an IMAX theatre to be added to Toho’s new development in Shinjuku, the commercial, business and entertainment center of Tokyo.

The new construction project will include a hotel, restaurants, retailers and the Toho Cinemas Shinjuku where IMAX will serve as the multiplex’s anchor entertainment attraction.

The deal marks the company’s first agreement with Toho Cinemas and the first IMAX theatre to be located in downtown Tokyo.

IMAX opened its first commercial multiplex theatre in Japan in 2009 and has since expanded its contracted commercial network to 23 theatres, of which 17 are open.

Toho Cinemas is an exhibiting company that provides latest entertainment with a diverse lineup including films, concerts, live stage performances and public viewing for sports through 65 theatres consisting of 596 screens nationwide.

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