There is growing interest in East Japan Railway Co. ltd., one of the six companies, created out of the privatized national railway system. In an industry lacking exciting growth 【B1】______ its plan to use real-estate assets in and around train stations 【B2】______ is drawing interest. In a plan called "Station Renaissance" that it 【B3】______ in November, JR East said that it would 【B4】______ using its commercial spaces for shops and restaurants, extending them to 【B5】______ more suitable for the information age. It wants train stations as pick-up 【B6】______ for such goods as books, flowers and groceries 【B7】______ over the Internet. In a country where city 【B8】______ depend heavily on trains 【B9】______ commuting, about 16 million people a day go to its train stations anyway, the company 【B10】______ So, picking up commodities at train stations. 【B11】______ consumers extra travel and missed home deliveries. JR East already has been using its station 【B12】______ stores for this purpose, but it plans to create 【B13】______ spaces for the delivery of Internet goods. The company also plans to introduce 【B14】______ cards-known in Japan as IC cards because they use integrated circuit for 【B15】______ information 【B16】______ train tickets and commuter passes 【B17】______ the magnetic ones used today, integrating them into a/an 【B18】______ pass. This will save the company money, because 【B19】______ for IC cards are much less expensive than magnetic systems. Increased use of IC cards should also 【B20】______ the space needed for ticket vending. 【B13】