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Not much on Rakuten for your dates for a twin room, alas. Only sub 9k twin room I saw in an area within the Yamanote line was the Business Hotel Nishiike.
The more I've looked, the more the Hamatsucho Chisun seems a good deal
http://www.solarehotels.com/english/...om/detail.html which was about 9,000yen a night all inclusive through Expedia for 3 nights.
Sorry, our dates are actually April 10-14 in Tokyo. It looks like there is an Expedia coupon for $10/night off, so the Chisun Hamatsucho would be down to $84 a night which seems like a good deal. I don't know that neighborhood, but it seems central enough. The Sunshine City Prince Hotel is also a pretty good price, in Ikebukuro. I stayed in that neighborhood in October and liked it.
For Osaka there's another Chisun that seems like very good value, Chisun Hotel Shinsaibashi.