East Japan Railway Co

Company Profile

• Business description

  East Japan Railway Company, or JR East, is the largest railway operator in Japan. It was originally established when the government-owned nationwide railway operator underwent a six-way territorial split in 1987, though it wasn't fully privatized until 2002. It runs both long-distance bullet trains, known as Shinkansen, and shorter municipal train routes around and from Tokyo. Its 7,400 kilometers of rail track covers half of Japan's population and a third of the country's land area. Two-thirds of revenue is from transportation, with most of the rest from retail operations and real estate investments.

• Contact

  2-2-2 Yoyogi
  Shibuya-ku
  Tokyo151-8578
  JPN

  T: +81 353341111

  https://www.jreast.co.jp

• Sector

  Industrials

  Stock type

  Sensitive

• Industry

  Railroads

  Fiscal Year End

  31 March 2027

  Employees

  91,252