- CEO
- Yoichi Kise
- Full Time Employees
- 70,623
- Sector
- Transportation
- Industry
- Railroads
- Address
- 2-2-2 Yoyogi Tokyo TY Japan 151-8578
- IPO Date
- Oct 26, 1993
- Business
- East Japan Railway Company East Japan Railway Company (JR East) operates Japan's largest passenger railway network, encompassing high-speed Shinkansen lines including the Tohoku, Joetsu, Hokuriku, Yamagata, and Akita Shinkansen; conventional lines such as the Yamanote, Keihin-Tohoku, Chuo, Sobu, and Tokaido Main Line in the Kanto region, Tohoku Main Line, and others across Koshinetsu and Tohoku regions; limited express services like Hayabusa, Kagayaki, Narita Express, and Azusa; freight transportation; real estate development around stations; retail operations via NewDays convenience stores and station kiosks; bus services through JR Bus Kanto and Tohoku; and additional offerings in hotels, advertising, and IC card systems like Suica. The company, founded in 1987 following the privatization of Japanese National Railways and headquartered at 2-2-2 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, manages 1,682 stations and 7,418.7 kilometers of track spanning eastern Japan from Tokyo to northern regions including Aomori, Akita, and Niigata, serving approximately 16 million passengers daily with a fleet of 12,216 rolling stock units. JR East maintains overseas offices in Los Angeles and Paris to support global initiatives. Recent developments include a capital and business alliance with Erex in December 2024, entailing a 2 billion yen investment for a 4.9% stake to advance renewable energy aggregation and decarbonization efforts, completed in January 2025; acquisition of UK-based Decorum Vending Limited in 2024 to expand vending machine operations at railway stations; launch of the TAKANAWA GATEWAY Convention Center as a new MICE venue in July 2024 and related hydrogen, biogas, and renewable energy initiatives at TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY; partnership with RATP Dev for the NSCR project in the Philippines in October 2024; introduction of Series E8 Shinkansen trains in spring 2024 capable of 300 km/h with enhanced accessibility; revised Transformation 2027 financial targets extended to March 2028 aiming for 3.276 trillion yen in operating revenue; and a medium- to long-term growth strategy "Beyond the Border" formulated in June 2024.