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East Japan Railway Company

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Japanese railway company

The East Japan Railway Company is a major passenger railway company in Japan and the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR East in English, and as JR Higashi-Nihon in Japanese.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Last updated Oct 18, 2026.

Overview

Apr 1, 1987Founded1

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  • Ticker9020 on Tokyo Stock Exchange1
  • Industryrail transport1
  • HeadquartersJR East Headquarters Building1
  • Founded inTokyo1
  • Websitewww.jreast.co.jp
  • Legal formkabushiki gaisha1

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Photo: Rs1421, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

The East Japan Railway Company is a major passenger railway company in Japan and the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR East in English, and as JR Higashi-Nihon in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo, next to Shinjuku Station. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange (it formerly had secondary listings in the Nagoya and Osaka stock exchanges), is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and is one of three Japan Railways Group constituents of the Nikkei 225 index, the others being JR Central and JR West.2

The story

History

JR East was incorporated on 1 April 1987 after being spun off from the government-run Japanese National Railways (JNR). The spin-off was nominally "privatization", as the company was actually a wholly owned subsidiary of the government-owned JNR Settlement Corporation for several years, and was not completely sold to the public until 2002.

Following the breakup, JR East ran the operations on former JNR lines in the Greater Tokyo Area, the Tōhoku region, and surrounding areas.

Culture foundation

The East Japan Railway Culture Foundation is a non-profit organization established by JR East for the purpose of developing a "richer railway culture". The Railway Museum in Saitama is operated by the foundation.

From Wikipedia’s article on East Japan Railway Company, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Leadership

Who has led East Japan Railway Company, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Shōji Sumita1987–1993
  2. Masatake Matsuda1993–2000
  3. Mutsutake Ōtsuka2000–2006
  4. Satoshi Seino2006–2012
  5. Tetsurō Tomita2012–2018
  6. Yūji Fukasawa2018–2024
  7. Yōichi Kise2024–now
19901995200020052010201520202025

Products and brands

  • Suica

Listed on Wikidata.1

Services

Below is the full list of limited express and express train services operated on JR East lines as of 2025.

Shinkansen

Asama

Hakutaka

Hayabusa

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Hayate

Kagayaki

Komachi

Nasuno

Tanigawa

Toki

Tsubasa

Yamabiko

Limited express (daytime)

Akagi

Azusa

Fuji Excursion

Hitachi and Tokiwa

Inaho

Kaiji/View Kaiji

Kusatsu·Shima

Narita Express

Nikkō and Kinugawa

Saphir Odoriko/Odoriko

Sazanami

Shirayuki

Shiosai

Shōnan

Tsugaru

Wakashio

Limited express (overnight)

Sunrise Izumo/Sunrise Seto (not operated by JR East, operated by JR Central and JR-West over the Tokaido Main Line, part of which JR East owns between Tokyo and Atami)

Train Suite Shiki-shima

Cassiopeia (Retired)

Hokutosei (Retired)

Subsidiaries

Higashi-Nihon Kiosk - provides newspapers, drinks and other items in station kiosks and operates the Newdays convenience store chain

JR Bus Kanto / JR Bus Tohoku - intercity bus operators

Nippon Restaurant Enterprise - provides bentō box lunches on trains and in train stations

Tokyo Monorail - (70% ownership stake)

Saitama New Urban Transit Co., Ltd (40%)

East Japan Marketing & Communications

From Wikipedia’s article on East Japan Railway Company, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

Subsidiaries

All 39 subsidiaries

Divisions

  • East Japan Railway Company Akita Branch Office
  • East Japan Railway Company Chiba Branch Office
  • East Japan Railway Company Hachiōji Branch Office
  • East Japan Railway Company Mito Branch Office
  • East Japan Railway Company Morioka Branch Office
  • East Japan Railway Company Nagano Branch Office
  • East Japan Railway Company Niigata Branch Office
  • East Japan Railway Company Takasaki Branch Office
  • East Japan Railway Company Yokohama Branch Office
  • East Japan Railway Company Ōmiya Branch Office
  • East Japan Railway Company, Shinkansen General Management Department
  • East Japan Railway Company, Tohoku Area Headquarters
  • East Japan Railway Company, Tōkyō Metropolitan Area Headquarters

Also owns

  • Central Security Patrols 25.4%
  • JTB Corporation 21.9%
  • Nippon Densetsu Kogyo 19.1%
  • UQ Communications 17.6%
  • Asahi Station
  • JEF United Chiba
  • Kamo Station
  • Kashima-Jingū Station
  • Kawai Station
  • Kuji Station
  • Kuki Station
  • Kuroi Station
  • Misato Station
  • Nakanoshima Station
  • Sanjō Station
  • Sawa Station
  • Shimauchi Station
  • TV Tokyo
  • Tateyama Station

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. 2002Acquired Tokyo Monorail1
  2. Succeeded Japanese National Railways1

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

East Japan Railway Company revenue by year12.9T JPY in 2017+7% since 2008
01.0T JPY2.0T JPY3.0T JPY2008: 2.7T JPY2.7T JPY20082009: 2.7T JPY2.7T JPY2009−0%2010: 2.6T JPY2.6T JPY2010−5%2011: 2.5T JPY2.5T JPY2011−1%2012: 2.5T JPY2.5T JPY2012−0%2013: 2.7T JPY2.7T JPY2013+6%2014: 2.7T JPY2.7T JPY2014+1%2015: 2.8T JPY2.8T JPY2015+2%2016: 2.9T JPY2.9T JPY2016+4%2017: 2.9T JPY2.9T JPY2017+0%
  • 20172.9T JPY1
  • 20162.9T JPY1
  • 20152.8T JPY1
  • 20142.7T JPY1
  • 20132.7T JPY1
  • 20122.5T JPY1

Net income

East Japan Railway Company net income by year1279.4B JPY in 2017+13% since 2016
0100.0B JPY200.0B JPY300.0B JPY2016: 246.6B JPY246.6B JPY20162017: 279.4B JPY279.4B JPY2017+13%
  • 2017279.4B JPY1
  • 2016246.6B JPY1

Timeline

  1. 2024New chief executive Yōichi Kise becomes CEO1
  2. 2018New chief executive Yūji Fukasawa becomes CEO1
  3. 2012New chief executive Tetsurō Tomita becomes CEO1
  4. 2006New chief executive Satoshi Seino becomes CEO1
  5. 2000New chief executive Mutsutake Ōtsuka becomes CEO1
  6. 1993New chief executive Masatake Matsuda becomes CEO1
  7. Apr 1, 1987Founded Founded in Tokyo1
  8. 1987New chief executive Shōji Sumita becomes CEO1

Sources

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