East Japan Railway Company

Detailed Description

East Japan Railway Company operates as a passenger railway company in Japan and internationally. The company operates through Transportation, Retail & Services, Real Estate & Hotels, and Others segments. It offers passenger railway, freight, bus transportation, travel agency, warehousing, financial, computer-related data, and casualty insurance and other agency services. The company is also involved in the operation of aerial cableway and parking lot; advertising and promotion; books and magazines publication; automobile maintenance and repair; hotel and restaurant management; civil engineering and general construction; facilities construction; and electricity supply businesses. In addition, it engages in the sale of prepaid vouchers, memberships for sport and leisure facilities, including golf and tennis clubs; and oil, gas, and car accessories; travel goods, food, beverages, liquors, medicines, cosmetics, and daily necessities. Further, it is involved in the sale, leasing, management, and brokerage of real estate properties; manufacture of transport-related machinery and equipment, and precision and industrial machinery and tools; production and sale of signs and information boards; establishment and management of recreation areas, physical fitness facilities, cultural facilities, preparatory schools and other educational facilities, and movie theaters; production of beverages and liquors; and processing and sale of marine products; and manufacture and sale of aggregates, masonry materials, concrete posts, and blocks. The company operates 1,657 railway stations and 7,401.7 kilometers of railway network; 169 shopping centers; office buildings with a total leased floor space of 420,000 square meters; and various hotel with a total of 7,974 guest rooms. East Japan Railway Company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.