Foundation: 1987
Headquarters: Nagoya City, Aichi
Chairman: Koei Tsuge
Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) is the main railway company operating in the Chubu region of central Japan, and noted especially as owner and operator of the the Tokaido Shinkansen between Tokyo Station and Shin-Osaka Station. It is one of the seven private companies created by the breakup of the state-run Japanese National Railways in 1987. Its annual income is in the range of US$15 billion.
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2020
July
Shizuoka Governor Heita Kawakatsu officially notifies JR Central that it must stop construction of the Chuo Shinkansen maglev, part of which is to run through Shizuoka. The governor feels that environmental protection measures are insufficient.
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