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– Strategic Partnerships with Railway Companies to Accelerate Next-Generation Mobility Services –TOYOTA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#FlyingCar--SkyDrive Inc. ('SkyDrive'), a leading eVTOL (*1) aircraft manufacturer based in Japan, today announced that it has raised ¥8.3 billion in Pre-Series D funding through a third-party allotment. This funding round was led by MUFG Bank, Ltd. ('MUFG'), with investments from Suzuki Motor Corporation ('Suzuki'), East Japan Railway Company ('JR East'), Kyushu Railway Company ('JR Kyushu'), and seven other companies. With this latest round, SkyDrive's cumulative funding now exceeds ¥43 billion. New Investors Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) East Japan Railway Company (JR East) UNIVANCE CORPORATION Returning Investors ITOCHU Technology Ventures, Inc. Obayashi Corporation The Kansai Electric Power Company, Incorporated SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION SuMi TRUST Innovation Investment LPS TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD. NHK SPRING CO., LTD. MUFG Bank, Ltd. Background and ...

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Tokyo, June 18 (Jiji Press)--East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, said Wednesday that it will suspend some services on the Tohoku and Yamagata Shinkansen train lines, following malfunctions found on E8 series Shinkansen trains. The railway operator said that it will halt individual operations of E8 trains until the cause of the trouble is identified. On Tuesday, an out-of-service E8 train......

Tokyo, June 10 (Jiji Press)--East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, said Tuesday that it will start operating a new overnight express train in the spring of 2027. The existing E657 express train will be customized for overnight operation to offer a range of private compartments for one to four people, all with premium, fully flat seats. The train will be painted in two shades of blue, recall......

Tokyo, May 28 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese government panel proposed Wednesday that bus and railway operators be considered for entry into the country's ride-hailing business. The proposal was made by the Regulatory Reform Promotion Council, chaired by Tetsuro Tomita, adviser to East Japan Railway Co. At a meeting of the council on the day, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said: "Regulatory ref......

Tokyo, May 23 (Jiji Press)--All services on East Japan Railway Co.'s busy Yamanote Line in Tokyo were suspended for hours early Friday morning due to wire trouble, found Thursday night. On the loop line, the company, better known as JR East, stopped the inner and outer circle services entirely from Friday's first train. The inner loop service, in which trains run counterclockwise, was re......

Tokyo, May 2 (Jiji Press)--Three Japan Railways Group firms reported sales and profit growth for the year ended in March thanks to brisk travel demand from visitors to the country. East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, saw its sales increase 5.8 pct from the previous year to 2,887.5 billion yen. Sales at Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, rose 7.1 pct to 1,831.8 billion yen. West Japan Ra......

TOKYO (dpa-AFX) - East Japan Railway Co. (EJPRF.PK) reported Wednesday higher profit and operating revenues in fiscal 2025.In the year, profit attributable to owners of parent was 224.29 billion y......

The E10 trains are expected to be put into service in the South Asian country in the early 2030s....

Tokyo, March 27 (Jiji Press)--East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, launched part of its Takanawa Gateway City large-scale redevelopment area in Tokyo on Thursday. The company opened two buildings with offices and a convention center big enough for international conferences in the area located in the former site of a now-defunct railway yard in Minato Ward. The buildings are directly conne......

Arida, Wakayama Pref., March 26 (Jiji Press)--West Japan Railway Co., or JR East, on Wednesday built a station building that consists of parts made with 3D printer technology, in Wakayama Prefecture. It is the world's first station building built with 3D printer technology, the company said. The building at Hatsushima Station in the city of Arida on the Kisei Line is some 2.6 meters high,......

Takanawa Gateway City is a long-planned redevelopment project from JR East that integrates residential, commercial and cultural facilities....

Tokyo, March 14 (Jiji Press)--East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, resumed the operations of coupled trains on its Tohoku Shinkansen high-speed rail line on Friday, eight days after their suspension. The company halted such train operations on the Tohoku line on March 6, when a pair of coupled trains accidentally became detached while traveling in Tokyo. The decoupling was apparently caus......

Tokyo, March 11 (Jiji Press)--East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, said Tuesday that it will resume from Friday the operations of coupled trains on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line, which have been suspended since last week. JR East suspended the operations in response to an incident in which a coupler connecting the Hayabusa No. 21 and Komachi No. 21 bulllet trains on the line, which runs between......

Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)--A coupler connecting the Hayabusa No. 21 and Komachi No. 21 trains on the Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train line in eastern and northeastern Japan came undone on Thursday, temporarily halting service. According to East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, the incident occurred between Ueno Station in Tokyo and Omiya Station in Saitama Prefecture around 11:30 a.m. after t......

JR East aims to put the next-generation shinkansen series into commercial service in fiscal 2030, with each E10 train having 10 cars....

The firm started the services in the cities of Minamiboso and Tateyama in Chiba Prefecture on Monday, and will begin them in Senboku, Akita Prefecture, later this year....

Tokyo, March 2 (Jiji Press)--East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, will offer ride-hailing services using a group firm's rental cars to accommodate customers during hours when taxis and buses are not sufficiently available. The railway operator will start the services in Minamiboso and Tateyama, cities in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Monday and in Senboku, Akita Prefecture, northeastern......

Tokyo, Feb. 27 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo police have arrested two Chinese men for allegedly stealing others' credit card data to charge electronic money to a mobile payment service provided by East Japan Railway Co., or JR East. The two men are suspected of buying cigarettes worth a total of some 80,000 yen at a convenience store in central Tokyo on a dozen occasions in around August and Septembe......

TOKYO (dpa-AFX) - East Japan Railway Company (EJPRF.PK) Monday reported profit before tax of 310.835 billion yen for the 9-month period ended December 31, 2024, higher than 260.966 billion in the ......