On the Express to Success

摘要

On a clearday, from the top floor of the JR East Head Office in Tokyo, you can see Mount Fuji, a World Heritage Site. However, as company President and CEO Tetsuro Tomita enthusiastically explains, the company's vision for the future stretches far beyond the legendary peak. The East Japan Railway Company-or JR East, as it is commonly known-was founded 27 years ago when the nationally owned Japan National Railways(JNR)was privatized. From its original office in the eastern part of Japan's main island, Honshu, the company has expanded to offices in New York, Paris, Brussels, Singapore and will do so in London.