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Article: Japan: Grand plan for transportation system needed before making all expressways free.
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- November 5, 2009
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Byline: rakshali03
The presidents of seven companies belonging to the Japan Railways (JR) group have jointly urged Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Seiji Maehara to reconsider the government's plan to make expressway tolls free. They claim that the measure would cause their earnings to decline by a total of over 75 billion yen a year.
Of these companies, Hokkaido Railway Co. (JR Hokkaido), Shikoku Railway Co. (JR Shikoku) and Kyushu Railway Co. (JR Kyushu) would run into the red if the government goes ahead with the plan. Hardest hit will be JR Shikoku.
When the state-run Japanese National Railways (JNR) was split into JR ...