The Japan Railways Group, more commonly known as JR Group (JRグループ, Jeiāru Gurūpu?), consists of seven for-profit companies that took over most of the assets and operations of the government-owned Japanese National Railways on April 1, 1987. Most of the liability of the JNR was assumed by the JNR Settlement Corporation.
JNR Settlement Corporation (日本国有鉄道清算事業団, Nippon [...]
