CORPORATE INFORMATION

Overview History

Company Name: Company FY1950/3 FY1994/3 •Establishes Japanese National Railways •Torrential rains damage Ryugamizu Station on the Nippo line Date Established: April 1, 1987 FY1988/3 FY1995/3 Head Office: 3-25-21 Hakata-ekimae, Hakata-ku, •Establishes •Great Hanshin Earthquake occurs 812-8566, •Launches travel business •Establishes the current JR Kyushu Retail, Inc. FY1996/3 Capital: ¥16 billion •Establishes the current JR Kyushu Tetsudou Eigyou Co., Ltd. •Opens the current Hotel Okura JR •Establishes the current JR Kyushu Agency Co., Ltd. •Establishes Kokura Terminal Building Inc. •Adjusts fares for the first time as JR Kyushu (7.8% fare adjustment FY1989/3 rate) •Establishes the current JR Kyushu Financial Management Company •Establishes the current JR Kyushu Food Service Inc. •Launches D&S Train FY1997/3 FY1990/3 •Announces the medium-term business plan “New Action 21” •Adjusts fares and charges to accompany the introduction of con - (1996–2000) sumption tax •Launches the Miyazaki Kuko Line •Establishes the current JR Kyushu System Solutions Inc. •Establishes the current JR Kyushu Resort Development Co., Ltd. FY1998/3 •Establishes the current JR Kyushu Fast Foods Inc. •Adjusts fares and charges to accompany the revised consumption •Makes the current Kyushu Electric System Company a subsidiary tax rate •Makes the current KSK. Ltd. a subsidiary •Establishes Houhi Line Rapid Transit Railway Maintenance Company •Launches general operations system FY1991/3 •Opens Amu Plaza Kokura in the Building •Establishes the current JR Kyushu Consultants Company •Derailment on the at Imajuku Station •Torrential rains damage the Houhi Line •Makes the current JR Kyushu Maintenance Co., Ltd. a subsidiary •Establishes the current JR Kyushu Secom Inc. •Establishes the current JR Kyushu Huis Ten Bosch Hotel Co., Ltd FY1999/3 •Starts regular Beetle 2 international ferry services between •Opens Station Hotel Kokura Fukuoka, Japan, and , South Korea •Establishes the Terminal Building Inc. •Establishes current business alliance (concludes basic agreement) FY1992/3 between JR Kyushu Retail, Inc. and the convenience store business •Announces the medium-term business plan “Action 21” (1991–1995) am/pm Japan Co., Ltd. •Makes the current JR Kyushu-Rent-A-Car&Parking. Co., Ltd. a subsidiary FY2000/3 •Makes the current JR Kyushu Trading Co., Ltd., a subsidiary •Establishes the current JR Kyushu Hotels Inc. •Reopens entire Houhi Line (repaired damage caused by torrential •Launches Houhi Line between Kumamoto and Higo-Ozu rains in 1990) •Introduces first JR Kyushu automatic ticket gates in Minami-Fukuoka Station FY1993/3 •Establishes the current JR Kyushu Building Management Co., Ltd. •Establishes TRANDOR LTD. •Moves Fukuoka head office •Launches the limited express •Opens the current JR Kyushu Hotel Blossom Fukuoka

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FY2001/3 FY2008/3 FY2015/3 •Establishes the current JR Kyushu Housing Company •Announces medium-term business plan “DASH 2011” (2007–2011) •Adjusts fares and charges to accompany the rise in consumption tax •Opens Amu Plaza Nagasaki in the Nagasaki Station Building •Makes the current JR KYUSHU DRUG ELEVEN CO., LTD., a rate •Opens JR Kyushu Hotel Nagasaki subsidiary •Opens JR Kyushu Hotel Blossom Shinjuku •Establishes the current JR Kyushu Bus Company •Opens JR Kyushu Hotel Kokura •Launches Smart Support Station service on the •Completes the general operations system JACROS •Makes the current JR Kyushu Linen Co., Ltd., a subsidiary FY2016/3 FY2002/3 FY2009/3 •Opens JR Oita City in Oita Station (Amu Plaza Oita in Oita Station •Establishes the northern Kyushu head office, combining the •Establishes council to promote urban development in Hakata building) and Fukuoka head offices •Launches IC card ticketing service SUGOCA •Opens JR Kyushu Hotel Blossom Oita •Announces the Medium-Term Business Plan “G-vision ‘03” •Launches D&S Train Aru Ressha (2001–2003) FY2010/3 •Makes Oyama Yumekobo, Inc. a subsidiary •Opens JR Kyushu Hotel Kagoshima •Begins operating D&S Train SL Hitoyoshi •JR Kyushu Food Service Inc. opens Umaya in Akasaka, Tokyo •Launches interoperable IC card ticketing service SUGOCA FY2017/3 •Collision on the Kagoshima Line between Ebitsu and Kyoikudaimae •Begins operating D&S Train Umisachi-Yamasachi •Revises JR Company Law •2016 Kumamoto earthquakes occur FY2003/3 FY2011/3 •Opens JR JP Hakata Building •Makes Sanki Construction Co., Ltd. a subsidiary •Opens Shanghai office •Announces the medium-term business plan JR Kyushu Group •Establishes JR Kyushu Life Service Co., Ltd. •Establishes the current JR Kyushu Farm Co., Ltd. Medium-Term Business Plan 2016–2018 •Establishes Kagoshima Terminal Building Inc. •Establishes Shanghai JR Kyushu Food Service Inc. •“Seven Stars in Kyushu” wins the first Nihon Service Award con- •Makes KYUTETSU CORPORATION a subsidiary •Opens JR Hakata City in (Amu Plaza Hakata in the ferred by the prime minister Hakata Station Building) •Is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section and the Fukuoka FY2004/3 •Begins interoperation with JR Central’s TOICA and JR West’s ICOCA Stock Exchange •Surpasses two million passengers serviced on the Beetle hydrofoil cards •Launches D&S Train ferry •Begins operation of the entire Kyushu line, providing •Derailment on the Nagasaki Line between Oe and Hizen-Nagata through service to the Sanyo Shinkansen line FY2018/3 •Launches the from Shin-Yatsushiro and •Begins operating D&S Train •Establishes of Bangkok office Kagoshima-Chuo •Great East Japan Earthquake occurs •Opens JR Kyushu Hotel Blossom •Begins operating D&S Trains , Kyushu Odan Tokkyu, •Opens Drug Eleven Kyobashi store (our first Drug Eleven branded and saburo/Shinpei FY2012/3 drugstore in Tokyo) •Opens JR Kyushu Hotel Kumamoto •Begins operating D&S Train Aso Boy! •Opens Ropponmatsu development project •Wins awards in three categories at the Cannes Lions international •Makes Caterpillar Kyushu Ltd., a subsidiary FY2005/3 advertising festival for Congratulations Kyushu! campaign celebrat- •Launches Smart Support Station services at some stations in Oita •Announces the medium-term business plan “JR Kyushu Group ing the full opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen line City Medium-Term Business Plan 2004–2006” (2004–2006) •Begins operating D&S Train Let’s Take the A-Train •Opens Higo Yokamon Market commercial facilities below Kumamoto •Opens Amu Plaza Kagoshima in the Kagoshima-Chuo Station •Opens JR Kyushu Hotel building •Opens Akasaka Umaya (Jing’an Temple) Shanghai •July 2017 Northern Kyushu torrential rains occur •2017 Typhoon No. 18 occurs FY2006/3 FY2013/3 •Establishes JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Inc. •Announces the medium-term business plan “Tsukuru 2016” FY2019/3 •Opens JR Hotel Yakushima (2012–2016) •Occurrence of heavy rain in July 2018 •Launches Japan wide interoperable IC card transportation service •Restoration of the entire Kyudai Main Line FY2007/3 •Start of strategic alliance with Alibaba Group •Opens private nursing home SJR Betsuin FY2014/3 •Grand opening of Mojiko Station on the •Surpasses 10 million passengers serviced on the Kyushu Shinkansen •Opens JR Kyushu Hotel Blossom Hakata Chuo •Announcement of JR Kyushu Group Medium-Term Business Plan Tsubame •Establishes JR Kyushu Senior life support, Inc. 2019–2021 •Resumes operations between Miyaji and Bungo-Taketa on the Hohi Line (damaged by torrential rains in northern Kyushu in 2012) •Begins operations of the world’s first cruise train

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