JR EAST GROUP MANAGEMENT VISION V—EVER ONWARD Business Conditions
Changes in Business Conditions Expected changes in business conditions include further decrease in and aging of the population over the medium-to-long term, concentration of the population in cities, technological innovation, and expansion of the overseas railway market.
Risk Decrease in and Aging of Japan’s Population as Although population decline is unavoidable, JR East aims to heighten Birth Rates Decline the convenience of railways, which will grow passenger traffic by increasing Japan’s population is likely to decrease further and become more the number of trips per person and by encouraging the selection of railways concentrated in cities. Also, eastern Japan’s productive population has over other modes of transportation. Moreover, heightening the convenience begun trending downward. By 2020, the elderly are projected to account of railways will enhance the value of and maintain population levels in JR for 30% of the region’s population. These trends will significantly affect East’s line-side areas. (Related information Page 46, Transportation) the JR East Group’s business management.
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