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Annual Report 2014 Year Ended March 31, 2014 Profile Taking the Next Step Annual Report 2014 Year ended March 31, 2014 Profile Taking the Next Step. Working together with communities. Management Vision: The JR-West Group will strive to contribute to the invigoration of the West Japan area through its business activities, and to that end we will strive to be a corporate group that excels in safety management and earns the trust of customers, communities, and society. Contents Our History 2 Introduction West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) is one of the six Overview ....................................................................................... 2 passenger railway transport companies created in 1987, when Financial Highlights ................................................................. 4 Japanese National Railways was split up and privatized. In our Non-financial Highlights ....................................................... 6 railway operations, our core business activity, our railway 8 Business Strategy and Operating Results network extends over a total of 5,015.7km. Making the most of The President’s Message ........................................................ 8 the various forms of railway asset value represented by our Medium-Term Management Plan 2017.......................... 11 stations and railway network, we are also engaged in retail, Operating Results by Business Segment ...................... 18 real estate, hotel, and other businesses. Main Regions of 28 ESG Section Business Company Operation 28 CSR Overview .............................................................................. Hokkaido Railway Company Hokkaido Safety............................................................................................... 30 Customer Satisfaction ............................................................. 32 East Japan Railway Company Tohoku, Kanto Coexistence with Communities ......................................... 34 Central Japan Railway Company Tokai Human Resources/Motivation ............................................ 36 Passenger 38 West Japan Railway Company Hokuriku, Kansai, Environment ................................................................................ Chugoku Corporate Governance .......................................................... 40 Board of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members ... 46 Shikoku Railway Company Shikoku 47 Executive Officers ..................................................................... Kyushu Railway Company Kyushu Organizational Structure ....................................................... 48 Freight Japan Freight Railway Company Nationwide 49 Financial Section Consolidated 10-Year Financial Summary .................... 50 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Operations ......... 52 Regarding the Company’s Fiscal Year Operational and Other Risk Information ....................... 54 Financial Statements .............................................................. 62 The Company’s fiscal year is from April 1 to March 31. The fiscal Analysis of JR-West Operations ......................................... 92 years referred to in this Report are the years ending on the last Investor Information ............................................................... 95 day of the indicated year. Consolidated Subsidiaries/Corporate Data.................. 96 e.g. fiscal 2014, FY2014 the year ending March 31, 2014 Cautionary Statement with Respect to Forward-Looking Statements This annual report contains forward-looking statements that are based on JR-West’s current from expectations include, but are not limited to: expectations, assumptions, estimates, and projections about its business, industry, and capital • expenses, liability, loss of revenue, or adverse publicity associated with property or casualty losses; markets around the world. • economic downturn, deflation, and population decreases; These forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Generally, • adverse changes in laws, regulations, and government policies in Japan; these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology • service improvements, price reductions, and other strategies undertaken by competitors such as such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “plan,” or similar words. other passenger railway and airline companies; These statements discuss future expectations, identify strategies, contain projections of results • earthquake and other natural disaster risks; and of operations or of JR-West’s financial condition, or state other forward-looking information. • failure of computer telecommunications systems disrupting railway or other operations. Known or unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors could cause the actual results to All forward-looking statements in this annual report are made as of September 2014 based on differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. JR-West cannot information available to JR-West as of September 2014, and JR-West does not undertake to update promise that the expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements will turn out to be or revise any of its forward-looking statements or reflect future events or circumstances. correct. JR-West’s actual results could be materially different from and worse than expectations. Future compensation and other expenses related to the Fukuchiyama Line accident that occurred on Important risks and factors that could cause actual results to be materially different April 25, 2005 are difficult to estimate reasonably at this time, and so have not been included in forecasts. Yonago ● West Japan Area ● Hiroshima Okayama ● ● Hakata JR-West at a Glance Transportation operations Other operations Railway and Real Estate and Bus and Ferry Services Retail Business Transportation Operations Non-Transportation Operations Sanyo Shinkansen Operating Revenues Retail Business by Business Segment (from Third Parties) (Consolidated) Kansai Urban Area (including the Urban Network) Real Estate Business Other Conventional Lines Other Businesses Fiscal 2014 Total billion Bus and Ferry Services ¥1,331.0 West Japan at a Glance JR-West’s railway network covers 18 prefectures in the western half of the island of Honshu and the northern tip of the island of Kyushu, and comprises 20% of Japan’s land area. The area we serve is home to approximately 43.1 million people, about 34% of the country’s population, and has a nominal GDP of ¥159 trillion. It also sees visits by 918 million tourists annually. GDP Population Tourists ● Kanazawa ¥159 trillion 43.1million 918 million ● Fukuchiyama Kobe ● ● Kyoto ● Osaka ● Wakayama Annual Report 2014 1 JR-West at a Glance Shinkansen Compared to Airlines Shinkansen is used by many In Japan, many businessmen and tourists use the Shinkansen. For the Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe Area to Fukuoka, for example, over 80% of people prefer to travel by Shinkansen rather than airline. Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe Area to Fukuoka Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe Area to Kumamoto JRAirlines (Number of passengers) JR’s Market Share (%) JRAirlines (Number of passengers) JR’s Market Share (%) 2009 81.3 2009 30.4 2010 82.4 2010 31.7 2011 85.3 2011 36.9 2012 88.0 2012 56.3 2013 83.8 2013 59.2 2014128 81.7 2014 116 61.6 (FY) (FY) Note: Figures for the fiscal 2014 are preliminary. Each graph bar represents the number of passengers using JR and the number of passengers using airlines; the bars indicate the total number of passengers using JR or using airlines compared to the base year index of 100 (the fiscal 1997). Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe area and Kumamoto: the base year index of 100 (the fiscal 2008) Source: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism West Japan at a Glance West Japan World Ranking GDP Population larger than Australia larger than Argentina The West Japan area has a GDP of approximately ¥159 trillion. The population of the West Japan area is 43.1 million. Compared to Compared to a GDP ranking of the world’s nations and regions, a population ranking of the world’s nations and regions, the population the GDP of West Japan is larger than that of even the nation of Australia. of West Japan is larger than that of the nation of Argentina. GDP Ranking of the World’s Nations and Regions Population Ranking of the World’s Nations and Regions Ranking Country GDP (Trillions of yen) Country Population (Million) 7 Brazil 239.60 France 64.3 8 Russia 202.20 United Kingdom 63.1 9 Italy 201.41 Italy 61.0 10 India 182.48 Spain 46.9 West Japan 11 Canada 181.91 West Japan Argentina 41.4 43.1 million 12 Australia 154.18 159 trillion Poland 38.2 13 Spain 135.21 Canada 35.2 14 Mexico 117.71 Malaysia 29.7 15 South Korea 115.59 Australia 23.3 16 Indonesia 87.82 Netherlands 16.8 Source: GDP: World Economic Outlook Database, April 2013, International Monetary Fund Source: World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision, United Nations JR-West Compared to Private Lines Eco-friendly System High share in the Urban Network Area Maintaining high passenger usage, In the Urban Network area, JR-West commands a market and low energy consumption share greater than that of the five private lines combined. and CO2 emissions Transportation Usage, Energy Consumption and CO2 Emissions Market Share (Traffic Volume Base) of Domestic Modes of Transportation (FY2010, Nationwide) JR-West 5 Private Railways in Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe Area* Other Railways (%) Railway Bus Car Other (Including airplane) (%) Transportation Usage Ratio 29 551 15 44.3 44.3 44.4 44.5 43.1 42.9 43.2 43.8 43.7 44.1 44.1 42.7 42.5 Energy Consumption Ratio 42.4 41.9 41.9
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