CORPORATE INFORMATION Overview History Company Name: Kyushu Railway 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 Kyushu Railway Company • Great Hanshin Earthquake occurs Fukuoka 812-8566, Japan • 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 Huis Ten Bosch • 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 Yufuin no Mori 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 Kokura Station Building • Establishes the current JR Kyushu Consultants Company • Derailment on the Chikuhi Line 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 hydrofoil ferry services between • Opens Station Hotel Kokura Fukuoka, Japan, and Busan, South Korea • Establishes the Nagasaki 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 Tsubame limited express • Opens the current JR Kyushu Hotel Blossom Fukuoka INTEGRATED REPORT 2019 KYUSHU RAILWAY COMPANY 68 History 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 Kashii Line • 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) Kitakyushu 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 Hakata Station (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 Kawasemi Yamasemi ferry • Begins operation of the entire Kyushu Shinkansen line, providing • Derailment on the Nagasaki Line between Oe and Hizen-Nagata through service to the Sanyo Shinkansen line FY2018/3 • Launches the Kyushu Shinkansen from Shin-Yatsushiro and • Begins operating D&S Train Ibusuki no Tamatebako • Establishes of Bangkok office Kagoshima-Chuo • Great East Japan Earthquake occurs • Opens JR Kyushu Hotel Blossom Naha • Begins operating D&S Trains Hayato no Kaze, 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 Miyazaki Station 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 Kagoshima Main Line • 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 Seven Stars in Kyushu INTEGRATED REPORT 2019 KYUSHU RAILWAY COMPANY 69.