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• West Japan Railway chief to head Kansai, Japan, executives' group in May.

  - 2004-12-09

  By Kansai Doyukai, Kyodo News International, Tokyo Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 9--OSAKA, Japan -- The Kansai Association of Corporate Executives Kansai Keizai Doyukai will name Tsuyoshi Kakiuchi, president of West Japan Railway Co., as one of its two co-chairmen in ...

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• West Japan Railway Co. reports 621 false records on tunnel, bridge checks.

  - 2004-07-06

  Kyodo News International, Tokyo Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 6--OSAKA, Japan -- West Japan Railway Co. JR West said Tuesday it has found 621 cases of fabrication of records in its documents since March 2000, most of them falsely suggesting that regular...

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• West Japan Railway Co. Becomes Fully Privatized.

  - 2004-03-12

  Kyodo News International, Tokyo Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 12--TOKYO -- West Japan Railway Co. JR West has become fully privatized as the sale of government-owned shares in the company was completed Friday. The Osaka-based company is the second JR...

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• West Japan Railway Co. to Offer Stock to Investors at 411,000 Yen per Share.

  - 2004-03-08

  Kyodo News International, Tokyo Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 8--TOKYO -- West Japan Railway Co. JR West said Monday its stock will be sold at 411,000 yen per share to the general public in Japan this week as the government has decided to...

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• Government to Sell Entire 31.72 Percent Stake in West Japan Railway Co.

  - 2004-02-20

  Kyodo News International, Tokyo Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 20--TOKYO -- The government will sell off its entire 31.72 percent stake in West Japan Railway Co. JR West in Japan and abroad next month, making the railway operator fully privatized, the company ...

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• West Japan Railway Co. Posts Group Net Profit of 46 Billion Yen for April-Dec.

  - 2004-02-09

  Kyodo News International, Tokyo Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 9--TOKYO -- West Japan Railway Co. JR West said Monday it posted a group net profit of 46.04 billion yen in the April-December period, surpassing its profit of 41.64 billion yen for the business...

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• West Japan Railway Company to Introduce Cell Phone-Operated Lockers.

  - 2003-09-29

  Kyodo News International, Tokyo Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 29--OSAKA, Japan--West Japan Railway Co. JR West will introduce new luggage lockers at Osaka Station on Wednesday that can be accessed with a mobile phone rather than a conventional key, company officials said...

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