9,500 JR Central employees to take leave due to declining travel demand
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Few people stand on a platform for the Tokaido Shinkansen line at Tokyo Station on Jan. 2. | KYODO
Kyodo
Jan 15, 2021
Nagoya – Central Japan Railway Co. said Friday about 9,500 employees will take several days off in the period between Jan. 25 and the end of February, as travel demand has declined amid a resurgence of coronavirus infections.
The railway company, which operates shinkansen connecting Tokyo and Osaka, decided to introduce such a measure for the first time since its founding in 1987 following the privatization of the state-owned Japanese National Railways.