Financial support for JR Hokkaido and JR Shikoku To consider whether to continue Government November 7, 4:03
JR Hokkaido and JR Shikoku, which have many unprofitable routes, suffered further deterioration due to the effects of the new coronavirus, and the interim results up to September were both the largest deficits ever.
The government will consider whether to revise the law and continue financial support from next year onward, based on the management improvement measures that both companies will show in the future.
The two companies announced on the 6th that in the interim financial results of the entire group for half a year until September, the final profit and loss was 14.9 billion yen for JR Hokkaido and 5.3 billion yen for JR Shikoku, both of which were the largest deficits ever. It was.
The two companies, which have many unprofitable routes, had been under severe management even before the spread of the new corona infection, but the financial support based on the law is expected to end this year.
In response to this situation, the government will consider whether to submit a bill to amend the law necessary to continue financial support from next year onward to the ordinary session of the Diet in January next year.
The government for the two companies, improvement and management, including the cost of the reduction in the prospect through the next month, we asked to show the railway promote the use of measures.
If we judge that the support is appropriate based on the contents, we will summarize the details of the support such as the period and scale of financial support.