The paper provides information for railway systems based on 30 years' experience of Japanese railway privatization … transport of the high-speed railway (the Shinkansen logistics), as well as the population decline and aging society in Japan and … their relationship with the railway system. Last, we summarize the implications of Japan's railway experience for a broader …

The privatizations of Japanese National Railways (JNR) and Japan Post (JP) have been one of the biggest reforms for … state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Since the beginning of the privatization processes in 1987 for JNR and 2007 for JP …