JR Central Lowers Earnings Forecast: Yomiuri

Japanese railway group JR Central sharply lowered its consolidated earnings forecast for the fiscal year ending March 2022 from a 15 billion yen surplus to a 30 billion yen deficit, Yomiuri Shimbun reported.

The company has been hit by Japan’s continuing high rates of coronavirus, which affected its flagship Tokaido Shinkansen high-speed route.

Revenues from April to September period exceeded the same period in 2020, but in July-September, during a Covid-related state of emergency, the company took in less than 40% of pre-pandemic revenues.

Read the full report: Yomiuri Shimbun

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