Yoshiyuki Kasai
Profile
Performance in office
Tenure
Tenure
Background
He joined Japanese National Railways in April 1963 and, after serving as chief planner in the Management Planning Office and head of the Staff Section of the Staff Bureau, became Deputy Director-General of the Staff Bureau in February 1986. When Central Japan Railway Company was launched in April 1987 in the breakup and privatization of JNR, he became Director and Head of the Corporate Planning Headquarters from day one. He became Managing Director and Head of Corporate Planning in June 1988, Representative Director, Executive Vice President and Head of Corporate Planning in June 1990 and Representative Director and Executive Vice President in June 1992, becoming President after leading the planning function for eight years.
Selection
He became President in June 1995, succeeding Hiroshi Suda, eight years after the company's founding in April 1987 and its second President after the first. When the company acquired the Shinkansen railway facilities of the Tokaido Shinkansen from the Shinkansen Holding Corporation in October 1991, he was Representative Director, Executive Vice President and Head of Corporate Planning. The change appears to have placed at the top the man who had handled JNR reform and the planning function after the launch.
Initiatives
In December 2001 the company was removed from the scope of the law on the passenger railway companies and achieved full privatization. In October 2003 it opened Shinagawa Station on the Tokaido Shinkansen, securing room for more frequent service. Rather than pursuing private-railway-style management of the areas along its lines, it kept up the concentration of management resources on the Tokaido Shinkansen. In the fiscal year ended March 2004, his last year, consolidated revenue was ¥1,384.1 billion and ordinary profit ¥131.0 billion, 1.4 times the ¥93.9 billion of the fiscal year ended March 2002.
Career
Career
Japanese National Railways
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 1963 | Joined |
| 1981 | Corporate Planning Office, Planning, Chief |
| 1983 | Staff, Bureau, Section Manager |
| Feb 1986 | Staff, Bureau, Deputy General Manager |
Central Japan Railway
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| Apr 1987 | Director, General Manager, Corporate Planning Headquarters |
| Jun 1988 | Managing Director, General Manager, Corporate Planning Headquarters |
| Jun 1990 | Representative Director, Executive Vice President, General Manager, Corporate Planning Headquarters |
| Jun 1992 | Representative Director, Executive Vice President |
| Jun 1995 | Representative Director, President |
| Jun 2004 | Representative Director, Chairman |
| Jun 2004 | Stepped down as President |
| Apr 2014 | Representative Director, Honorary Chairman |
| Apr 2018 | Director, Honorary Chairman |
References 1
References (Japanese primary sources)
- 東海旅客鉄道 有価証券報告書【役員の状況】