{"id":149645,"date":"2022-11-02T13:50:10","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T04:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=149645&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2022-11-04T17:29:06","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T08:29:06","slug":"jr-kyushus-profitable-for-first-time-in-three-years","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/jr-kyushus-profitable-for-first-time-in-three-years\/","title":{"rendered":"JR Kyushu Profitable For First Time in Three Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JR Kyushu announced its interim financial results for the current fiscal year on <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">November <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. The company posted a profit for the first time in three years, thanks to the return of railroad and hotel passengers, which had declined due to the impact of the new Corona. The railroad business alone posted an operating income of 0.8 billion yen due to cost reductions such as more efficient window operations and the return of rail and hotel customers, which had declined due to the new Corona. Revenue from the railroad business was only 73% of what it was in 2018 before the Corona disaster. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jrkyushu.co.jp\/news\/__icsFiles\/afieldfile\/2022\/11\/01\/221101_kessan_2Q.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JR Kyushu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rkb.jp\/news-rkb\/202211013617\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RKB<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-149646\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fnn_jr-kyushu-train-787_2022_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"JR Kyushu's Profitable For First Time in Three Years\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fnn_jr-kyushu-train-787_2022_WEB.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fnn_jr-kyushu-train-787_2022_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fnn_jr-kyushu-train-787_2022_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fnn_jr-kyushu-train-787_2022_WEB.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Get Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu area news and events in English regularly.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sign up for our <\/span><b>free<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> weekly newsletter. Opt out at any time and privacy is protected. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get the \u201cNow\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Disclaimer: These summaries are from publicly posted contents. Errors might occur during translation. Images are sourced independently for illustrative purposes and credited appropriately. Use <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this form<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to send feedback or ask for edits.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JR Kyushu announced its interim financial results for the current fiscal year on November 1. The company posted a profit for the first time in three years, thanks to the return of railroad and hotel passengers&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":149652,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-149645","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kyushu","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/149645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149645"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}