Business Company Logo / Symbol color Stock Region(s) of operation Note Passenger Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido) Light green Not listed Hokkaido operates Hokkaido Shinkansen in Hokkaido East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Green TYO: 9020 Tōhoku, Kantō, Hokuriku, Kōshin'etsu operates Tōhoku Shinkansen, Yamagata Shinkansen, Akita Shinkansen, Jōetsu Shinkansen and Hokuriku Shinkansen (with JR West) Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) Orange TYO: 9022 Tōkai operates Tōkaidō Shinkansen in Kantō and Kansai West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Blue TYO: 9021 Hokuriku, Kansai, Chūgoku, Kyūshū operates Sanyō Shinkansen in Kansai, Chūgoku and Kyushu and Hokuriku Shinkansen (with JR East) in Hokuriku Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku) Light blue Not listed Shikoku Kyūshū Railway Company (JR Kyūshū) Red TYO: 9142 Kyūshū operates Kyūshū Shinkansen in Kyūshū Freight Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) Container Blue Not listed Nationwide Research organization Railway Technical Research Institute (RTRI) Light purple Not listed IT Services Railway Information Systems (JR System) Dark red Not listed