&quot;The Japan Railways Group, more commonly known as JR Group (JRグループ Jeiāru Gurūpu?), consists of seven for-profit companies that took over most of the assets and operations of the government-owned Japanese National Railways on April 1, 1987. Most of the liability of the JNR was assumed by the JNR Settlement Corporation.&quot;
- <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Japan_Railways_Group" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Japan_Railways_Group</a><p>In short, they just agreed to give up a small bit of their own profits.