JR East Trading

JR East Trading (株式会社ＪＲ東日本商事, JR East Japan Trading) is a joint-stock company (kabushiki gaisha) that serves as the central trading company of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Group. It was established on 13 September 1988 and is wholly (100%) owned by East Japan Railway Company. Its headquarters are in the JR East head-office building at Yoyogi 2-2-2, Shibuya, Tokyo. Paid-in capital is ¥560 million and the company employs about 534 people (as of 1 April 2026). In the fiscal year ended 31 March 2025 net sales were about ¥18.6 billion. Its operations span four main areas: railway materials (commissioned procurement for JR East plus wholesale of railway materials in Japan and abroad, including rail equipment, rolling-stock supplies, electrical goods and uniforms), business solutions, consumer products and insurance brokerage. The President and Representative Director is Hidemaro Onishi. The company is not publicly listed and is a separate legal entity from its parent, JR East.