"We hope to implement it soon,"
The state of emergency, under which people are urged to refrain from nonessential outings and restaurants are asked to shorten opening hours, will remain in place through
The number of passengers using the company's Sanyo Shinkansen and Hokuriku Shinkansen lines both plunged 71 percent
JR West's previous temporary layoff between May and July last year affected a total of 18,000 employees.
Among other railway operators,
As travel by train remains sluggish due to the pandemic, JR West also said Monday it will start a business of transporting cargo such as seafood using Shinkansen bullet trains in cooperation with other railway operators and logistics companies.
==Kyodo
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