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 SingaporeMoms - Parenting Encyclopedia - Japan Railway
Japan Railway, more commonly called JR, is a collective term for the privatized descendants of the former Japanese National Railways, formed when JNR was divided into seven parts on April 1, 1987.
In Japan, a strong distinction is still made between JR and "genuine" private railways.
JR Tokai or Central Japan Railway Company (東海旅客鉄道 or JR東海)
www.singaporemoms.com /parenting/Jr   (145 words)

  
  Japan Railways - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
JR Hokkaido or Hokkaido Railway Company (北海道旅客鉄道 or JR北海道)
JR Shikoku or Shikoku Railway Company (四国旅客鉄道 or JR四国)
JR Kyushu or Kyushu Railway Company (九州旅客鉄道 or JR九州)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Japan_Railway   (756 words)

  
 Japan Railway : JR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
JR Higashi Nihon or East Japan Railway Company (東日本旅客鉄道 or JR東日本)
JR Nishi Nihon or West Japan Railway Company (西日本旅客鉄道 or JR西日本)
Japan National Railway; 国鉄 or 日本国有鉄道) was privatized on April 1, 1987 and spread into 11 companies.
www.wordlookup.net /jr/jr.html   (308 words)

  
 List of railway companies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of the world's railway operating companies listed alphabetically by continent and country.
Trentino trasporti (railway and bus company of the north)
CFM (Moldovan Railway - Calea Ferată din Moldova)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_railway_companies   (796 words)

  
 Fortune 500 Company and list of Fortune 500 Companies.
The Fortune Global 500 companies list includes the top 500 corporations in the world.
The list is being made taking the revenues as the parameter.
We are trying to provide you with basic information on the company, the CEO of the company, Address, Website url and the listing name in Stock Exchange.
www.economywatch.com /fortune-500-companies   (70 words)

  
 Used Cars from Japan. Japanese Used Car Exporter
We are a global company and a proud member of JUMVEA - Japan Used Motor Vehicle Exporter Association - which is the most reputable organization in the Japanese used car export industry and is accredited by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japanese Government.
Japan said Wednesday its trade surplus nearly quadrupled in August, marking the biggest increase in 24 years thanks to fast-growing exports to the rest of Asia and Europe.
Japan saw a fall in sales during August, according to figures from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association.
best-trade-car.com   (1091 words)

  
 TRANSPORTATION IN JAPAN FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
In Japan, railways are a major means of passenger transport, especially for mass and high-speed transport between major cities and for commuter transport in metropolitan_areas.
Japan has 1,152,207 km of highways with 863,003 km (including 6,114 km of expressways) paved and 289,204 km of unpaved ways (1997 est.).
Japan has 662 ships of 1,000 GRT or over, totaling 13,039,488 GRT or 18,024,969 DWT.
www.witwik.com /Transportation_in_Japan   (750 words)

  
 'Dirty List' Exposes Companies Supporting Regime in Burma
Companies are attracted to Burma by wages as low as 17p a day, a compliant workforce where unions are banned, and limited health and safety laws which in any case are rarely enforced.
This list of companies supporting the regime in Burma (The Dirty List) mainly consists of British companies or foreign companies with a significant presence in Britain.
Subsidiaries or parent companies of companies on the dirty list are automatically included on the 'Dirty List'.
www.csrwire.com /article.cgi/2054.html   (4968 words)

  
 jr   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Japan Railway, more commonly called JR, is a collective term for seven Japanese private railroad companies.
JR Tokai or Central Japan Railway Company(東海旅客鉄道 or JR東海)
Japanese National Railways; 国鉄 or 日本国有鉄道) was privatized and split into 11 companies.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /Jr.html   (257 words)

  
 NS Railway Companies
The only mention of this railway (that I know of) is a few words — "The iron mine was situated three miles south of this location and ore transported in trucks drawn by horses on a railway with rails of maple wood." — on a bronze plaque at Clementsport.
The Atlantic & Inland Railway Co. of Nova Scotia was incorporated by chapter 153 of the Acts of 1893, to build a railway from Liverpool, via Caledonia, to Annapolis or New Germany.
The Joggins Coal & Railway Co. was formed in 1888 by the amalgamation of the Joggins Railway Co. with the Joggins Coal Mining Co. In 1892 the Joggins Coal & Railway Co. was sold to the Canada Coals & Railway Co.
alts.net /ns1625/railways.html   (9932 words)

  
 Japan
Japan has about 100 million television sets in use, and television is the main source of home entertainment and information for most of the population.
Companies provide their own training and show a strong preference for young men who can be trained in the company way.
Japan is academically considered a constitutional monarchy with a bicameral parliament, the Kokkai or Diet but most of Japanese feel strange to the term monarchy and quite a few scholars argue Japan is a republic.
www.websters-dictionary-online.org /definition/english/Ja/Japan.html   (10007 words)

  
 Home Signal
Its primary purpose is to describe the principles behind railway signalling in Great Britain, but some coverage of signalling around the world will also be found.
RAILWAY COMPANIES and CONTRACTORS- A comprehensive listing of railway companies detailing the types of signal box and frames used.
LEVER FRAMES- photographs and descriptions of the different types of lever frame that were used in the UK.
www.signalbox.org   (644 words)

  
 Catalogs -- Lee's Illustrated Stamp Listopedia
Launched in 1867 when it printed a one-page list, Scott Publishing now issues an annual 6-volume worldwide catalog and the popular Specialized Catalogue of U.S. Stamps and Covers.
Color standard catalog of Japanese stamps, distributed by the Japan Philatelic Society.
List of web sites compiled by Francis Chan.
www.filbert.com /stamplistopedia/catalogs   (230 words)

  
 Japan Forbes companies, Forbes Companies in Japan, Forbes Top 500 Company, Forbes Top Company, Forbes List, Forbes ...
Japan Forbes companies, Forbes Companies in Japan, Forbes Top 500 Company, Forbes Top Company, Forbes List, Forbes companies, Forbes Best Company, Free List of Forbes Companies
Forbes Largest 2000 public companies of the world are ranked on the basis of various parameters like score for the sales and profits, assets and the market value and some normalcy conditions.
Here the companies are shown country wise along with its industry types which are as follows:
www.economywatch.com /companies/forbes-list/japan.html   (82 words)

  
 Articles - List of Japanese companies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
This is a list of companies based in Japan.
See lists of companies for lists of companies from other countries.
Japanese National Railways - Reorganized into Japan Railway and divided into 7 companies and 1 reserach institution.
www.worldhammock.com /articles/List_of_Japanese_companies   (103 words)

  
 The Computer Vision Industry
This list is in roughly decreasing order of estimated revenues from the computer vision applications.
$6.6 billion (2003), but this includes many suppliers to the industry that are not listed here.
Company founders include members of the computer vision community.
www.cs.ubc.ca /spider/lowe/vision.html   (3630 words)

  
 Japan Travel - Travel by Train & Rail in Japan
I would like to explain how the train system is truly un-Japanese...
It is located less than five minutes by rail from Tokyo station, Tokyo, Japan.
While there is an official locality named Akihabara nearby, part of Taito-ku, the area known as Akihabara (including the JR railway station of the same name) to most people is actually Soto-Kanda, a part of Chiyoda-ku.
www.japan-101.com /travel/index3.htm   (410 words)

  
 List of railway companies - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Turkish State Railways (TCDD - Turkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryollari)
DSB (Danish State Railways - De Danske Statsbaner)
Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico (National Railways of Mexico)
encyclopedia.learnthis.info /l/li/list_of_railway_companies.html   (587 words)

  
 Japan, my Japan!
It is the highest mountain (3,776m or 12,285ft) in Japan and is world-famous for its superb conical form.
Japan for Dummies - a humorous description of everyday life in Japan.
My Japan - a series of episodes by an Australian living in Japan.
lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp /~matsuoka/Japan.html   (578 words)

  
 Shipping Company Fleet Lists
The following fleet list is not complete by any means, but is an attempt to collect the names of the companies, a brief history of each and the names of the vessels they used.
Clarke Steamship Company / Lower St. Lawrence Transportation Co. Ltd.
Finland Steamship Company / Finska Ångfartygs Aktiebolaget (FÅA)
www.theshipslist.com /ships/lines   (2100 words)

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