Japan delegation at global travel summit

Japan delegation at global travel summit

LAS VEGAS, United States - Japanese delegation head Atsutoshi Nishida (C) and vice head Mutsutake Otsuka (R) attend the Global Travel and Tourism Summit in Las Vegas on May 19, 2011. Nishida, chairman of Toshiba Corp., and Otsuka, chairman of East Japan Railway Co., asked leaders of global tourism industry to help Japanese tourism recovering from the March 11 disaster.

JR East names vice president Seino as president

JR East names vice president Seino as president

TOKYO, Japan - East Japan Railway Co. Executive Vice President Satoshi Seino (L) speaks at a press conference at the company head office in Tokyo on Feb. 15 after being named to succeed President Mutsutake Otsuka (R).

JR East, Mizuho to issue IC card with cash, credit, ticket functions

JR East, Mizuho to issue IC card with cash, credit, ticket functions

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Bank President Seiji Sugiyama (L) and East Japan Railway Co. President Mutsutake Ohtsuka show off a specimen of an IC card jointly developed by the two companies at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on March 28. The card to be issued in 2006 combines the functions of a cash card, credit card and train fare card.

JR East, Mizuho to issue IC card with cash, credit, ticket funct

JR East, Mizuho to issue IC card with cash, credit, ticket funct

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Bank President Seiji Sugiyama (L) and East Japan Railway Co. President Mutsutake Ohtsuka show off a specimen of an IC card jointly developed by the two companies at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on March 28. The card to be issued in 2006 combines the functions of a cash card, credit card and train fare card. (Kyodo)

JR East names vice president Seino as president

JR East names vice president Seino as president

TOKYO, Japan - East Japan Railway Co. Executive Vice President Satoshi Seino (L) speaks at a press conference at the company head office in Tokyo on Feb. 15 after being named to succeed President Mutsutake Otsuka (R). (Kyodo)

Japan delegation at global travel summit

Japan delegation at global travel summit

LAS VEGAS, United States - Japanese delegation head Atsutoshi Nishida (C) and vice head Mutsutake Otsuka (R) attend the Global Travel and Tourism Summit in Las Vegas on May 19, 2011. Nishida, chairman of Toshiba Corp., and Otsuka, chairman of East Japan Railway Co., asked leaders of global tourism industry to help Japanese tourism recovering from the March 11 disaster. (Kyodo)