FY2004

This page contains public press releases in exactly the form that they were issued (JR East Public Relations Department).
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	March 28, 2005	:	Mizuho Bank and JR East Form Business Alliance in the Card Business
	March 9, 2005	:	FASTECH 360 High-Speed Shinkansen Test Train to Debut — Running Tests to Start with the Aim of the World's Best Shinkansen Service —
	March 1, 2005	:	Damage and Revised Forecasts of Financial Results Caused by the Earthquake in Chuetsu, Niigata Prefecture
	February 22, 2005	:	East Japan Railway, NTT DoCoMo and Sony to Launch "Mobile Suica" Service
	February 14, 2005	:	Hiring Plans for FY2006
	February 8, 2005	:	Management of Three JR East Group Tokyo-Area Hotels to Be Integrated
	January 31, 2005	:	Partial Restoration of the Shinanogawa Power Station
	December 27, 2004	:	Merger of JR East Group Station Building Management Companies
	December 16, 2004	:	Monetary Damages Relating to the Earthquake in Chuetsu, Niigata Prefecture
	October 27, 2004	:	Ten Million Suica Cards Issued!
	October 15, 2004	:	Business Partnership between ShinGinko Tokyo (opening FY2005) and JR East — "View Suica ShinGinko Tokyo Card" to be issued —
	October 4, 2004	:	Direct Limited Express Service to Link JR East and Tobu Railway Lines
	September 10, 2004	:	Construction Starts on Tokyo Station Yaesu Development Project
	September 7, 2004	:	Suica cards can be used at FamilyMart stores in the Omiya-Urawa area and at Shinagawa [PDF/27KB]
		:	From inside stations ("Ekinaka") to stores throughout the city ("Machinaka"), Suica cards can be used at more locations than ever [PDF/229KB]
	July 13, 2004	:	East Japan Railway to Sell Vodafone Shares
	June 9, 2004	:	Merger of JR East Group Companies
	May 12, 2004	:	Tetsudo Kaikan and Nihon Hotel to Become Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of East Japan Railway
	May 11, 2004	:	JR East to Introduce New Service for Green Cars (first-class cars) Added to Local Trains, and to Increase the Number of Trains Operating on the Shonan-Shinjuku and Other Lines
		:	"ecute"; We've Picked this as a Nickname for the New Spaces for Ticketed Passengers ("Ekinaka") at Omiya and Tachikawa Stations
	April 27, 2004	:	Progress in Making Suica, ICOCA, and PiTaPa Cards Compatible
	April 21, 2004	:	The JAL Group and JR East Agree to Cooperation on a Wide Range of Business Activities and Issue the "JAL Card Suica"!
	April 13, 2004	:	Mobile Suica® Service will Begin in Late 2005