Central Japan Railway Company engages in the railway and related businesses in Japan. The company operates through three segment: Transportation, Merchandise and Other, and Real Estate. It operates railway and conventional lines; and department stores. The company also engages in the wholesale and retail of food and beverage; leasing of real estate properties, such as station buildings; and bus operation, contracted accounting and financial, hotel, travel, advertising, rolling stock production, construction, and track maintenance businesses. In addition, it develops and maintains computer system, as well as offers construction consulting services. The company was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.