Bullet train operator JR Kyushu pulls out of Shanghai

Coronavirus travel slump undermines rationale for Chinese office

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JR Kyushu's Tsubame bullet train leaves Hakata Station in the Japanese city of Fukuoka. (Photo by Masaru Shioyama)

YOSHIKAZU IMAHORI, Nikkei staff writer

FUKUOKA, Japan -- Japanese bullet train operator Kyushu Railway will close its Shanghai office at the end of March, seeing no immediate prospect of a recovery in Japan-bound travel.

Better known as JR Kyushu, the group established the outpost in 2010 to conduct market research, seeking to promote Chinese travel to Japan's southwestern region of Kyushu. The office also coordinated with local governments in Kyushu.

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