Japanese National Railways controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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1987
Privatization-related labor dismissals
The selection of employees for successor JR companies led to allegations of anti-union discrimination, long-running labor cases, and the eventual dismissal of more than one thousand workers who had not secured new positions.
1949
The 1949 railway incidents
The Shimoyama, Mitaka, and Matsukawa incidents occurred within weeks of JNR’s creation. They were initially associated by authorities with communist terrorism, but the causes and responsibility remained contested, making them enduringly controversial episodes in JNR’s early history.