Japan Freight Railway Co. has opened a representative office in Bangkok to scale up feasibility studies on business opportunities in Thailand. The company in the Japan Railway group said it obtained governmental approval on Sept. 2 for the opening of the office, its first outside Japan, in the capital's Wattana district. It has two staff members, including a locally hired employee. Japan Freight Railway has been providing support for local freight railway services since 2015 under an accord between Japanese and Thai transport authorities, while looking for a foothold in the Southeast Asian cou...
