The Diet passed a bill Friday to revise the Japan Railway law to fully privatize three JR group railroads operating in Honshu.
The bill, which had already cleared the House of Representatives, was approved at a plenary session of the House of Councilors.
The three firms are East Japan Railway Co., West Japan Railway Co. and Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai).
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