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Keio Corporation

Keio Corporation
Public
Traded as :
Industry Public transport
Real estate
Retail
Predecessor Keio Electric Railway
(京王電気軌道)
Founded Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan (June 1, 1948 (1948-06-01))
Founder Tokutarō Inoue
Headquarters Tama, Tokyo, Japan
Key people
Kan Katō, President & CEO
Revenue ¥429.19 billion (FY2008)
Total assets ¥660.161 billion (FY2008)
Number of employees
2276 (2007)
Subsidiaries Keio Dentetsu Bus
Keio Department Store
Keio Plaza Hotel
Website www.keio.co.jp

Keio Corporation (京王電鉄株式会社 Keiō Dentetsu Kabushiki-gaisha?) (: ) is a private railway operator in Tokyo, Japan, and the central firm of the Keio Group (京王グループ Keiō Gurūpu?) that is involved in transport, retail, real estate and other industries.

The name "Keio" (京王?) is derived from taking one character each from the places through which the railway runs: "Tōkyō" (?) and "Hachiōji" (?). The Keio railway network connects the western suburbs of Tokyo (Chōfu, Fuchū, Hachiōji, Hino, Inagi, Tama) and Sagamihara in Kanagawa with central Tokyo at Shinjuku Station.


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