he announced the company ' s three-year plan for management rationalization , called ' action plan 21 .' 経営合理化3ヵ年計画「アクションプラン-21」を発表。
although rail freight transportation used to be the foundation of freight transportation in japan , the volume of rail freight transportation has drastically been decreasing after 1965 due to expansion of expressways and the enriching of home-delivery services , and in a decade from 1975 , at a late stage of jnr , freight trains and their facilities were organized substantially to be taken over to japan freight railway company for management rationalization . かつて鉄道貨物は日本の貨物輸送の基軸を担っていたものの、昭和40年代以降、高速道路網の伸長、宅配サービスの充実などにより、貨物輸送量は激減した、昭和50年代の国鉄末期には、経営合理化のために、貨物列車や設備は大幅に整理された上で、JR貨物に引き継がれた。