Interview With Yoshiyuki Kasai, Chairman Of Central Japan Railway Co.

Central Japan Railway Co.'s 700 series Shinkansen bullet trains are parked at a train yard in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Central Japan Railway Co. and China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Corp. are competing for the $8 billion President Barack Obama granted for 13 high-speed corridors across the country, including a Tampa-Orlando line that may include a station at the Walt Disney Co. resort in Orlando. The Japanese company, also known as JR Central, is eyeing North America as a shrinking population at home limits its growth. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images