West Japan Railway (JR West) Group Adopts ProShip's "ProPlus+" for New Lease Accounting Standard Compliance

ProShip Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Motofumi Suzuki) announced that its SaaS solution, "ProPlus+," has been adopted by the group companies of West Japan Railway Company (Headquarters: Osaka City, Osaka; President: Shoji Kurasaka, "JR West") as the unified system platform for compliance with Japan's new lease accounting standards.

The JR West Group operates a wide range of businesses centered on its railway network in the Western Japan area, including retail, food and beverage, real estate, and hotels. In anticipation of the new domestic lease accounting standards scheduled for application from April 2027, the group has solidified its response policy and completed system selection at an early stage.

Background and Challenges The JR West Group was considering a group-wide system response for the mandatory application of the new lease accounting standards. Given its diverse business domains, the group faced the following challenges: - Unifying disparate lease management processes across companies to achieve a governance-driven response to the new standards. - Promoting the project with a sufficient preparation period to avoid on-site confusion.

Reasons for Selection After comparing multiple products, "ProPlus+" was selected for the following advantages: - The ability to implement the system on a relaxed schedule by leveraging the benefits of SaaS. - Comprehensive standard features that cover the diverse and complex business requirements of the group. - A proven track record in the railway industry, allowing the use of best practices from other companies in the sector.

Effects and Future Outlook The adoption of this system is expected to standardize the level of new lease accounting compliance across the JR West Group and improve group-wide governance and operational accuracy through timely visualization of contract statuses. Early adoption will enable a smooth start of operations with standardized business processes when the standards take effect. The JR West Group aims to strengthen its management foundation by implementing "ProPlus+".

ProShip will leverage its expertise as a specialized vendor to fully support the smooth system operation for each JR West Group company.

ProShip Future Support Project In November 2025, ProShip launched the "ProShip Future Support Project," linking its business of supporting new lease accounting standards with CSR activities. The initiative involves donating JPY 10,000 to the Japanese Red Cross Society for every adoption by a large enterprise with sales exceeding JPY 100 billion. The current planned donation amount is JPY 3,010,000, based on 301 adoptions.