West Nippon Expressway Company

West Nippon Expressway Company Limited
	Map of Nexco System operations. ; West Nippon is shown in blue.
Native name	西日本高速道路株式会社
Romanized name	Nishi-nihon Kōsoku-dōro Kabushiki-gaisha
Company type	State-owned KK
Predecessor	Japan Highway Public Corporation
Founded	October 1, 2005; 18 years ago
Headquarters	Kita-ku, Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Area served	Kansai, Chūgoku, Kyūshū, Shikoku and Okinawa
Key people	Yoshinari Ishizuka (President)
Owner	Government of Japan
Number of employees	2,374 (2016)
Parent	Japan Expressway Holding and Debt Repayment Agency; (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism)
Website	www.w-nexco.co.jp

The West Nippon Expressway Company Limited (西日本高速道路株式会社, Nishi-nihon Kōsoku-dōro Kabushiki-gaisha), abbreviated as NEXCO West (NEXCO西日本, NEXCO Nishi-Nihon), is one of the main operators of expressways and toll roads in Japan. It is headquartered on the 19th floor of Dojima Avanza in Kita-ku, Osaka.^[2] The company was established on October 1, 2005, as a result of the privatization of Japan Highway Public Corporation.^[3] The company manages roadways mainly in the Kansai and Chūgoku regions as well as on Kyūshū, Shikoku, and Okinawa Island. Roadways in other regions of Japan are managed by East Nippon Expressway Company and Central Nippon Expressway Company.^[4]

References

^ "報告事項". 第１１期事業報告 (PDF) (Report). 西日本高速道路株式会社. 2016-06-27. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
^ "W-NEXCO Corporate Information" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-04-13.
^ Mizutani, Fumitoshi; Uranishi, Shuji (2006). Privatization of the Japan Highway Public Corporation: Policy Assessment (PDF). 46th Congress for the European Regional Science Association. Volos, Greece. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
^ "W-NEXCO Area of Operations" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-04-13.