>>1253536So the corporate shell JR Central set up in Texas is called High-Speed-Railway Technology Consulting Corporation, or HTeC (the fact they missed the opportunity to call it HiTeC makes me sad).
One of the people I found online that works there is named Hiroto Sunahara. This guy worked for JR Central for 7 years, and did high-level civil engineering stuff, i.e. project management. Another guy, Yuta Hagiwara. Once again, similair background. Worked for JR Cemtral for 5 years, primarily dealt with engineering Shinkansen infrastructure, except this guy seems to specialize in electric catenary and power distribution instead of project management.
Unfortunately, none of the other 18 guys there seem to have bothered with LinkedIn, so that's the only one I can pin for sure. Still, while these people might not be JR Central's a-game, they're definitely some of their b-team. They're serious about this project.