Private company

Willer Express

Japanese bus company

Willer Express (ウィラーエクスプレス, stylized WILLER EXPRESS) is a major highway bus company operating in Japan since 2005 with routes spanning almost the entire country, from Aomori Prefecture at the northern tip of the main island Honshu to the southern island Kyushu. Annual sales are approximately $120 million/year, with both domestic passengers and foreigners served through direct sales, a website, as well as the "Japan Bus Pass" and a double-decker tour bus route.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1994Founded1
WILLER EXPRESS Tokyo head office and Shinkiba BASE
Photo: Comyu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Willer Express (ウィラーエクスプレス, stylized WILLER EXPRESS) is a major highway bus company operating in Japan since 2005 with routes spanning almost the entire country, from Aomori Prefecture at the northern tip of the main island Honshu to the southern island Kyushu. Annual sales are approximately $120 million/year, with both domestic passengers and foreigners served through direct sales, a website, as well as the "Japan Bus Pass" and a double-decker tour bus route.2

Corporate structure

Willer Express is part of a group headed by Willer. 3 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Willer Umeda Sky Building, Japan
    • Willer Express Shin-Kiba
    • Willer Trains Subsidiary · Miyazu Station

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1994Founded Founded1

Sources

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