Postal privatization -- Page 3
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi reiterated his resolve Friday to split the nation's state-run postal services into four privatized companies -- a plan destined to put the prime minister and his own party on a collision course.
"I will make all-out efforts to realize postal privatization, believing it will open a new door for Japan," Koizumi said in a policy speech before the Diet, which convened the same day.
Koizumi said the separated entities' financial conditions will be publicized as a means of ensuring their independence.