When the gigantic Japan Post takes its first steps toward privatization in October 2007, the reins should be held by people who have had experience heading private businesses, Heizo Takenaka, who doubles as minister in charge of postal privatization and minister of internal affairs and communications, said Friday.
"We're talking about an enormous company with 260,000 employees. I think it's natural to seek someone with experience at the top," rather than secondary leaders, such as a vice president, Takenaka said in a group interview.
The managers of the privatized postal services will be expected to make the mail, savings and life insurance operations as profitable as possible.