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Japan Post seeks law revision to end delivery of ordinary mail items on Saturdays
Against the backdrop of labor shortages and a fall in demand for postal services, Japan Post Co. has requested a law revision to allow it to limit deliveries of ordinary postal items to weekdays. The company currently delivers mail even on Saturdays based on the ...
Japan Post to begin test deliveries using drones in Fukushima next month
Japan Post Co. has said that it will begin to test drone deliveries between two post offices in Fukushima Prefecture next month. The transport ministry on Friday approved an application by the company for flying a drone without an operator watching the airborne device or ...
Japan Post to accept cashless payments by time of Tokyo Olympics
Japan Post Co. plans to accept cashless payments for postcards and parcel deliveries at its post offices by early 2020. Currently, customers can purchase postcards and pay parcel delivery fees at post offices with only cash or stamps, while post offices in many other countries ...
Drone deliveries ready to soar in Japan but lingering issues likely to keep post office in business
A drone carrying a package sails through the air, touching down to make a delivery right on a customer's doorstep. Amazon.com Inc. wowed the world in 2013 with a video purporting to show what the future of the delivery industry would look like. But are ...
Japan Post Co. will launch a cold storage express parcel service to India later this month amid growing demand for fresh Japanese food among local and Japanese residents in the South Asian country. The service will begin next Thursday with the help of India Post, ...
Japan Post Holdings Inc. plans to set up a wholly owned unit to strengthen the group's real estate business, sources said Wednesday. Through the new subsidiary, the Japan Post Holdings group aims to nurture its real estate operations into a new cash cow, taking advantage ...
Japan Post to start trial of self-driving delivery cars on public roads in Tokyo
Japan Post Co. will conduct a trial of self-driving delivery cars on public roads in Tokyo next week, with an aim of introducing a fleet of the vehicles by 2020 to cope with driver shortages. Ahead of the trial, the company held a ceremony at ...
Japan Post's delivery vehicles to measure radiation in Fukushima
Japan Post Co. and the Fukushima Prefectural Government have signed a comprehensive partnership agreement that includes a plan for it to measure radiation in areas tainted by the 2011 nuclear disaster. "The agreement is very assuring, as we will be able to receive support for ...
Japan Post chief sees bright future beyond mail services
Even for Masatsugu Nagato, an experienced business executive who has worked in prominent companies, making Japan Post Holdings Co. stand on its own two feet as a private company comes as a daunting challenge. But Nagato, its president, says he is confident he can accomplish ...
Japan Post Bank Co. will invest up to ¥500 billion ($4.4 billion) in several foreign funds as part of efforts to diversify its profit sources, in response to the nation's low interest rate environment, the president of the bank's holding company said Wednesday. Japan Post ...
Ex-Toshiba chief Taizo Nishimuro, prominent business leader, dead at 81
Taizo Nishimuro, a former president of technology conglomerate Toshiba Corp. and a leading figure in the Japanese business community, has died at age 81, a Toshiba source said Wednesday. Nishimuro had also headed Japan Post Holdings Co. and Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc. The date and ...
