Japanese postman failed to deliver — 24,000 times, police say
A 61-year-old postman failed to deliver thousands of postal items that he kept at his home instead, police said Thursday. About 24,000 undelivered items were found in the man's home in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, said the police, who sent his case to prosecutors. "It was too ...
Japan Post delivery crews to go green by adopting electric scooters from Honda
Japan Post Co. said Friday it will introduce electric scooters made by Honda Motor Co. for delivery and other services with the aim of reducing the burden it places on the environment. Japan Post plans to deploy 200 of the e-scooters by the end of ...
New Japan Post chief vows to probe leak from ministry on insurance scandal
Hiroya Masuda, the new president at Japan Post Holdings Co., vowed Thursday to investigate a leak to the group of information about administrative punishments that were under consideration in relation to its improper sales of insurance products. "We're preparing to open investigations," Masuda said at ...
New Japan Post chief vows to regain trust as ex-bureaucrats take reins after scandal
New Japan Post Holdings Co. President Hiroya Masuda pledged Monday to regain the public's trust in the former state-owned postal group now being rocked by scandal. "We are facing the biggest crisis since the foundation (of the postal group)," Masuda, 68, told executives of the ...
Execs quit as Japan Post units ordered to halt insurance sales for three months
Japan Post Holdings CEO Masatsugu Nagato, Japan Post Insurance President Mitsuhiko Uehira and Japan Post President Kunio Yokoyama are all resigning over the scandal.
Former minister Hiroya Masuda to lead Japan Post after insurance scandal
Hiroya Masuda, a former minister of internal affairs and communications, will replace Masatsugu Nagato as president of Japan Post Holdings Co., effective early next year, a source familiar with the plan said Thursday. Nagato, head of the former state-owned postal services group, Japan Post Insurance ...
Three Japan Post Group leaders expected to resign over insurance sales scandal
Japan Post Holdings is expected to convene a meeting to discuss the resignations and successor candidates Friday. Former internal affairs minister Hiroya Masuda may replace Masatsugu Nagato as president.
The government needs to probe whether a recent bureaucratic leak is part of a broader and deeper collusion.
The Japan Post group needs to overhaul the organizational culture that was to blame for the illicit practices.
Financial watchdog considers three-month sales halt at Japan Post units
The financial watchdog is considering imposing a three-month suspension of new sales of insurance products at two subsidiaries of the former state-owned postal services group, sources close to the matter said Saturday. The suspension would be slapped on Japan Post Insurance Co. and Japan Post ...
Vice minister of internal affairs quits over leak of penalties to scandal-hit Japan Post
The move is another example of the cozy relations between ministry officials and the Japan Post group.
Japan Post CEO weighs resigning over improper insurance sales
The top executive of Japan Post Holdings Co. said Wednesday he is considering resigning in the wake of a probe that uncovered more than 12,000 cases of suspected improper sales of insurance products at two subsidiaries in the five years through March 2019. "Regarding management ...
