Nippon Express aims to undercut Japan Post registered mail service
Nippon Express Co. said Monday it will begin a nationwide mail service Feb. 13 to compete with Japan Post’s registered mail operation.
The service will handle contracts and similar documents, whose mailing costs exceed 1,000 yen, sent by companies and other organizations, delivering them the next day, according to company officials. It will handle no postcards or personal letters.
The maximum weight of deliverable mail will be 20 kilograms. Nippon Express aims to receive 1 million orders for the new service in fiscal 2006.
A similar registered mail service Japan Post offers charges a flat fee of 1,270 yen, regardless of the destination, for mail weighing up to 2 kg. Nippon Express will change its prices depending on the distance to the destination.
The price between Tokyo and northeastern or central Honshu Island, for example, will be 1,190 yen.
Customers must sign up for the Nippon Express service in advance, after which the company’s delivery staff will visit them to pick up their mail. The staff will be sent to collect even one piece of mail, according to the officials.
Customers can check using the Internet as to whether their mail has been delivered.
Nippon Express to enter mail delivery service in Feb
Asia In Focus 01-30-2006
TOKYO, Jan 30 Asia in Focus – NIPPON EXPRESS CO. (TSE:9062) in February will become the first private-sector company to enter the nationwide mail delivery business in direct competition with JAPAN POST, The Nihon Keizai Shimbun learned Sunday. Nippon Express will handle mail with delivery charges exceeding 1,000 yen (US$8.53), picking up the documents from customers and delivering them the next day.
* While Japan Post holds a monopoly in registered mail, Nippon Express’ service will be cheaper in certain areas.
* The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has deregulated mail deliveries whose charges top 1,000 yen.
SUMMARY
Nippon Express to be Japan’s 1st private firm to enter mail delivery business to compete with Japan Post: Nikkei
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