Four more firms begin special mail delivery in Japan
Bike Kyubin Co. and three other private courier companies on Tuesday began special mail delivery services designating delivery time.
The three others are QCargo Co., Q-Post and Pro Support.
The moves follow the creation April 1 of Japan Post to take over mail delivery and postal savings from the governmental Postal Services Agency as part of postal service deregulation.
Two companies broke into the market for special mail delivery in June, and five others are expected to follow suit in the August-September period.
No company has applied for ministry approval to launch regular nationwide delivery of mail, which requires the installation of a large number of mailboxes.
