Japan Post to enter parcel delivery service for frozen food

Japan Post will start testing a parcel delivery service for frozen food in Kyushu this month through a tie-up with Nippon Express Co. ahead of the scheduled launch of a nationwide service later this year, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported Saturday.

During the three-month trial, Japan Post will accept parcels whose senders and receivers are both located in the Kyushu region in southwestern Japan, the report said, adding Nippon Express will pick up, store and deliver parcels weighing less than 4 kilograms on behalf of Japan Post.

Adding frozen food deliveries will place Japan Post’s Yu-Pack parcel shipping service on roughly the same level as those offered by such rivals as Yamato Transport Co., Sagawa Express Co. and Nippon Express, the report said.