Tag: Japan

Kyoto / Bike courier gears up to deliver local mail

Posted by | Sep 2, 2003 | |

Bicycle courier service Losstime Co will become the nation’s first private mail delivery operator on Oct 1 in a limited area within Kyoto Prefecture.

The venture company, based in Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto, obtained a special mail delivery license on Aug 6 after submitting an application to the Kinki Telecommunications Bureau in July.

The company says it will deliver mail “within about three hours” from being received in central Kyoto at charges that will be decided “in consideration of Japan Post’s mail charges.”

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TNT Express plans new asian cargo hub at Incheon

Posted by | Aug 28, 2003 | |

TNT Express plans to use a new cargo terminal at Incheon International Airport as its Northeast Asian logistics hub according to Ministry of Construction and Transportation. It follows a similar move in July by industry leader DHL.

The new terminal for TNT is to be built on a lot covering 6,600sqm at a cost of USD6 million.

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Blaster worm variant enters Japan Post computers

Posted by | Aug 20, 2003 | |

Japan Post has said a variant of the Blaster computer worm has intruded into some of the 6,000 computers on the postal services organization’s nationwide network for in-house communications.

The variant, the MS Blast D, has inflicted damage on computers at Japan Post’s Tokyo headquarters and nine branches from Hokkaido to Shikoku island, the state-run corporation said.

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Japan Post to launch new parcel delivery service in October

Posted by | Aug 14, 2003 | |

Japan Post plans to begin a 500 yen nationwide delivery service from October for parcels that weigh up to two kilograms, or the equivalent of about 200 sheets of A4 paper.

The new service will be an extension of a trial Japan Post has been conducting in three Tokyo wards and two Osaka wards since April.

Japan Post plans to apply to the Public Management Ministry at the end of September for approval to introduce the new service in mid-October.

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Matsushita assists distribution plan for UPS U.S. deliveries

Posted by | Aug 13, 2003 | |

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said it has created, with United Parcel Service Inc., a distribution system for U.S.-bound electronic components. The new system will enable Matsushita to deliver its parts to its more than 250 U.S. corporate clients within three days after an order is placed, compared with the current five to six days, a Matsushita spokesman said.

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