Tag: Japan

JR Tokai to transport courier items via Japans Bullet Train system

Posted by | Nov 30, 2002 | |

In Japan, a new service will be introduced by the Central Japan Railway Co (also known as JR Tokai) in April 2003, allowing courier companies to send small packages or documents using shinkansen or bullet trains. The firm will offer 40 times of deliveries each days. The service will only available for stations between Shin-Osaka and Tokyo and would be expanded to Tokyo-Nagoya in the future. Currently, Sagawa Express Co and Nippon Express Co are considering to use the service.

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Reformed PSA to be dubbed Japan Post

Posted by | Nov 18, 2002 | |

The public postal corporation to replace the Postal Services Agency in April is to be unofficially called Japan Post, sources said Friday.

The corporation will use a new logo in addition to ?, which the agency has used for more than 100 years. The agency is considering accepting proposals for the new logo from the public, the sources said.

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Yamato Transport expects cost reduction to boost profit

Posted by | Nov 12, 2002 | |

Major parcel delivery company Yamato Transport Co. said Tuesday it expects its group net profit in the year to next March will rise 12.0 pct from the previous year to 30.8 billion yen, thanks to cost cutting. Sales are projected to rise 3.2 pct to 962 billion yen, as the company’s efforts to broaden its customer base and to gain orders online are beginning to bear fruit.

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Sagawa Express to enter registered mail business

Posted by | Nov 9, 2002 | |

Sagawa Express Co., a parcel delivery service firm, plans to enter the registered mail delivery business at the end of March 2003, company officials said Saturday. The move will allow the Kyoto-based company to expand its service by delivering credit cards and other confidential items as registered mail. The Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications is expected to allow parcel delivery companies to deliver such items as credit cards, checks and gift vouchers in line with the April 2003 launch of a public postal corporation, as part of its deregulation of the state-run postal service.

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Japan mail volume seen plunging due to spread

Posted by | Nov 8, 2002 | |

The state-run mail delivery service is expected to see a decrease of up to 1.2 billion postcards and letters over five years from fiscal 2002 due to the widespread use of e-mail, according to a recent Postal Services Agency estimate.

The number of postcards and letters handled by the service increased for the seventh consecutive year in fiscal 2001.

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