DHL Worldwide Express plans to open an 18,000-square-meter distribution center near Tokyo in October. The ¥7 billion ($57 million) center, located between Narita Airport and downtown Tokyo, is part of a nearly $100 million investment by DHL in Japan over the past three years, said John Mullen, DHL’s chief operating officer in the Asia-Pacific region.
Read MoreDHL Worldwide Express, the worlds largest air express courier company with operations in more than 220 countries, has identified India among its three key strategic markets in Asia, the other two being China and Japan. “You would see substantial investment in future, not only brick-and-mortar but also in people. We have never realised the full potential of the Indian market so far,” said DHL Asia Pacific area director Bryan Jamison.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court (Japan) ruled Wednesday the postal law was unconstitutional in setting limits on seeking damages when registered mail is mistakenly delivered. At issue is the case of a finance company in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, that sued the government over a registered letter that arrived late at the intended recipient.
Read MorePrime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s private advisory panel on the state-run postal services handed Friday to the premier a final report proposing three options for privatizing the services in the future.
Having received the report, Koizumi now aims to drum up support for privatizing the three postal services of mail delivery, postal savings and kampo life insurance.
Read MoreThe Asahi Shimbun Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s personal crusade to privatize three key postal services appears to be running out of steam. As the privatization debate enters a new phase, the prime minister pins his privatization hope on a “launch preparation” panel to pave the way for the creation of the public corporation that will take over control of the three services-mail delivery, savings and insurance-from the government’s Postal Services Agency next April.
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