Tag: Japan

Postal reform bills shelve key decisions

Posted by | Apr 24, 2002 | |

The postal ministry has shelved key decisions in the bills to reform the state-run postal system, because it sees no immediate solution to conflicts of opinion between the prime minister, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and related ministries.
Officials at the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications said the two bills to be submitted to the current Diet session will present only a general outline on the key controversial issues.
The bills will enable the postal corporation to take over the government’s postal services, including mail delivery, savings and life insurance, and permit private businesses to offer nationwide postal services.

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Yamato unhappy with govt's postal bills

Posted by | Apr 24, 2002 | |

Yamato Transport Co. on Tuesday informed Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s close aides of its conclusion that it would be difficult for the company to enter the mail delivery service, expressing dissatisfaction with the four bills on postal service deregulation to be submitted to the current Diet session, according to sources.
Yamato, the largest home delivery service firm in the country, is considering entering the mail delivery market.

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FedEx' Direct Flights: Japan, Beijing, Shanghai

Posted by | Apr 24, 2002 | |

FedEx Express has revised its existing service to include direct flights from Japan’s Narita airport to the Beijing and Shanghai airports. The changes involve the addition of three routes: from Narita to Beijing, from Narita to Shanghai, and from Beijing to Narita. ‘The flights follow the expansion of China’s distribution needs following its entry to the WTO,’ said FedEx Asia Pacific president David L. Cunningham. FedEx currently provides services to 202 Chinese cities and plans to add more in the next few years

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Top Japanese LDP official warns of split over postal bills

Posted by | Apr 19, 2002 | |

top policy-maker of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) warned Friday the LDP may split if Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi goes ahead with his plan to have four bills related to postal deregulation approved by the cabinet on April 26 despite opposition from a LDP panel.
“If it is on April 26, the party will split,” Taro Aso, chairman of the LDP Policy Research Council, told a meeting of the LDP Executive Council, according to participants.

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