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Japanses parcels firm sees entry in postal services market 'dificult'
Japan’s top parcel delivery firm expressed doubt Wednesday as to whether the government was ready to open postal services to private firms as reports said the postal ministry would require a new player to install some 100,000 postboxes of their own. Yamato Transport Co. Ltd., seen as the only serious rival to the public entity if postal services are opened up to free competition, now sees it as “difficult” to enter the sector, company spokeswoman Miki Shiratori said
Read MoreJapanese mail firms must install 100,000 mailboxes each
The government has mapped out a policy to make it obligatory for firms entering the mail delivery industry to install about 100,000 mailboxes each, bringing the total number of privately installed mailboxes close to 60 percent of those currently used by the Postal Services Agency.
Read MoreJapanese Government's Requirements for Post
The Ministry of Finance will require the Postal Public Corp. to pay for insurance that will fully guarantee postal savings deposits and postal life insurance accounts, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun learned Monday in its Tuesday morning edition. The ministry also plans to mandate that the new postal corporation, slated to begin operations in 2003, pay an amount equivalent to corporate tax to the national treasury.
Read MoreJapan's Mail Business to Open to Private Sector
A bill stipulating the creation of a public postal corporation will include a provision calling for the full opening of the mail business to the private sector, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported in its Thursday morning edition, citing Posts Minister Toranosuke Katayama. “Private companies will enter the mail business with the same conditions as the current post office network,” Katayama told the Nihon Keizai Shimbun in an interview.
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