Postal group firms mollycoddle old bureaucrats
This is the fifth in a series on the issues surrounding the three
postal services and their reform prospects
Tag: Japan
1 bil. yen profit seen for mail service
The postal-delivery service is projected to lose 30.3 billion yen
this fiscal year
Revitalizing Japan / Anachronistic 'special post office' system should be reviewed
The head of a national association of postmasters is vehemently
opposed to the proposed privatization of the three postal services
of mail delivery, savings and life insurance.
Public corp. not answer to postal savings woes
Riding on the Liberal Democratic Party’s strong showing in the July
House of Councillors election, the administration of Prime Minister
Junichiro Koizumi is heading toward fully fleshing out its reforms. With work under way on reforming public corporations with the
ultimate goal of abolishing or privatizing them, debate on reforming
the three postal services has heated up. The three services–mail delivery, savings and life insurance–will
be integrated into the planned “postal public corporation” in 2003.
Posts ministry eyes cutting back types of registered mail
The posts ministry is considering cutting back on loss-making special mail
services such as registered mail
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