Japan starts 10-year postal privatization process

Japan starts 10-year postal privatization process

TAKAMATSU, Japan - A Japan Post Service staffer wearing a new uniform leaves to deliver mail in Shionoe, Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, on Oct. 1 as Japan started the process of privatizing its state-run postal services. (Kyodo)

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