Route bus carrying passengers, parcels launched in northern Japan

Route bus carrying passengers, parcels launched in northern Japan

Officials of Yamato Transport Co., a major home-delivery service operator, and Northern Iwate Transportation Inc., a route bus firm in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, cut the ribbon in the northeastern Japanese city on June 3, 2015, at a ceremony to start a "consolidated bus" service carrying both passengers and parcels. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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