Minister admits hurdle high to enter into mail service

Minister admits hurdle high to enter into mail service

TOKYO, Japan - Postal minister Toranosuke Katayama speaks at a meeting of a House of Representatives panel July 4. He admitted the hurdle is set high for private companies to enter into the mail service on a full-scale basis, prompting no firms so far to plan to do so when the field becomes open in the spring of 2003.

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