Postal privatization planning firm begins operations

Postal privatization planning firm begins operations

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshifumi Nishikawa (L), president of Japan Post Corp., a new stock company set up by the public corporation Japan Post, and Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Heizo Takenaka (R) cut the tape in a ceremony in Tokyo on Jan. 23 as the new company began operations the same day in the buildup to Japan's postal privatization from October 2007.

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