Japan starts 10-year postal privatization process

Japan starts 10-year postal privatization process

TOKYO, Japan - People (in back) gather at the Tokyo Central Post Office on Oct. 1 to buy memorial stamps as Japan began the process of privatizing state-run postal services the same day by reorganizing Japan Post into four firms dealing respectively with banking, insurance, mail-delivery and over-the-counter services under a holding company.

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