Japan starts 10-year postal privatization process

Japan starts 10-year postal privatization process

TOKYO, Japan - A new signboard appears at a post office in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Sept. 30 ahead of the start on Oct. 1 of the process of privatizing Japan's state-run postal services. State-backed Japan Post will be reorganized into four firms dealing respectively with banking, insurance, mail-delivery and over-the-counter services under a holding company.

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