Post services panel inaugurated

Post services panel inaugurated

TOKYO, Japan - Postal services minister Toranosuke Katayama (standing R) addresses a 14-member panel to prepare for a public corporation to take over the state-run postal services at an inaugural meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 15. Seated at right is Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), who also serves as chairman of the panel.

Privatization not key issue at postal conversion body: Okuda

Privatization not key issue at postal conversion body: Okuda

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), speaks at a news conference at his office in Tokyo on Oct. 15. Okuda denied privatization of postal services will be a focal issue in deliberations at a preparatory committee to set up a public corporation to take over the state-run services. The committee ''is not a meeting to discuss privatization,'' Okuda, chairman of the 14-member panel, said following its first session earlier in the day.

Privatization not key issue at postal conversion body: Okuda

Privatization not key issue at postal conversion body: Okuda

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), speaks at a news conference at his office in Tokyo on Oct. 15. Okuda denied privatization of postal services will be a focal issue in deliberations at a preparatory committee to set up a public corporation to take over the state-run services. The committee ''is not a meeting to discuss privatization,'' Okuda, chairman of the 14-member panel, said following its first session earlier in the day. (Kyodo)

Post services panel inaugurated

Post services panel inaugurated

TOKYO, Japan - Postal services minister Toranosuke Katayama (standing R) addresses a 14-member panel to prepare for a public corporation to take over the state-run postal services at an inaugural meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 15. Seated at right is Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), who also serves as chairman of the panel. (Kyodo)

Post services panel inaugurated

Post services panel inaugurated

TOKYO, Japan - Postal services minister Toranosuke Katayama (standing R) addresses a 14-member panel to prepare for a public corporation to take over the state-run postal services at an inaugural meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 15. Seated at right is Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), who also serves as chairman of the panel. (Kyodo)