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Japan starts 10-year postal privatization process

TOKYO, Japan - A ceremony to launch the process of privatizing Japan's state-run postal services is held in Tokyo on Oct. 1. From L to R are former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, former Japan Post President Masaharu Ikuta, Japan Post President Yoshifumi Nishikawa, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Hiroya Masuda.

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Japan Post to end mail service at 1,048 post offices

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post President Masaharu Ikuta speaks at a press conference at his office in Tokyo on June 28. He said Japan Post plans to end mail sorting and delivery business at 1,048 post offices as part of its privatization process starting in October 2007.

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Japan Post sees 5.6 bil. yen FY 2006 net loss in mail service

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post President Masaharu Ikuta said in Tokyo on May 24 the company's mail service business will show a net loss of 5.6 billion yen for the current 2006 business year ending in March 2007.

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Japan Post, Mitsukoshi agree on business alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsukoshi Ltd. President Kunio Ishizuka (L) and Japan Post President Masaharu Ikuta pose for photos at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel after making an agreement to cooperate in developing new services and distributing goods.

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Japan Post, ANA to tie up on int'l distribution

TOKYO, Japan - Mineo Yamamoto (L), president of All Nippon Airways Co., and Masaharu Ikuta, president of Japan Post shake hands during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 20. They announced their business alliance in international distribution services.

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Japan Post's mail service makes profit for 2nd straight year

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post President Masaharu Ikuta briefs reporters on his corporation's business results for fiscal 2004 at a press conference on May 25. Japan Post's mail delivery service made a profit for the second straight year in the year, a result expected to help those against the government's plan to privatize the public entity.

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Convenience store opens at Japan Post branch

SAPPORO, Japan - Japan Post President Masaharu Ikuta shops Aug. 5 at a convenience store which opened the same day at Japan Post's Hokkaido branch in Sapporo.

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(2)Gov't panel debates privatization of postal services

TOKYO, Japan - Masaharu Ikuta, president of the government-backed Japan Post, arrives at the prime minister's office on Aug. 2 to attend a meeting of a key policy-setting panel on privatization of the public postal services.

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Convenience store inside post office opens in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Takeshi Niinami (R), president of Lawson Inc., operator of Lawson convenience stores, and Japan Post President Masaharu Ikuta (2nd from R) drop mail into a post box at Postal Lawson, Japan's first convenience store outlet inside a post office, during an opening ceremony at Yoyogi Post Office in Tokyo's Shibuya district on Aug. 5.

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(2)Japan Post takes over postal services from gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Masaharu Ikuta, head of Japan Post which takes over the governmental Postal Services Agency, poses for photographs during an inauguration ceremony in Tokyo on April 1. Ikuta resigned as Mitsui O.S.K. Lines chairman on March 31 to become the first Japan Post president.

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Uniforms for workers at new postal entity unveiled

TOKYO, Japan - Masaharu Ikuta (C), chairman of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. who will become the first head of a new public postal corporation in April, unveils in Tokyo on Feb. 7 the corporation's uniforms for workers and logos for the new entity and post offices.

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Ikuta appointed head of postal reform panel

TOKYO, Japan - Posts minister Toranosuke Katayama (L) hands an official appointment letter to Masaharu Ikuta, chairman of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., to become head of a government committee to prepare for the conversion of the state-run postal services to a new public entity. At background are 13 other committee members.

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(2)Mitsui O.S.K.'s Ikuta appointed head of new postal firm

TOKYO, Japan - Masaharu Ikuta (R), chairman of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., beams as he receives the letter of appointment as head of a new public corporation to be established in April 2003 to run the nation's postal services from Minister of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications Toranosuke Katayama (L).

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(1)Mitsui O.S.K.'s Ikuta appointed head of new postal firm

TOKYO, Japan - Masaharu Ikuta, chairman of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 30 following his appointment as the first head of a new public corporation to be established in April 2003 to run the nation's postal services.

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Mitsui O.S.K.'s Ikuta appointed head of new postal firm

TOKYO, Japan - Masaharu Ikuta, chairman of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., smiles at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 30 following his appointment as the first head of a new public corporation to be established in April 2003 to run the nation's postal services.

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Koizumi picks Ikuta as 1st head of new postal corp.

TOKYO, Japan - Masaharu Ikuta, chairman of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., is surrounded by reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 26 after being picked by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to become the first head of a new public corporation to be set up by next April to run the nation's postal services.

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Mitsui O.S.K., Navix agree on merger

Masaharu Ikuta (R), president of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, and Noriaki Hori, president of Navix Line, speak at a news conference in a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 20 after their companies agreed to merge next April to form one of Japan's biggest shipping firms.

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Japan Post's mail service makes profit for 2nd straight year

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post President Masaharu Ikuta briefs reporters on his corporation's business results for fiscal 2004 at a press conference on May 25. Japan Post's mail delivery service made a profit for the second straight year in the year, a result expected to help those against the government's plan to privatize the public entity. (Kyodo)

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Japan Post, ANA to tie up on int'l distribution

TOKYO, Japan - Mineo Yamamoto (L), president of All Nippon Airways Co., and Masaharu Ikuta, president of Japan Post shake hands during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 20. They announced their business alliance in international distribution services. (Kyodo)

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Japan Post, Mitsukoshi agree on business alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsukoshi Ltd. President Kunio Ishizuka (L) and Japan Post President Masaharu Ikuta pose for photos at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel after making an agreement to cooperate in developing new services and distributing goods. (Kyodo)

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Japan Post sees 5.6 bil. yen FY 2006 net loss in mail service

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post President Masaharu Ikuta said in Tokyo on May 24 the company's mail service business will show a net loss of 5.6 billion yen for the current 2006 business year ending in March 2007. (Kyodo)

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Japan Post to end mail service at 1,048 post offices

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post President Masaharu Ikuta speaks at a press conference at his office in Tokyo on June 28. He said Japan Post plans to end mail sorting and delivery business at 1,048 post offices as part of its privatization process starting in October 2007. (Kyodo)

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Japan starts 10-year postal privatization process

TOKYO, Japan - A ceremony to launch the process of privatizing Japan's state-run postal services is held in Tokyo on Oct. 1. From L to R are former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, former Japan Post President Masaharu Ikuta, Japan Post President Yoshifumi Nishikawa, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Hiroya Masuda. (Kyodo)

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(2)Japan Post takes over postal services from gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Masaharu Ikuta, head of Japan Post which takes over the governmental Postal Services Agency, poses for photographs during an inauguration ceremony in Tokyo on April 1. Ikuta resigned as Mitsui O.S.K. Lines chairman on March 31 to become the first Japan Post president. (Kyodo)

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Uniforms for workers at new postal entity unveiled

TOKYO, Japan - Masaharu Ikuta (C), chairman of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. who will become the first head of a new public postal corporation in April, unveils in Tokyo on Feb. 7 the corporation's uniforms for workers and logos for the new entity and post offices. (Kyodo)

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Ikuta appointed head of postal reform panel

TOKYO, Japan - Posts minister Toranosuke Katayama (L) hands an official appointment letter to Masaharu Ikuta, chairman of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., to become head of a government committee to prepare for the conversion of the state-run postal services to a new public entity. At background are 13 other committee members. (Kyodo)

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Convenience store opens at Japan Post branch

SAPPORO, Japan - Japan Post President Masaharu Ikuta shops Aug. 5 at a convenience store which opened the same day at Japan Post's Hokkaido branch in Sapporo. (Kyodo)

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(2)Gov't panel debates privatization of postal services

TOKYO, Japan - Masaharu Ikuta, president of the government-backed Japan Post, arrives at the prime minister's office on Aug. 2 to attend a meeting of a key policy-setting panel on privatization of the public postal services. (Kyodo)

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Convenience store inside post office opens in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuyoshi Shinnami (R), president of Lawson Inc., operator of Lawson convenience stores, and Japan Post President Masaharu Ikuta (2nd from R) drop mail into a post box at Postal Lawson, Japan's first convenience store outlet inside a post office, during an opening ceremony at Yoyogi Post Office in Tokyo's Shibuya district on Aug. 5. (Kyodo)

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(2)Mitsui O.S.K.'s Ikuta appointed head of new postal firm

TOKYO, Japan - Masaharu Ikuta (R), chairman of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., beams as he receives the letter of appointment as head of a new public corporation to be established in April 2003 to run the nation's postal services from Minister of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications Toranosuke Katayama (L). (Kyodo)

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(1)Mitsui O.S.K.'s Ikuta appointed head of new postal firm

TOKYO, Japan - Masaharu Ikuta, chairman of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 30 following his appointment as the first head of a new public corporation to be established in April 2003 to run the nation's postal services. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi picks Ikuta as 1st head of new postal corp.

TOKYO, Japan - Masaharu Ikuta, chairman of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., is surrounded by reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 26 after being picked by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to become the first head of a new public corporation to be set up by next April to run the nation's postal services. (Kyodo)

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Mitsui O.S.K., Navix agree on merger

Masaharu Ikuta (R), president of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, and Noriaki Hori, president of Navix Line, speak at a news conference in a Tokyo hotel Nov. 20 after their companies agreed to merge next April to form one of Japan's biggest shipping firms. ==Kyodo