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8. Security - check for the yellow padlock on the Japan Post site before you buy, and the s after http:/ /i.e. https:// = a secure site
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10. Payment - ready to pay for your Japan Post, then use your credit card or PayPal! Be aware of companies that don't accept them, there may be genuine reasons but given the huge amount of choice you have when buying online there is no reason at all not to buy via credit card or PayPal.
{{Infobox Company| company_name = Japan Post
日本郵政公社| company_logo = | company_type =
Government-owned corporation| foundation =
2003| industry = [Courier ([2006)] (
2006)], 2006)] offering postal and package delivery services, banking services, and life insurance. It had over 400,000
employees and ran 24,700
post offices throughout Japan and was the nation's largest employer. One third of all Japanese government employees worked for Japan Post. As of 2005, the president of the company was Masaharu Ikuta, formerly chairman of
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines.
Japan Post ran the world's largest Postal savings systems and was often said to be the largest holder of personal savings in the world: with ¥224 trillion ($2.1 trillion) of household assets in its
yū-cho savings accounts and ¥126 trillion ($1.2 trillion) of household assets in its
kampo life insurance services, its holdings account for 25 percent of household assets in Japan. Japan Post also held about ¥140 trillion (one fifth) of the Japanese national debt in the form of government bonds.
On October 1, 2007 Japan Post was
privatization following fierce political debate that was settled by the
Japan general election, 2005. After the privatazation, the
Japan Post Group companies operate the postal business.
Postal privatization
The company was born on April 2, 2003, as a public corporation, replacing the old . Japan Post's formation was part of then
Prime Minister of Japan Junichiro Koizumi's long-term reform plan which would culminate in the full
privatization of the postal service. The privatization plan encounters both support and opposition across the Japanese political spectrum, including the two largest parties, Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) and
Democratic Party of Japan. Opponents claim that the move would result in the closure of post offices and in job losses at the nation's largest employer. However, proponents contend that privatization would allow for a more efficient and flexible use of the company's funds that would help revitalize Japan's economy, which is still recovering from a series of four recessions since 1991. Proponents also claim that Japan Post has become an enormous source of corruption and patronage. Koizumi calls the privatization a major part in his efforts to curb government spending and the growth of the national debt. Most opposition parties support postal privatisation, but not Koizumi's bill. Many consider the bill deeply flawed with too long a time for full implementation and too many loopholes that might create a privatisation in name only.
In September 2003, Koizumi's cabinet proposed splitting Japan Post into four separate companies: a bank, an insurance company, a postal service company, and a fourth company to handle the post offices as retail storefronts of the other three. Each of these companies would be privatized in April 2007. In 2005, a bill to complete this reform passed the
lower house of the
Japanese Diet by a handful of votes, with many people from Koizumi's LDP defecting. The bill was subsequently defeated in the House of Councillors (which cannot be dissolved) because of scores of defection from the ruling coalition. Koizumi immediately dissolved the lower house and scheduled
Japan general election, 2005 to be held on September 11,
2005. He declared that election to be a referendum on postal privatisation. Koizumi subsequently won this election, gaining the necessary supermajority and a mandate for reform, and in October 2005, the bill was passed to privatize Japan Post in 2007.{{cite news| first = Anthony
| last = Faiola
| title = Japan Approves Postal Privatization
| url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/14/AR2005101402163.html
| work = Washington Post
| publisher = The Washington Post Company
| page = A10
| date = [2005-10-15
| accessdate = 2007-02-09
-->
Types of post office
There are two types of ) in Japan, the normal kind, and ones involved in distribution and collection of post. These distribution centres are known as
shūhaikyoku. Most post offices are not distribution centres; only the larger offices are. Distribution centres also offer a wider range of services for businesses than normal post offices.
Postal symbol
The symbol of a post office in Japan is a capital letter T with a bar over it,
〒. This is used on the signs of post offices, on post boxes, and it is also sometimes used before the postcode on letters. The symbol can be obtained by typing
yuubin in a Japanese word processor and then converting it. There are several
Japanese typographic symbols#Organization-specific symbols of this symbol in
Unicode, including a form in a circle, 〶, which is the official Geographical Survey Institute of Japan Japanese map symbols for a post office.
〠 is a character of Japan Post. Its name is Number-Japanese titles#Kun. Japan Post released a new character, "Poston," in 1998, so Number-kun is rarely used nowadays.
See also
References
- Japan Post Annual Report 2006
External links
- Koizumi loses postal reform vote in Upper House, calls for new elections
- Koizumi wins postal reform vote in Lower House
- Company Website
- Yahoo! - Japan Post Company Profile
{{Infobox Company| company_name = Japan Post
日本郵政公社| company_logo = | company_type =
Government-owned corporation| foundation =
2003| industry = [Courier ([2006)] (2006)], 2006)] offering postal and package delivery services, banking services, and life insurance. It had over 400,000 employees and ran 24,700
post offices throughout Japan and was the nation's largest employer. One third of all Japanese government employees worked for Japan Post. As of 2005, the president of the company was Masaharu Ikuta, formerly chairman of
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines.
Japan Post ran the world's largest
Postal savings systems and was often said to be the largest holder of personal savings in the world: with ¥224 trillion ($2.1 trillion) of household assets in its
yū-cho savings accounts and ¥126 trillion ($1.2 trillion) of household assets in its
kampo life insurance services, its holdings account for 25 percent of household assets in Japan. Japan Post also held about ¥140 trillion (one fifth) of the Japanese national debt in the form of government bonds.
On October 1, 2007 Japan Post was privatization following fierce political debate that was settled by the Japan general election, 2005. After the privatazation, the
Japan Post Group companies operate the postal business.
Postal privatization
The company was born on
April 2,
2003, as a public corporation, replacing the old . Japan Post's formation was part of then
Prime Minister of Japan Junichiro Koizumi's long-term reform plan which would culminate in the full privatization of the postal service. The privatization plan encounters both support and opposition across the Japanese political spectrum, including the two largest parties, Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) and Democratic Party of Japan. Opponents claim that the move would result in the closure of post offices and in job losses at the nation's largest employer. However, proponents contend that privatization would allow for a more efficient and flexible use of the company's funds that would help revitalize Japan's economy, which is still recovering from a series of four recessions since 1991. Proponents also claim that Japan Post has become an enormous source of corruption and patronage. Koizumi calls the privatization a major part in his efforts to curb government spending and the growth of the national debt. Most opposition parties support postal privatisation, but not Koizumi's bill. Many consider the bill deeply flawed with too long a time for full implementation and too many loopholes that might create a privatisation in name only.
In September 2003, Koizumi's cabinet proposed splitting Japan Post into four separate companies: a bank, an insurance company, a postal service company, and a fourth company to handle the post offices as retail storefronts of the other three. Each of these companies would be privatized in April 2007. In 2005, a bill to complete this reform passed the lower house of the Japanese Diet by a handful of votes, with many people from Koizumi's LDP defecting. The bill was subsequently defeated in the House of Councillors (which cannot be dissolved) because of scores of defection from the ruling coalition. Koizumi immediately dissolved the lower house and scheduled Japan general election, 2005 to be held on
September 11,
2005. He declared that election to be a referendum on postal privatisation. Koizumi subsequently won this election, gaining the necessary supermajority and a mandate for reform, and in October 2005, the bill was passed to privatize Japan Post in 2007.{{cite news| first = Anthony
| last = Faiola
| title = Japan Approves Postal Privatization
| url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/14/AR2005101402163.html
| work = Washington Post
| publisher = The Washington Post Company
| page = A10
| date = [2005-10-15
| accessdate = 2007-02-09
-->
Types of post office
There are two types of ) in Japan, the normal kind, and ones involved in distribution and collection of post. These distribution centres are known as
shūhaikyoku. Most post offices are not distribution centres; only the larger offices are. Distribution centres also offer a wider range of services for businesses than normal post offices.
Postal symbol
The symbol of a post office in Japan is a capital letter T with a bar over it, 〒. This is used on the signs of post offices, on post boxes, and it is also sometimes used before the postcode on letters. The symbol can be obtained by typing
yuubin in a Japanese word processor and then converting it. There are several
Japanese typographic symbols#Organization-specific symbols of this symbol in
Unicode, including a form in a circle, 〶, which is the official Geographical Survey Institute of Japan
Japanese map symbols for a post office.
〠 is a character of Japan Post. Its name is Number-
Japanese titles#Kun. Japan Post released a new character, "Poston," in 1998, so Number-kun is rarely used nowadays.
See also
References
- Japan Post Annual Report 2006
External links
- Koizumi loses postal reform vote in Upper House, calls for new elections
- Koizumi wins postal reform vote in Lower House
- Company Website
- Yahoo! - Japan Post Company Profile
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