As of March 31, 2023, Japan counted 521 class-1 correspondence delivery service businesses, representing the most common service type. Class-1 service is the delivery of correspondence items with dimensions exceeding 73 centimeters or weight surpassing four kilograms. Reforming its postal services in 2007, Japan introduced permits for corporations to engage in designated segments of the correspondence delivery business on which the public administration formerly had a monopoly.
Number of correspondence delivery businesses in Japan in fiscal year 2022, by type of service
fiscal year 2022; the Japanese fiscal years start on April 1 of the stated year and end on March 31 of the following year
Special properties
as of fiscal year's end; class-1 to class-3 services are 'designated correspondence delivery services'*
Supplementary notes
*- Class-1 service: service delivering correspondence items exceeding dimensions of 73cm (w+h+d) or weight of four kilograms.
- Class-2 service: service delivering correspondence items from sender to recipient within three hours.
- Class-3 service: service delivering correspondence items costing at least 800 Japanese yen in shipping fees (domestic deliveries).
The Postal Act defines correspondence as a document addressed to a specific recipient expressing the sender's intentions or notifying about facts, etc., like postcards or letters.
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Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). (February 28, 2024). Number of correspondence delivery businesses in Japan in fiscal year 2022, by type of service [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1274827/japan-number-correspondence-delivery-businesses-by-type/
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Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). (2024). Number of correspondence delivery businesses in Japan in fiscal year 2022, by type of service. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1274827/japan-number-correspondence-delivery-businesses-by-type/
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Number of correspondence delivery businesses in Japan in fiscal year 2022, by type of service [Graph], Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan), February 28, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1274827/japan-number-correspondence-delivery-businesses-by-type/
