In the fiscal year 2022, correspondence delivery services earned approximately 18.1 billion Japanese yen of revenue, decreasing slightly from 18.3 billion yen in the preceding fiscal year. 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.
Revenue of correspondence delivery businesses in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2022
(in billion Japanese yen)
fiscal years 2013 to 2022; the Japanese fiscal years start on April 1 of the stated year and end on March 31 of the following year
Supplementary notes
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. Under certain circumstances, corporations may receive licenses to provide specific correspondence delivery services on which otherwise Japan Post Co., Ltd. has a monopoly.
100 Japanese yen equal 0.62 U.S. dollars or 0.58 euros as of July 2024.
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Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). (February 28, 2024). Revenue of correspondence delivery businesses in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2022 (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1275020/japan-revenue-correspondence-delivery-businesses/
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). "Revenue of correspondence delivery businesses in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2022 (in billion Japanese yen)." Chart. February 28, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1275020/japan-revenue-correspondence-delivery-businesses/
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). (2024). Revenue of correspondence delivery businesses in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2022 (in billion Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1275020/japan-revenue-correspondence-delivery-businesses/
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). "Revenue of Correspondence Delivery Businesses in Japan from Fiscal Year 2013 to 2022 (in Billion Japanese Yen)." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Feb 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1275020/japan-revenue-correspondence-delivery-businesses/
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan), Revenue of correspondence delivery businesses in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2022 (in billion Japanese yen) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1275020/japan-revenue-correspondence-delivery-businesses/ (last visited December 19, 2024)
Revenue of correspondence delivery businesses in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2022 (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph], Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan), February 28, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1275020/japan-revenue-correspondence-delivery-businesses/
