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For the former operator, see <a href="/wiki/Japan_Post" title="Japan Post">Japan Post</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1242257876">.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-label{padding-right:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-below{line-height:1.35em}.mw-parser-output .ib-company-logo img{background-color:#f8f9fa}.mw-parser-output .ib-company-locality,.mw-parser-output .ib-company-country{display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd.</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Japan_Post_Holdings_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Japan_Post_Holdings_logo.svg/220px-Japan_Post_Holdings_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="45" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Japan_Post_Holdings_logo.svg/330px-Japan_Post_Holdings_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Japan_Post_Holdings_logo.svg/440px-Japan_Post_Holdings_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="420" data-file-height="86" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Otemachi_Place_W.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Otemachi_Place_W.jpg/220px-Otemachi_Place_W.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="391" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Otemachi_Place_W.jpg/330px-Otemachi_Place_W.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Otemachi_Place_W.jpg/440px-Otemachi_Place_W.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2397" data-file-height="4259" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Headquarters in <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Ctemachi" title="Ōtemachi">Ōtemachi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chiyoda,_Tokyo" title="Chiyoda, Tokyo">Chiyoda, Tokyo</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Native name</div></th><td class="infobox-data">日本郵政株式会社</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Romanization" title="Romanization">Romanized</a> name</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Nippon Yūsei kabushiki gaisha</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Public_company" title="Public company">Public</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Ticker_symbol" title="Ticker symbol">Traded as</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange" title="Tokyo Stock Exchange">TYO</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www2.jpx.co.jp/tseHpFront/StockSearch.do?callJorEFlg=1&method=topsearch&topSearchStr=6178">6178</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikkei_225" title="Nikkei 225">Nikkei 225</a> component</li> <li><a href="/wiki/TOPIX" title="TOPIX">TOPIX</a> Large70 component</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Conglomerate_(company)" title="Conglomerate (company)">Conglomerate</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Japan_Post" title="Japan Post">Japan Post</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>23 January 2006<span class="noprint">; 18 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2006-01-23</span>)</span> (incorporation)</li> <li>1 October 2007<span class="noprint">; 17 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2007-10-01</span>)</span> (start of operations)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label">Otemachi PLACE, <div class="ib-company-locality locality"><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Ctemachi" title="Ōtemachi">Ōtemachi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chiyoda,_Tokyo" title="Chiyoda, Tokyo">Chiyoda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a></div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name">Japan</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Hiroya_Masuda" title="Hiroya Masuda">Hiroya Masuda</a> (<a href="/wiki/President_(corporate_title)" title="President (corporate title)">president</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">CEO</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mail_delivery" class="mw-redirect" title="Mail delivery">Mail delivery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Post_offices" class="mw-redirect" title="Post offices">post offices</a>, <a href="/wiki/Banking" class="mw-redirect" title="Banking">banking</a>, <a href="/wiki/Life_insurance" title="Life insurance">life insurance</a>, <a href="/wiki/Insurance" title="Insurance">insurance</a>, <a href="/wiki/Courier" title="Courier">courier</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Services</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Financial_services" title="Financial services">Financial services</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Revenue</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a> 109.91 billion (2020)<sup id="cite_ref-fortune.com_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fortune.com-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Net_income" title="Net income">Net income</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">US$ 4.44 billion (2020)<sup id="cite_ref-fortune.com_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fortune.com-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Asset" title="Asset">Total assets</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">US$ 2.64 trillion (2020)<sup id="cite_ref-fortune.com_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fortune.com-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Equity_(finance)" title="Equity (finance)">Total equity</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">US$ 100.0 billion (2020)<sup id="cite_ref-fortune.com_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fortune.com-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owners</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Japan" title="Government of Japan">Government of Japan</a> (35.98% by law)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(30 June 2024)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">232,112 (2022)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiaries</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Japan_Post_Service" title="Japan Post Service">Japan Post</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Japan_Post_Bank" title="Japan Post Bank">Japan Post Bank</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Japan_Post_Insurance" title="Japan Post Insurance">Japan Post Insurance</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Toll_Group" title="Toll Group">Toll Group</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.japanpost.jp/en/">www<wbr />.japanpost<wbr />.jp<wbr />/en<wbr />/</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd.</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">日本郵政株式会社</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Nippon Yūsei <a href="/wiki/Kabushiki_gaisha" title="Kabushiki gaisha">kabushiki gaisha</a></i></span>)</span> is a Japanese <a href="/wiki/Publicly_traded" class="mw-redirect" title="Publicly traded">publicly traded</a> <a href="/wiki/Conglomerate_(company)" title="Conglomerate (company)">conglomerate</a> headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Kasumigaseki" title="Kasumigaseki">Kasumigaseki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chiyoda,_Tokyo" title="Chiyoda, Tokyo">Chiyoda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a>. It is mainly engaged in postal and logistics business, financial window business, banking business and life insurance business. The company offers letters and goods transportation services, stamp sales, deposits, loans, and insurance products.<sup id="cite_ref-fortune_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fortune-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 4, 2015, Japan Post Holding (<a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange" title="Tokyo Stock Exchange">TYO</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www2.jpx.co.jp/tseHpFront/StockSearch.do?callJorEFlg=1&method=topsearch&topSearchStr=6178">6178</a>) was listed on the <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange" title="Tokyo Stock Exchange">Tokyo Stock Exchange</a> as part of a "triple IPO" (<a href="/wiki/Initial_public_offering" title="Initial public offering">initial public offering</a>) with shares offered as well in <a href="/wiki/Japan_Post_Bank" title="Japan Post Bank">Japan Post Bank</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange" title="Tokyo Stock Exchange">TYO</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www2.jpx.co.jp/tseHpFront/StockSearch.do?callJorEFlg=1&method=topsearch&topSearchStr=7182">7182</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Japan_Post_Insurance" title="Japan Post Insurance">Japan Post Insurance</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange" title="Tokyo Stock Exchange">TYO</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www2.jpx.co.jp/tseHpFront/StockSearch.do?callJorEFlg=1&method=topsearch&topSearchStr=7181">7181</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Reuters2015Nov_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reuters2015Nov-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> About 10% of the shares in each company were offered.<sup id="cite_ref-Reuters2015Nov_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reuters2015Nov-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2021, the Japanese government abandoned its majority ownership of the company, while also still maintaining the most stock.<sup id="cite_ref-majoritynownot_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-majoritynownot-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-poststock_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-poststock-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Japan Post Holdings is also a constituent of the <a href="/wiki/Nikkei_225" title="Nikkei 225">Nikkei 225</a> and <a href="/wiki/TOPIX" title="TOPIX">TOPIX</a> Large70 indices. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_Post_Holdings&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The company was founded on 23 January 2006,<sup id="cite_ref-profile_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-profile-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although it was not until October 2007 that it took over the functions of <a href="/wiki/Japan_Post" title="Japan Post">Japan Post</a>. </p><p>There were plans to fully privatize the company, but were subsequently put on hold.<sup id="cite_ref-fortune_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fortune-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2013<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Japan_Post_Holdings&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, it ranked thirteenth in the <a href="/wiki/Fortune_Global_500" title="Fortune Global 500">Fortune Global 500</a> list of the world's largest companies.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On April 25, 2017, Japan Post Holdings said it would have a ¥40bn ($360m) loss for its first full financial year as a <a href="/wiki/Listed_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Listed company">listed company</a>, due to losses from <a href="/wiki/Toll_Group" title="Toll Group">Toll Group</a>, which it controversially acquired in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt-jpost_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-jpost-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2017, the Japanese government announced its sale of $12 billion worth of Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd. stock. It was the first sale since the 2015 IPO of the postal company and its two units, Japan Post Bank Co. Ltd. and Japan Post Insurance Co. Ltd.. That sale also raised $12 billion, which was used for the repair and reconstruction of places that were destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2019, the heads of Japan Post Holdings announced that they will resign over the improper sales of insurance policies, after the regulator announced administrative punishments against the companies. The company said that <a href="/wiki/Hiroya_Masuda" title="Hiroya Masuda">Hiroya Masuda</a>, a former minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, has been appointed as successor to current CEO Masatsugu Nagato.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2021, Japan Post Holdings announced that it would invest 150 billion yen or US$1.38 billion and take a 8 percent stake in internet conglomerate <a href="/wiki/Rakuten" title="Rakuten">Rakuten</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Senior_leadership">Senior leadership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_Post_Holdings&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Senior leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Japan Post Holdings has been led by a President and CEO - both roles being held by the same executive - since the company's founding in 2006. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_presidents_and_CEOs">List of presidents and CEOs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_Post_Holdings&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: List of presidents and CEOs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li>Yoshifumi Nishikawa (2006–2009)</li> <li>Jiro Saito (2009–2012)</li> <li>Atsuo Saka (2012–2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taizo_Nishimuro" title="Taizo Nishimuro">Taizo Nishimuro</a> (2013–2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masatsugu_Nagato" title="Masatsugu Nagato">Masatsugu Nagato</a> (2016–2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiroya_Masuda" title="Hiroya Masuda">Hiroya Masuda</a> (since January 2020)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operating_companies">Operating companies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_Post_Holdings&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Operating companies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The group operates via four main divisions:<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Post_Service" title="Japan Post Service">Japan Post</a>, which deals with mail delivery and runs the post offices. Prior to 2012 this division was divided in Japan Post Service and <a href="/wiki/Japan_Post_Network" title="Japan Post Network">Japan Post Network</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Post_Bank" title="Japan Post Bank">Japan Post Bank</a>, which deals with banking functions.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Post_Insurance" title="Japan Post Insurance">Japan Post Insurance</a>, which provides life insurance.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toll_Group" title="Toll Group">Toll Group</a>, which provides transportation and logistics</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Privatization">Privatization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_Post_Holdings&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Privatization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_discussions">Early discussions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_Post_Holdings&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Early discussions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Privatization of the postal system in Japan was first considered in the 1980s under <a href="/wiki/Yasuhiro_Nakasone" title="Yasuhiro Nakasone">Prime Minister Nakasone</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Uwe_2008_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Uwe_2008-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who, amid concerns about the <a href="/wiki/Government_deficit" class="mw-redirect" title="Government deficit">government deficit</a>, oversaw the privatization of three major public corporations: the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_National_Railways" title="Japanese National Railways">Japanese National Railways</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Telegraph_and_Telephone" title="Nippon Telegraph and Telephone">Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT)</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Japan_Tobacco" title="Japan Tobacco">Japan Tobacco</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Uwe_2008_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Uwe_2008-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kim_and_Huang_2019_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kim_and_Huang_2019-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These discussions did not proceed, and in 1997 the issue of privatizing <a href="/wiki/Japan_Post_Bank" title="Japan Post Bank">Japan Post Bank</a> specifically was raised again under <a href="/wiki/Ryutaro_Hashimoto" title="Ryutaro Hashimoto">Prime Minister Hashimoto</a>. This time, opposition from within the ruling and opposition parties resulted only in reforms aimed at improving financial discipline that fell short of actual privatization.<sup id="cite_ref-Uwe_2008_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Uwe_2008-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Porges_and_Leong_2006_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Porges_and_Leong_2006-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Enactment_of_privatization">Enactment of privatization</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_Post_Holdings&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Enactment of privatization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2001, during an economic downturn in Japan, <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_(Japan)" title="Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)">LDP</a> politician <a href="/wiki/Junichiro_Koizumi" title="Junichiro Koizumi">Junichiro Koizumi</a> took office with significant public support to privatize the postal system.<sup id="cite_ref-Porges_and_Leong_2006_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Porges_and_Leong_2006-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Benefits of privatization that were touted by supporters included efficiency of the financial sector, reducing political influence in the use of postal savings, and reducing bureaucratic mismanagement of funds. Detractors, including the postal lobby were concerned that privatization would shrink the universal availability of postal services in Japan, losing to job losses and the closing of rural post offices.<sup id="cite_ref-Uwe_2008_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Uwe_2008-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prime Minister Koizumi quickly established a commission to examine privatization of the postal system's businesses and in 2002 a package of four bills was passed which established Japan Post as a public corporation. In the following year, he was reelected with a promise to privatize the postal system. In 2004, Koizumi's government announced an ambitious ten-year plan for splitting Japan Post into several privatized entities by 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-Porges_and_Leong_2006_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Porges_and_Leong_2006-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2005, the resulting package of six privatization bills was defeated in the upper house of the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Diet" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Diet">Japanese Diet</a>, and Koizumi called a snap election focused on postal privatization.<sup id="cite_ref-Uwe_2008_16-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Uwe_2008-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Porges_and_Leong_2006_18-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Porges_and_Leong_2006-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He won the election in a landslide, receiving a public mandate for his privatization plans and defeating members of his own party who were opposed.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The privatization package passed a few weeks later.<sup id="cite_ref-Uwe_2008_16-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Uwe_2008-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2005_plan_for_privatization">2005 plan for privatization</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_Post_Holdings&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2005 plan for privatization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Postal Privatization Law passed in 2005 laid out a framework for a preparation phase, a ten-year transition phase that was revised to start on October 1, 2007, and a post-privatization phase to organize the companies into their final forms.<sup id="cite_ref-Kim_and_Huang_2019_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kim_and_Huang_2019-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Japan" title="Cabinet of Japan">Cabinet-level</a> Postal Privatization Headquarters would be established to develop and implementation plan to manage privatization and divide the resources of Japan Post between the successor companies.<sup id="cite_ref-Porges_and_Leong_2006_18-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Porges_and_Leong_2006-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Japan Post Holdings was to start as a state-owned holding company for <a href="/wiki/Japan_Post_Bank" title="Japan Post Bank">Japan Post Bank</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan_Post_Insurance" title="Japan Post Insurance">Japan Post Insurance</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan_Post_Network" title="Japan Post Network">Japan Post Network</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Japan_Post_Service" title="Japan Post Service">Japan Post Service</a> and gradually sell off its shares through 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-Kim_and_Huang_2019_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kim_and_Huang_2019-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The original plan was for the government to retain about a one-third ownership share of Japan Post Holdings, and for Japan Post Holdings to sell all its shares in its banking and insurance subsidiaries. Proceeds from the sale were to be used to reduce government debt.<sup id="cite_ref-Porges_and_Leong_2006_18-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Porges_and_Leong_2006-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Implementation_of_privatization_and_current_status">Implementation of privatization and current status</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_Post_Holdings&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Implementation of privatization and current status"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The plan for privatization did not proceed smoothly, and after having been subject to a variety of external factors that still continues to this day. In 2009, the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_Japan" title="Democratic Party of Japan">Democratic Party of Japan</a> took power and halted the <a href="/wiki/Initial_public_offering" title="Initial public offering">initial public offering</a> for Japan Post companies.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, the administration went further in blunting some aspects of privatization, allowing the government to maintain indefinite control over Japan Post Holdings by stipulating a minimum of one-third shares to be owned by the government and removing targets for shares sold in the banking and insurance services units.<sup id="cite_ref-Kim_and_Huang_2019_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kim_and_Huang_2019-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In late 2012, incoming Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Shinzo_Abe" title="Shinzo Abe">Shinzo Abe</a> reemphasized progress towards privatization as part of his <a href="/wiki/Abenomics" title="Abenomics">Abenomics</a> plan for economic reform and growth. It was also hoped that the sale of shares could raise funds for rebuilding after the <a href="/wiki/2011_T%C5%8Dhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami" title="2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami">Great East Japan Earthquake</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kim_and_Huang_2019_17-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kim_and_Huang_2019-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One result was the expediting of the IPO process for Japan Post companies.<sup id="cite_ref-Kim_and_Huang_2019_17-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kim_and_Huang_2019-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, a triple IPO was conducted where Japan Post Holdings, Japan Post Bank and Japan Post Insurance each had about 10% of their shares offered for sale in the Tokyo Stock Exchange for the first time.<sup id="cite_ref-Sano_Uranaka_2015_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sano_Uranaka_2015-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Privatization is ongoing slowly, having already fallen short of the original plan. At the end of 2019, the government had a 57% ownership stake in Japan Post Holdings,<sup id="cite_ref-Times_12-2019_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times_12-2019-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which still owns 90% of Japan Post Bank and Japan Post Insurance.<sup id="cite_ref-Report_2019_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Report_2019-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2021, Japan Post Holdings agreed to sell part of its unprofitable Australian logistics company <a href="/wiki/Toll_Group" title="Toll Group">Toll Holdings</a> for only 7.8 million Australian dollars.<sup id="cite_ref-tollholdings_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tollholdings-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The offer was accepted despite the fact that Toll Holdings had lost 67.4 billion yen, or roughly $624 million, for the fiscal year which ended in March 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-tollholdings_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tollholdings-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 6, 2021, the final stage of a difficult privatisation process which had begun in 2005 was completed after with the sale of a $9 billion tranche of shares.<sup id="cite_ref-majoritynownot_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-majoritynownot-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-poststock_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-poststock-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This accounted for up to $1.03 billion of its shares in the business.<sup id="cite_ref-poststock_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-poststock-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the Japanese government still holds the largest share of stock in the company.<sup id="cite_ref-poststock_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-poststock-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_Post_Holdings&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Japan" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Japan">Postage stamps and postal history of Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_national_postal_services#Asia" title="List of national postal services">National postal 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