Overview

• MLIT notified Japan Post on September 3 that around 100 post offices face administrative suspension of light cargo vans for failures in legally required roll‑calls and record keeping.
• Japan Post said it received the notices and pledged to keep delivering mail and parcels, with expanded subcontracting expected to cover gaps.
• Under the Motor Truck Transportation Business Act, the ministry will hear the company’s views before formalizing sanctions in October.
• Suspensions will be applied office by office using a day‑car allocation of up to 160 day‑cars, and no more than half of an office’s vehicles can be sidelined at a time.
• The new action follows June penalties that canceled permits for about 2,500 larger vehicles for five years, and potential suspensions for light vans could ultimately reach about 2,000 offices nationwide.