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The Japan Postal Group Union (JPGU) conducted an investigation on the lessons of liberalization in Post in EU countries such as the UK, Belgium, and Netherland as well as in  North American countries like the US and Canada during the week of March 17. These postal missions were fully backed by the UNI Post & Logistics' coordinated programs and scheduled with postal unions for the JPGU.

The Japan Post Group is scheduled to go public sometime next year. Thus, the main purpose of this postal research was to learn about postal operators which have already gone public and have planned postal universal service reduction. JPGU wants to know what  impacts to expect from the IPO.

So far the Japanese government is the only shareholder of Japan Post and the universal service is a source of prosperity for society. After the listing, various kinds of stakeholders with different objectives will come in. Management will be affected by the changes brought in by these interests groups. Management will tend to consider the USO as costly rather than as an asset. So the USO is set to be one of the targets for cutbacks. 

JPGU’s national congress will be held in June this year. A research paper will  report on this theme to its congress and union members.    

Finally, the JPGU extends its gratitude for all the assistance and coordination provided to us by all unions and UNI global union.