November 25, 2024 Licensing for Entry into Specified Correspondence Delivery Business

 The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) received applications from eight companies, including Mitsuba Ability Co., Ltd. (CEO: TAKAHASHI Hirotoshi), for a business license for the specified correspondence delivery business and approval to establish correspondence management regulations. Additionally, the MIC received an application from Akabou Fukui Prefecture Light Vehicle Transport Cooperative (Representative Director: YAMAMOTO Masuhiro) for approval to amend correspondence delivery terms and conditions. In response, the MIC consulted the Information and Communications and Posts Administrative Council, chaired by AIDA Hitoshi, professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, regarding these applications. The MIC has received a report from the Council stating that it is appropriate to grant the licenses and approvals as consulted.
 In response, the MIC has granted the licenses and approvals today.

 With the licenses granted to the eight companies, including Mitsuba Ability Co., Ltd., the total number of specified correspondence delivery business operators has risen to 618. To meet the increasingly sophisticated and diverse needs of users, the specified correspondence delivery business is positioned as a business that provides various services with originality and ingenuity. The entry of these businesses into the correspondence delivery business is expected to expand opportunities for users to choose from.