June 23, 2025 Licensing for Entry into Specified Correspondence Delivery Business

　The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) received applications from 11 companies for a business license for specified correspondence delivery business and approval to establish correspondence delivery management regulations. Additionally, the MIC received an application 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, specially-appointed professor at Tokyo University) regarding these approvals. 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 11 companies, the total number of specified correspondence delivery business operators has risen to 631. The specified correspondence delivery business is positioned as a business that provides a variety of services with originality and ingenuity in response to the increasingly sophisticated and diverse needs of users, and it is hoped that the entry of these businesses into the correspondence delivery business will expand the opportunities for users to choose.