According to Japan Post's first-quarter financial results for the fiscal year ending March 2026, announced on August 8, net sales were 2,810.244 billion yen (up 2.7% year-on-year), ordinary profit was 225.161 billion yen (up 6.5%), and net profit attributable to parent company shareholders was 67.702 billion yen (down 9.4%).
Of these, the postal and logistics business reported sales (operating revenue) of 5709 billion yen (an increase of 926 billion yen) and operating profit of 4 million yen (an increase of 369 billion yen).
<Analysis of changes in operating profit (compared to the same period of the previous year)>
Sales increased due to factors such as revisions to postal rates and the consolidation of the company into a subsidiary of JP Tonami Group. Operating profit improved by 369 billion yen, although operating expenses such as personnel costs and collection/delivery outsourcing costs increased by 556 billion yen.
<Trends in Volume Handled>
The total number of items handled was 3.844 billion (down 4.5%), broken down as follows: 2.793 billion regular mail items (down 5.7%) and 759 million Yu-Mail items (down 2.6%).
Yu-Pack shipments totaled 142 million (a 2.2% increase), and Yu-Packet shipments totaled 150 million (a 6.9% increase).
For the full year, the company projects net sales of 11.36 trillion yen (down 1.8%), ordinary profit of 1.17 trillion yen (up 25.2%), and net profit attributable to parent company shareholders of 380 billion yen (up 2.5%).
