Administrative Action / Japan Post's suspension of light four-wheeled vehicle operations: 110 additional business locations targeted.

August 24, 2025 / 3PL/Logistics company

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The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the regional transport bureaus notified Japan Post on January 22st that they would be suspending the use of their vehicles.

This notice concerns a suspension of use of some of the light four-wheeled vehicles owned by the company, based on Article 33 of the Motor Vehicle Freight Transport Business Act. The enforcement notice, dated October 22, applies to 110 business offices, and the number of vehicles subject to the suspension of use is 198.

In addition, disciplinary actions were announced on October 1st, October 8th, and October 15th, bringing the total number of affected post offices nationwide to 442.

■List of post offices that will have their vehicles suspended as of January 22

Transportation Bureau
Branch Office
post office Administrative action
Sapporo Nanporo 1 car x 49 days
2 car x 47 days
Sapporo Ashibetsu 1 car x 29 days
3 car x 27 days
Sapporo Ebetsu 2 car x 30 days
Sapporo Urausu 1 car x 36 days
Hakodate North North 1 car x 44 days
2 car x 42 days
Hakodate Setana 1 car x 132 days
Hakodate 今金 3 car x 41 days
Asahikawa Numata 1 car x 48 days
1 car x 47 days
Asahikawa Teshio 1 car x 57 days
1 car x 56 days
Asahikawa Hatsuyama 1 car x 23 days
Asahikawa Oni-shika 1 car x 92 days
Asahikawa Rishiri Kutsugata 2 car x 55 days
Asahikawa Asajino 1 car x 84 days
Muroran Ogishi 1 car x 139 days
Muroran Hobetsu 2 car x 53 days
Kushiro Tsurui 1 car x 64 days
1 car x 63 days
Kushiro Rainbow 1 car x 84 days
Kushiro Nakashibetsu 2 car x 30 days
Obihiro Ashoro 1 car x 42 days
3 car x 39 days
Obihiro Loyal 1 car x 74 days
1 car x 73 days
Kitami Abashiri 3 car x 20 days
Kitami Sliding 1 car x 87 days
Kitami Shirataki 1 car x 60 days
Aomori Iwaki 1 car x 47 days
1 car x 48 days
Aomori Okuse 1 car x 52 days
1 car x 53 days
Iwate Kamaishi 2 car x 30 days
Iwate Sasama 1 car x 137 days
Iwate Hanamaki Onsen 1 car x 150 days
Iwate (I.e. 1 car x 121 days
Iwate (I.e. 1 car x 159 days
Yamagata Miyauchi 2 car x 35 days
1 car x 37 days
Yamagata Nagasaki 1 car x 100 days
Akita Nishimonai 2 car x 36 days
1 car x 38 days
Akita Oga 1 car x 113 days
Miyagi Ishimori 2 car x 36 days
1 car x 38 days
Miyagi Yoneyama 2 car x 55 days
Fukushima Kitashiobara 1 car x 81 days
Fukushima Mountain capital 1 car x 80 days
Saitama Kuki 11 car x 10 days
Gunma Iwato 1 car x 70 days
Chiba Chikura 1 car x 60 days
Chiba Sekijiri 1 car x 84 days
Ibaraki Matsudaira 1 car x 159 days
Ibaraki Akatsuka 6 car x 16 days
1 car x 21 days
Tochigi horse head 1 car x 60 days
Tochigi Ichikai 1 car x 47 days
1 car x 48 days
Tokyo Higashikurume 10 car x 9 days
1 car x 19 days
Tokyo Osaki 3 car x 20 days
Kanagawa Kanagawa 3 car x 20 days
Niigata Hatano 1 car x 56 days
1 car x 57 days
Niigata Aikawa 1 car x 55 days
1 car x 56 days
Niigata Echigo Yoshida 2 car x 36 days
1 car x 38 days
Nagano 南小谷 2 car x 36 days
1 car x 38 days
Nagano Kitayama 2 car x 36 days
1 car x 38 days
Toyama Fukuoka 1 car x 151 days
Toyama Osawano 2 car x 38 days
1 car x 40 days
Toyama Kurobe 4 car x 22 days
1 car x 24 days
Ishikawa Tomiki 1 car x 91 days
Ishikawa Suzu 3 car x 30 days
Aichi Kozakai 1 car x 60 days
Aichi Atsumi 1 car x 60 days
Aichi Ishinomaki 1 car x 60 days
Aichi Toyoake 1 car x 60 days
Aichi Nagashino 1 car x 60 days
Fukui Imajo 1 car x 60 days
Gifu Kaizu 2 car x 40 days
Gifu Miyamura 1 car x 92 days
Gifu Yamaoka 1 car x 90 days
Gifu Kamiyahagi 1 car x 84 days
Triple Kawamata 1 car x 89 days
Triple Misato 1 car x 98 days
Triple Congee viewing 1 car x 82 days
Shizuoka Inasa 1 car x 68 days
1 car x 69 days
Shizuoka Ryuzan 1 car x 80 days
Shizuoka Kiyosawa 1 car x 81 days
Osaka 大東 3 car x 20 days
Osaka Sumiyoshi 2 car x 30 days
Hyogo Ichijima 1 car x 60 days
Kyoto Uji 4 car x 17 days
1 car x 18 days
Kyoto Nanzanshiro 1 car x 139 days
Nara Asuka 1 car x 117 days
Nara Yoshino 3 car x 30 days
1 car x 31 days
Nara Nosegawa 1 car x 156 days
Shiga Shin Asahi 1 car x 63 days
1 car x 64 days
Hiroshima Kurose 1 car x 60 days
Hiroshima Uwaizumi 1 car x 43 days
Hiroshima divine stone 1 car x 60 days
Okayama Wake 1 car x 137 days
Okayama Mikamo 1 car x 132 days
Yamaguchi Fukuga 1 car x 118 days
Yamaguchi Ota 1 car x 121 days
Tottori Tohaku 1 car x 50 days
1 car x 49 days
Shimane Kaga 1 car x 39 days
Shimane Yunotsu 1 car x 60 days
Tokushima Kawauchi 5 car x 22 days
Tokushima Itano 1 car x 22 days
Tokushima Kitagawa 1 car x 56 days
Kochi Ohnomi 1 car x 72 days
Kochi Taiho 1 car x 64 days
1 car x 65 days
Kochi Haruno 1 car x 60 days
Kochi Otochi 1 car x 60 days
Kochi Yamakita 1 car x 85 days
Fukuoka Hirokawa 1 car x 146 days
Fukuoka (I.e. 1 car x 113 days
Fukuoka Yabe 1 car x 91 days
Fukuoka Ohira 1 car x 85 days
Oita Ono City 1 car x 133 days
Oita Inukai 1 car x 132 days
Oita Tomiki 1 car x 120 days
Oita (I.e. 1 car x 116 days

Administrative Action / Japan Post's light four-wheeled vehicle service suspended: a total of 616 vehicles across 332 post offices.

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