Administrative Action: Japan Post receives 8th suspension order for light four-wheeled vehicle operations, with 105 additional business locations affected.

August 21, 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 19st 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 January 19, applies to 105 business offices, and the number of vehicles subject to the suspension of use is 167.

In addition, disciplinary actions were announced on October 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th, and on November 5th and 12th, bringing the total number of affected post offices nationwide to 877.

■List of post offices that will have their vehicles suspended as of January 19

Transportation Bureau
Branch Office
post office Administrative action
Sapporo Kurisawa 2 car x 44 days
Makari 1 car x 30 days
3 car x 29 days
Hakodate Kumaishi 1 car x 134 days
Asahikawa 上富良野 2 car x 30 days
Hair growth 1 car x 60 days
Furen 1 car x 60 days
Bifuka 1 car x 60 days
Muroran 豊浦 1 car x 60 days
1 car x 59 days
Mukawa 1 car x 60 days
Aomori Towada 3 car x 20 days
Nakazato 1 car x 83 days
Iwate Jōhōji 1 car x 97 days
(I.e. 1 car x 101 days
Yamagata Furukuchi 1 car x 83 days
Best 2 car x 40 days
Akita Yuri 1 car x 122 days
Iwaki 1 car x 125 days
Nakatashiro 1 car x 120 days
Miyagi Naruse 1 car x 85 days
Wakayanagi 2 car x 42 days
Fukushima Yanagawa 1 car x 46 days
1 car x 47 days
Miyakoji 1 car x 87 days
Tateiwa 1 car x 88 days
Takagi 1 car x 90 days
Saitama Kawamoto 1 car x 60 days
Gunma Sawatari 1 car x 138 days
Chiba Shirako 1 car x 60 days
Chiba Central 3 car x 20 days
Ibaraki Edosaki 2 car x 55 days
谷和原 1 car x 60 days
Misaka 1 car x 75 days
Tochigi Awano 1 car x 62 days
1 car x 63 days
Mashiko 2 car x 54 days
Tokyo Itabashi West 2 car x 30 days
Adachi 9 car x 9 days
1 car x 13 days
Shibuya 3 car x 20 days
Niigata Kawahigashi 1 car x 102 days
Yoita 1 car x 101 days
Shindo 1 car x 101 days
Nagano Middle Earth 1 car x 51 days
1 car x 52 days
Omi 2 car x 51 days
Toyama Kamitaki 1 car x 73 days
1 car x 74 days
Mizuhashi 3 car x 29 days
Uozu 4 car x 19 days
1 car x 20 days
Ishikawa Xihai 1 car x 83 days
Tsubata 3 car x 20 days
1 car x 22 days
Aichi Iwatsu 1 car x 60 days
Koda 1 car x 60 days
Fukui Takefu 2 car x 30 days
Maruoka 2 car x 30 days
Gifu Takao 1 car x 32 days
Hida Furukawa 1 car x 29 days
2 car x 27 days
Shokawa 1 car x 92 days
Triple Seamount 2 car x 55 days
Asan 1 car x 54 days
1 car x 53 days
Shizuoka Matsuzaki 1 car x 60 days
Hamaoka 1 car x 60 days
Sakuragi 1 car x 60 days
Osaka Mihara 1 car x 60 days
Osaka West 3 car x 20 days
Osaka East 2 car x 30 days
Hyogo Okochi 1 car x 86 days
west valley 1 car x 106 days
Inagawa 2 car x 30 days
Nara Wada 1 car x 23 days
Shiga Takamiya 3 car x 34 days
1 car x 37 days
Nishi-Asai 1 car x 71 days
Hiroshima Kabe 2 car x 30 days
Raw mulberry 1 car x 25 days
Tottori 智頭 1 car x 30 days
Shimane Tonbara 1 car x 23 days
Kurushima 1 car x 28 days
Okayama 北木島 1 car x 29 days
Beautiful bag 1 car x 30 days
Yamaguchi Kuga 1 car x 111 days
Mutsumi 1 car x 23 days
Kagawa Kagawa 1 car x 60 days
Teshima 1 car x 100 days
高松中央 3 car x 20 days
Fukuoka Kuroki 2 car x 72 days
View 1 car x 105 days
Yasu 1 car x 86 days
Iizuka 3 car x 20 days
Yanagawa 1 car x 60 days
Chikugo 1 car x 60 days
Kawara 1 car x 56 days
Akaike 1 car x 35 days
Kumamoto Mikawa 1 car x 110 days
Kawaura 1 car x 110 days
Nishiki 1 car x 109 days
Shinwa 1 car x 106 days
Menda 2 car x 52 days
Toyo 1 car x 101 days
Nagasu 1 car x 49 days
1 car x 50 days
Yuura 1 car x 97 days
One win 1 car x 96 days
Nankan 2 car x 48 days
Kamitsura 1 car x 95 days
Tamatō 1 car x 91 days
Ubuyama 1 car x 89 days
Hinagu 2 car x 43 days
(I.e. 1 car x 60 days
Bochu 1 car x 60 days
Small country 1 car x 60 days

Administrative Action: Japan Post has suspended the operation of light four-wheeled vehicles at 108 of its branches, bringing the total number of branches to over 700.

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