Administrative Action: Additional suspension of light four-wheeled vehicle services at 108 post offices, bringing the total number of affected post offices to over 1000.

August 04, 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 3st 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 3, applies to 108 business offices, and the number of vehicles subject to the suspension of use is 189.

Furthermore, disciplinary actions were announced on October 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th, and on November 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th, bringing the total number of affected post offices nationwide to 1112. With this latest announcement, the cumulative number of affected post offices has now exceeded 1000.

■List of post offices that will have their vehicles suspended as of January 3

Transportation Bureau
Branch Office
post office Administrative action
Sapporo Shimamaki 1 car x 46 days
1 car x 45 days
Shimizusawa 1 car x 48 days
Hakodate Wakamatsu 1 car x 43 days
Kushiro Shibetsu 1 car x 30 days
2 car x 28 days
Inside the tea room 1 car x 60 days
Obihiro Shimizu 1 car x 44 days
2 car x 43 days
Hiroo 1 car x 29 days
3 car x 27 days
Nakasatsunai 1 car x 38 days
2 car x 36 days
Rikubetsu 1 car x 60 days
Aomori car power 1 car x 70 days
Inagaki 1 car x 60 days
Iwate Maezawa 3 car x 35 days
Osara 1 car x 55 days
1 car x 56 days
Yamagata Tenoko 1 car x 84 days
Akita Lake Hachirogata 1 car x 87 days
Yokobori 1 car x 64 days
1 car x 65 days
Chusen 1 car x 65 days
Hachimori 1 car x 84 days
Miyagi Sanuma 2 car x 30 days
Onoda 1 car x 60 days
Miyazaki 1 car x 82 days
Oni-kubi 1 car x 60 days
Shiwahime 1 car x 128 days
Fukushima Yabuki 1 car x 60 days
Omotego 1 car x 60 days
Aizu-Takada 1 car x 60 days
Nozawa 1 car x 60 days
Gunma Ikaho 1 car x 60 days
Isesaki 2 car x 30 days
Chiba Narashino 3 car x 20 days
Ibaraki offspring 1 car x 29 days
Otsu 1 car x 60 days
Satomi 1 car x 138 days
Tochigi Nasu 1 car x 60 days
Fujioka 1 car x 60 days
Tokyo Teshima 11 car x 9 days
1 car x 15 days
Meguro 11 car x 9 days
1 car x 16 days
新東京 1 car x 87 days
Niigata Teradomari 1 car x 88 days
Echigo Meiji 1 car x 88 days
Nagano Chino 4 car x 19 days
1 car x 21 days
Nakajo 1 car x 96 days
鬼無里 1 car x 95 days
Toyama Himi 2 car x 30 days
Etchu Yao 3 car x 37 days
Ishikawa Kanazawa South 1 car x 60 days
In front of the gate 1 car x 60 days
Aichi Morioka 1 car x 31 days
Kamigo 2 car x 30 days
Jimokuji Temple 1 car x 60 days
Tokai South 5 car x 18 days
1 car x 20 days
Fukui Sabae 3 car x 20 days
1 car x 22 days
Harue 4 car x 25 days
Gifu 高富 1 car x 60 days
Mino 1 car x 60 days
Nanno 1 car x 60 days
Shizuoka Nakagawane 1 car x 60 days
Hamakita 4 car x 23 days
1 car x 24 days
Tōtōmi Daitō 1 car x 60 days
Osaka Osaka South 3 car x 20 days
Naniwa 3 car x 20 days
Osaka Asahi 5 car x 18 days
1 car x 20 days
Hyogo Akashi 3 car x 20 days
Nara Soni 1 car x 84 days
Wakayama (I.e. 1 car x 110 days
Shirahama 1 car x 60 days
Motomiya 1 car x 60 days
Dragon God 1 car x 60 days
Okayama Kasaoka 3 car x 20 days
1 car x 22 days
Nagi 1 car x 106 days
Yamaguchi Yutani 1 car x 102 days
Yuu 1 car x 60 days
Shinagata 1 car x 99 days
(I.e. 1 car x 58 days
1 car x 57 days
Satsuki 1 car x 60 days
Susa 1 car x 111 days
Yasaka 1 car x 60 days
Arrow and ball 1 car x 67 days
Atago Shingu 1 car x 41 days
Kawanoe 1 car x 60 days
Tamagawa 1 car x 29 days
Kamiwa 1 car x 28 days
Saga Takakushi 1 car x 106 days
Sashi 1 car x 102 days
Yobuko 1 car x 88 days
Nihiyama 1 car x 83 days
Tosu 2 car x 30 days
Kumamoto Kayou 3 car x 32 days
Kosa 1 car x 91 days
Kusabe 1 car x 85 days
Ashikita 1 car x 42 days
1 car x 43 days
Taura 1 car x 84 days
mirror 2 car x 41 days
Nanaki 1 car x 60 days
Sumimoto 1 car x 60 days
Triangle 1 car x 60 days
Arao 1 car x 60 days
Gokanosho 1 car x 60 days
Miyahara 1 car x 60 days
Namino 1 car x 37 days
Aso 1 car x 32 days
Ichinomiya 1 car x 60 days
Miyazaki Arisui 1 car x 106 days
Shiwa Pond 1 car x 94 days
Gokase 1 car x 90 days
plateau 1 car x 80 days

Administrative Action: Additional suspension orders issued to light four-wheeled vehicles at 116 post offices nationwide, marking the ninth time this has been applied.

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