Administrative Action / Japan Post receives additional suspension order for light four-wheeled vehicle services, effective 24th, affecting 105 post offices nationwide.

August 25, 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 24st 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 24, applies to 105 business offices, and the number of vehicles subject to the suspension of use is 182.

Furthermore, disciplinary actions were also announced on October 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th, and on November 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th, and December 3rd, 10th, and 17th.

■List of post offices that will have their vehicles suspended as of January 24

Transportation Bureau
Branch Office
post office Administrative action
Sapporo Nopporo 2 car x 30 days
Rice paddy 3 car x 20 days
Central Hokkaido, Sapporo 1 car x 60 days
Kaminai 1 car x 60 days
Hakodate Kikonai 1 car x 48 days
2 car x 47 days
Asahikawa Toma 1 car x 43 days
2 car x 42 days
Haboro 1 car x 34 days
2 car x 32 days
Muroran Hayakita Snowman 1 car x 30 days
2 car x 29 days
Obihiro 上士幌 1 car x 30 days
3 car x 27 days
Aomori Imabetsu 1 car x 52 days
Fukuchi 1 car x 56 days
Iwate Otobe 1 car x 60 days
One house 1 car x 60 days
Yamagata Small country 1 car x 60 days
Akita Aniai 1 car x 43 days
Wada 2 car x 40 days
Lake Tazawa 1 car x 42 days
1 car x 43 days
Jingu-ji Temple 1 car x 49 days
Miyagi 志津川 1 car x 60 days
Watanoha 1 car x 60 days
Fukushima Segawa 1 car x 50 days
Hanawa 1 car x 60 days
Yomogida 1 car x 60 days
Tomioka 1 car x 60 days
Kamitono 1 car x 60 days
Saitama Yoshimi 2 car x 35 days
1 car x 36 days
Gunma Obata 1 car x 39 days
Annaka 1 car x 60 days
Chiba Higashisho 1 car x 44 days
Taito 1 car x 21 days
Ibaraki Ogawa 1 car x 146 days
(I.e. 1 car x 122 days
Tochigi Fukui 2 car x 70 days
喜連川 1 car x 60 days
Tokyo Joto 3 car x 20 days
Kojimachi 3 car x 20 days
Nagano Longjiang 2 car x 43 days
Washing horse 2 car x 45 days
Hata 2 car x 43 days
Minami Kiso 2 car x 42 days
Shioda 1 car x 60 days
Sakaki 1 car x 60 days
Thousand songs 1 car x 60 days
Ishikawa Tsurugi 1 car x 60 days
Tsuchida 1 car x 38 days
Aichi Chiryu 5 car x 20 days
1 car x 21 days
Fujioka 5 car x 16 days
1 car x 21 days
Toyokawa 3 car x 20 days
Gifu (I.e. 1 car x 38 days
Ishi Tetsuhaku 1 car x 36 days
swan 3 car x 36 days
Takenami 1 car x 26 days
Triple 明和 2 car x 36 days
1 car x 38 days
Shirako 2 car x 30 days
Shizuoka Ikumi 1 car x 37 days
細江 2 car x 35 days
1 car x 37 days
Isaji 3 car x 30 days
1 car x 33 days
Osaka Osaka Joto 3 car x 20 days
Nishiyodogawa 5 car x 18 days
1 car x 20 days
Nara Imperial Palace 3 car x 28 days
1 car x 31 days
Higashiyama 1 car x 20 days
Shiga Omi Hachiman 6 car x 15 days
1 car x 20 days
Wakayama Master 1 car x 25 days
Iwakura 1 car x 60 days
Wakayama South 1 car x 60 days
Miyama 1 car x 21 days
Shimane Gotsu 2 car x 45 days
1 car x 47 days
Hasa 1 car x 34 days
Oda 1 car x 35 days
Tadokoro 1 car x 60 days
Atoichi 1 car x 38 days
(I.e. 1 car x 44 days
中 1 car x 60 days
Muikaichi 1 car x 50 days
Tsuda 1 car x 57 days
white top 1 car x 52 days
Tokushima Hiwasa 1 car x 90 days
Horie 1 car x 90 days
Shishikui 1 car x 60 days
Yamakawa 1 car x 22 days
Saga Karatsu 1 car x 60 days
Aochi 1 car x 60 days
Tokusue 1 car x 80 days
Hamasaki 1 car x 60 days
Oita Imazu 1 car x 63 days
1 car x 64 days
Kitayamada 1 car x 70 days
中 1 car x 60 days
Musashi 1 car x 60 days
Kakizaka 1 car x 60 days
Oyama 1 car x 60 days
Tsue 1 car x 52 days
Five horses 1 car x 45 days
Yabakei 1 car x 43 days
Miyazaki Takaoka 2 car x 42 days
1 car x 43 days
清武 3 car x 41 days
Tsuno 2 car x 56 days
South Sichuan 2 car x 36 days
1 car x 37 days
Sumiyoshi 1 car x 60 days
Ikime 1 car x 41 days
1 car x 42 days
(I.e. 1 car x 60 days
Saito 2 car x 30 days
Totoro 1 car x 60 days
Kitagawa 1 car x 60 days
Shinmon 1 car x 38 days
Okinawa Kumejima 1 car x 60 days

Japan Post / Additional disposal of light four-wheeled vehicles starting on the 22nd, applicable to 111 post offices nationwide.

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