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• Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism: October and November will be designated as "Intensive Monitoring Months" for shippers and prime contractors; regional block liaison meetings for fair trade practices will also be held. (February 09) September 28, 2026 SCM/Management
• Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism/Logistics Policy Promotion Stakeholders Meeting Held First Meeting to Make the Two Laws for Trucking Optimization Effective (February 07) July 14, 2026 SCM/Management
• Japan Fair Trade Commission: Requests from consignees for free waiting and handling services may violate antitrust laws. (February 03) March 11, 2026 SCM/Management

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  • CBRE begins tenant leasing for a 1.4 m2 multi-tenant logistics facility in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture.
  • CBRE/Hyogo: Open House and Foreign Worker System Seminar to be held on October 22nd at "Rene Logi Kobe Port Island"
  • CBRE IM / Tokyo: Post-completion viewing and seminar to be held at "CBRE IM Katsushika" on October 21st and 22nd.
  • Mitani Computer launches AI-powered WMS "W-KEEPER AX" and demonstrates it at EC General Exhibition.
  • Mitsubishi Estate / Open House for "LogiCross Osaka Taisho II" on October 20th and 21st
  • Colliers will hold an open house for its logistics facility in Atsugi City, Kanagawa Prefecture on October 22nd and 23rd.
  • Daito Kentaku and Nippon Logistics Facilities to complete a logistics facility near the "Sayama-Hidaka IC" in Saitama Prefecture in February 2027.
  • Toho Gas Energy / Webinar "Hydrogenization Project for Large Logistics Hubs" to be held on October 15th
  • CREDO / Saitama Prefecture "CREDO Kazo" Preview Event to be held on October 20th and 21st
  • CBRE will hold an open house and recruitment strengthening seminar at "CPD Tokai Chita" in Aichi Prefecture on October 15th and 16th.
  • Daito Kentaku and Japan Logistics Facilities to complete a logistics center near the "Samukawa Kita IC" in Kanagawa Prefecture in April 2027.
  • Hankyu Hanshin Real Estate will hold an open house and Phoxter demonstration at "Logista Kyoto Fushimi" on October 15th and 16th.
  • Hankyu Hanshin Real Estate and Transcosmos will be presenting at an e-commerce logistics seminar on October 23rd.
  • JILS will hold logistics improvement case study presentations and lectures in Kansai and Kyushu in October and November.
  • CBRE / Short-term contracts also available. Open house to be held on October 15th at the (tentative name) Kawanishi Logistics Center in Hyogo Prefecture.
• Japan Fair Trade Commission and Small and Medium Enterprise Agency conduct intensive investigation into violations of the Subcontracting Act, issuing 2 recommendations and 530 guidance orders in transportation transactions. (February 12) December 24, 2025 3PL/Logistics company
• Japan Fair Trade Commission/Strengthening cooperation with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism following the enforcement of the Trade Control Act (February 10) October 29, 2025 3PL/Logistics company
• Laputa Robotics selected for the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Growth Acceleration Subsidy. (February 10) October 15, 2025 IT/Equipment
• Small and Medium Enterprise Agency / Review of Terminology Including "Subcontracting": "Subcontracting G-Men" to be changed to "Transaction G-Men" from January 2014 (February 09) September 2, 2025 3PL/Logistics company
• Price Negotiation Promotion Month Survey: Trucking Industry's Pass-Through Rate is Significantly Below Average (February 06) June 21, 2024 Surveys and Statistics
• Fukuoka Transport / Awarded in the DX category of "300 Thriving Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises" (February 03) March 14, 2024 SCM/Management
• Small and Medium Enterprise Agency/Conducts Price Negotiation Training Session Specialized for the Trucking Industry (February 02) February 1, 2024 3PL/Logistics company
• Japan Fair Trade Commission, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency: Price pass-through: Disparities between clients and contractors (February 01) January 18, 2024 Surveys and Statistics
• Small and Medium Enterprise Agency: Price pass-through rate for truck transport industry increased by 4.7 percentage points from March. (February 11) November 28, 2023 Surveys and Statistics
• Small and Medium Enterprise Agency/New support desk established to help subcontracting SMEs pass on price increases (February 07) July 12, 2023 SCM/Management
• Price pass-through rate: Trucking industry 19.4%, with increased costs and some reductions. (February 06) June 20, 2023 Surveys and Statistics
• Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism / Effective and fair trading and working conditions required in the trucking industry (February 03) March 13, 2023 3PL/Logistics company
• Small and Medium Enterprise Agency: Transportation industry ranks 27th in price negotiations; 13.9% have "not been able to hold discussions." (February 03) March 13, 2023 Surveys and Statistics
• Small and Medium Enterprise Agency/Conducts Price Negotiation Training Session Specialized for the Trucking Industry (February 03) March 2, 2023 SCM/Management

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