Japan Post Holdings

The Nippon Yusei K. K. (Japanese日本 邮政 株式会社. Nippon Yusei kabushiki - gaisha, Eng. , Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd. ) is a Japanese holding company for the four companies in 2007 from the Japan Post, the successor to the Japanese government Post, emerged.

The holding company has (as of 1 October 2007) 3,500 people, but we are responsible with its subsidiaries for 240 100 employees.

The JP Group was created in 2006 to prepare for the transformation of the public post in a private company. On October 1, 2007, Japan Post has been transferred to the four sections of the JP Group:

• Postal delivery services to the Japan Post Service (邮 便 事业 株式会社, Yubin Jigyo KK)
• Post offices to the Japan Post Network (邮 便 局 株式会社, Yubin Kyoku KK)
• Postbank to the Japan Post Bank (株式会社 ゆうちょ銀行KK Yucho Ginko ) and
• The life insurance of the post to the Japan Post Insurance (株式会社 かんぽ 生命 保険KK Kampo Seimei Hoken ).

The positioning of the four sub-regions as independent companies and the transfer of private property should be completed within ten years. However, the lower house of the national parliament decided - a reform in April 2012 after several years of negotiations, especially at the insistence of the since 2009 with the ruling People's New Party - because it is a common design of the three largest parties, the consent of the upper house is considered safe 2009 attenuated post- privatization law: the new law makes no timing for privatization, the companies for delivery services and post offices are to be joined together again and the post offices are required to continue coverage offer postal, banking and insurance services. In addition, a large part of the privatization proceeds for reconstruction after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake to be used.