Japan Post plans to start delivering automotive and electronic parts to Eastern Europe later thisyear utilising the network of La Poste’s German affiliate DPD, Japanese media reported.
The mail and parcel delivery service unit of Japan Post Holdings, Japan Post Service, plansdistribution services to Japanese companies’ plants in Eastern Europe starting with services toHungary next month. Delivery services to Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia will follow nextyear, according to Jiji Press. This comes as an increasing number of Japanese companies are settingup production bases in the region.
In July, La Poste and Japan Post signed an agreement for an international logisticspartnership effective until 2011. It was reported that the in-depth cooperation focuses on mutualdistribution of export shipments in Europe and Japan and that the two national postal operatorsplanned to offer distribution services between Japan and Europe using the networks of theirrespective logistics units.
