Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd.

The holding company for Japan's postal network, its largest deposit-taking bank and a major life insurer, still partly owned by the state.

Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd. headquarters

Business Description

Japan Post Holdings sits above three listed or formerly listed subsidiaries: Japan Post Co., which runs mail, parcels and the counter network of more than 20,000 post offices; Japan Post Bank, the country's biggest deposit-taker; and Japan Post Insurance, one of its largest life insurers. Most of the group's profit comes from the two financial units rather than from mail.

The structure is a legacy of the 2005 privatisation legislation, which required the group to sell down its stakes in the bank and the insurer while the government sells down its own holding in the parent. Letter volumes have fallen for two decades against rising parcel demand, and the group has moved into logistics, taking a stake in the trucking company Yamato's partner network. Established in 2006, it listed alongside Japan Post Bank and Japan Post Insurance in 2015.

Corporate Data

Ticker6178
ExchangeTokyo Stock Exchange
Size CategoryTOPIX Large70
Market SegmentPrime Market
SectorServices
Head OfficeOtemachi Place West Tower, 2-3-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8791, Japan
FoundedJanuary 23, 2006
Fiscal Year EndMarch 31
WebsiteOfficial website

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