The Privatization of Japan Post

Amelia Porges and Joy M. Leong
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Amelia Porges: Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP
Joy M. Leong: Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP

Chapter Chapter 23 in Progress toward Liberalization of the Postal and Delivery Sector, 2006, pp 385-400 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In the last year, postal reform in Japan has emerged from the shadows to become the single policy issue that could remake Japanese politics. After his legislative package for postal privatization was blocked by opposition from his own party, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has dissolved the lower house of the Diet and made the election into a referendum on postal reform. Appealing to urban voters with an attack on entrenched interests, he won a landslide victory. His legislative package will be resubmitted soon to the Diet and is predicted to pass easily, ushering in a new political era.

Keywords: Prime Minister; Financial Service; Post Office; Liberal Democratic Party; Postal Service (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-29744-6_23

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