Japan Post will try to improve its operations by creating 12 model post offices around the country so employees at its 24,000 outlets can learn about cost-cutting measures and improving productivity, Japan Post President Masaharu Ikuta said in a recent interview.
"We will arrange for each of (the 12 major) regional offices to create a model post office so that (the model of high productivity) can filter down into post offices nationwide," Ikuta told Kyodo News.
Ikuta, president of what was the Postal Services Agency until March 31, said he will have 280,000 Japan Post employees emulate Toyota Motor Corp.'s production policy of eliminating "over-stretched labor conditions, waste and unevenness."