Yamato Transport Co. lost a court battle Thursday against Japan Post over the public corporation's allegedly unfair tieup with convenience store chain Lawson Inc.
The Tokyo District Court ruled that Japan Post is not running its Yu-Pack parcel-delivery service at unfairly low prices because Yamato's deficit hasn't risen, despite the rise in parcels handled.
Presiding Judge Yosuke Ichimura also said that Yamato, the nation's biggest parcel-delivery service, had presented no specifics on the cost of running the Yu-Pack service and had thus failed to back up its claim that Japan Post is violating the Antimonopoly Law.
The judge also rejected Yamato's argument that the Yu-Pack service puts Yamato at a disadvantage, because Yamato's sales and earnings have continued to increase even after the launch of Japan Post's Yu-Pack.
Yamato said Japan Post's full-fledged entry into the parcel-delivery market through Lawson was "unfair" under the Antimonopoly Law as long it is receiving preferential tax treatment.