April 2001 — Junichiro Koizumi wins the LDP presidential race and becomes the nations's 87th prime minister with privatizing postal services as his main goal.
May 2001 — Koizumi, in his first Diet address, states that postal privatization should be considered once Japan Post is set up as a public corporation.
April 2003 — Japan Post is set up, replacing the Postal Services Agency.
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