Japan Post faces JFTC corrective recommendation over freelance-law violations
By Genta Nakanishi ( September 2, 2026, 06:31 GMT | Insight) -- Japan Post, Japan’s state-backed postal and logistics company, received a corrective recommendation from the country’s antitrust watchdog on Wednesday for violating the freelance protection law. The antitrust agency said the company failed to provide transaction terms to 167 freelancers and delayed payments to 140 of them.Japan Post, the postal and logistics arm of government-backed Japan Post Holdings, received a corrective recommendation from Japan’s antitrust watchdog on Wednesday for violating the country’s freelance worker protection law by failing to provide transaction terms to 167 freelancers and delaying payments to 140 of them....
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