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Postal services urged to cut jobs, consolidate post offices.

Article from: Japan Weekly Monitor | January 14, 2002 | Copyright

TOKYO, Jan. 10 Kyodo

The posts ministry's administrative evaluation bureau has drafted a report urging the ministry to streamline state-run postal services through measures such as large job cuts and consolidation of neighboring post offices, bureau officials said.

The bureau is expected to hand in the report to the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications on Friday and ask it to respond within six months, the officials said.

The report specifically calls on the ministry to cut postal service jobs drastically by merging neighboring post offices and to …

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