From April this year, in response to stricter regulations on overtime work for truck drivers and others, Japan Post will increase the number of days it takes to deliver Yu-Pack and express mail by up to half a day in some areas. Announced.
Japan Post has announced that it will review the number of days it takes to deliver Yu-Pack and express mail starting April 1st.
In some areas, it can take up to half a day longer.For example, if you sent a Yu-Pack from a post office in Tokyo to Yamaguchi Prefecture in the morning, it used to arrive the next day in the afternoon. , from April onwards, it will arrive in the morning of the day after next.
Due to stricter regulations regarding overtime work, routes that were previously carried by one driver will now be handled by vehicles driven by another driver along the way. This is because it takes a lot of time.
According to Japan Post, this review will increase the delivery time by
approximately 3.4% of all Yu-Pack items
and approximately 0.2% of express mail items.
In addition, from October 1st, Yu-Pack's desired delivery time has been changed from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. The time slot "8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m." will be abolished.
Japan Post commented, ``We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause to people in some areas, but we made this decision out of necessity in order to comply with the law.We appreciate your understanding.''