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Company Introduction

Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (Nippon Express) is currently a private company. Before 1950, it was a state-owned company. The Land Transport Company, established in 1872, can be said to be the "old zero" of Nippon Express. At that time, the postal department had also been established. The state stipulated that letters and small items were operated by the postal department, and other individual operators engaged in cargo transportation must operate in partnership. It was against this background that Land Transport Company was established as a small group of individual transport operators specializing in land transportation. In 1875, Land Transport Company was renamed Neikoku Express Company, and in 1928 it was rebuilt as International Express Co., Ltd., and its business scope expanded to foreign countries. On October 1, 1937, Nippon Express Co., Ltd. was officially established. At that time, it was a state-owned company jointly funded by the government and private individuals. As the situation of World War II progressed, the Japanese government-developed comprehensive transportation and merged the transportation industry in major cities across the country into Nippon Express. In 1950, the Nippon Express Business Law was implemented, and Nippon Express began to move towards a new starting point as a private company.

Business Scope

We undertake international transport agency business for import and export goods by sea and air, including: cargo collection, booking, charter flights, warehousing, transit, container assembly and disassembly, settlement of freight and miscellaneous fees, customs declaration, inspection, insurance and related short-distance transportation and consulting services, and handle international express delivery (excluding personal letters).

Development History

In 1872, Riku-un Moto Kaisha was established.

In 1875, the company name was changed to Naikoku Tsu-un Kabushiki Kaisha (National Transportation Co., Ltd.).

In 1937, Nippon Express was established.

In 1941, 45 Nippon Express unified Japan Airlines and began its modern corporate management and operations.

In 1950, Nippon Express was re-established as a privately owned company.

In 1955, it started to handle travel services and air transport business.

In 1962, Nippon Express established its American branch

1966: Establishment of representative offices in Amsterdam and Rome

1967, established representative offices in Taipei and Sydney

1968: Established representative offices in Paris and Bangkok

1969: Established representative offices in Singapore, Honolulu and London

In 1970, a sea transport route from Japan to Tomakomai to Hokkaido was established

In 1979, Nippon Express Hong Kong was established.

In 1980, a sea transport route connecting Osaka and Tomakomai was established.

In 1981, the German representative office was established.

In 1982, Nippon Express Belgium Representative Office and Nippon Express Canada Representative Office were established.

In 1985, Nippon Express established representative offices in Australia, France and the United States.

In 1986, the Italian representative office was established.

1987: Nippon Express (Schweiz) AG established.

In 1988, Nippon Express de Espana, SA was established.

In 1989, the Thailand Representative Office was established.

In 1994, the Shanghai and Shenzhen representative offices were established.

In 1995, the Nippon Express subsidiary in the Philippines was established.

In 1997, the global sales information system "N-SHATLE" was successfully developed and put into use, and the Eco-Business department was established.

In late 2013, Nippon Express Co Ltd acquired a 67 percent stake in Panasonic Logistics, a unit of Japanese electronics group Panasonic Corp.

In 2017, Japan Express' annual revenue exceeded US$16 billion, making it one of the top five logistics service providers in the world.

In September 2017, it said it planned to raise 100 billion yen ($912 million) in debt capital over two years to consolidate several warehouses in the Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya areas and install labor-saving equipment, and build shipping warehouses in overseas locations such as Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia to take advantage of low interest rates to cope with a growing shortage of workers.