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Japan Post Holdings

Logo: Japan Post Holdings Co.,Ltd., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons5

Japanese conglomerate

Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd. (日本郵政株式会社, Nippon Yūsei kabushiki gaisha) is a Japanese publicly traded conglomerate headquartered in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo. It is mainly engaged in postal and logistics business, financial window business, banking business and life insurance business. The company offers letters and goods transportation services, stamp sales, deposits, loans, and insurance products.3 Its chief executive is Hiroya Masuda (since 2020).1 It employed 2,886 people in 2016.1 Its revenue was ¥13.3 trillion in 2017.1 Its shares trade on Tokyo Stock Exchange under the symbol 6178.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

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Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Jan 23, 2006Founded1

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  • Ticker6178 on Tokyo Stock Exchange1
  • Industryeconomics of banking, postal service1
  • HeadquartersŌtemachi Place1
  • Websitewww.japanpost.jp/en
  • Legal formSpecially designated public corporation, kabushiki gaisha1
  • LEI5299003D9N4JBS256X184
  • StatusActive4
  • LEI statusIssued and current4
  • Registered address大手町2-3-1, 100-8791 東京, Japan4
  • Registered withLegal Affairs Bureau, 0100-01-1126974

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Photo: Akonnchiroll, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons7

Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd. (日本郵政株式会社, Nippon Yūsei kabushiki gaisha) is a Japanese publicly traded conglomerate headquartered in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo. It is mainly engaged in postal and logistics business, financial window business, banking business and life insurance business. The company offers letters and goods transportation services, stamp sales, deposits, loans, and insurance products.3

Corporate structure

Japan Post Holdings sits at the top of its group. 48 entities, 9 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); stakes of 5% or more it reported on Schedules 13D and 13G (1 companies). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Japan Post Holdings reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

History

The company was founded on 23 January 2006, although it was not until October 2007 that it took over the functions of Japan Post.

There were plans to fully privatize the company, but were subsequently put on hold. As of 2013, it ranked thirteenth in the Fortune Global 500 list of the world's largest companies.

On April 25, 2017, Japan Post Holdings said it would have a ¥40bn ($360m) loss for its first full financial year as a listed company, due to losses from Toll Group, which it controversially acquired in 2015.

In September 2017, the Japanese government announced its sale of $12 billion worth of Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd. stock. It was the first sale since the 2015 IPO of the postal company and its two units, Japan Post Bank Co. Ltd. and Japan Post Insurance Co. Ltd.. That sale also raised $12 billion, which was used for the repair and reconstruction of places that were destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.

In December 2019, the heads of Japan Post Holdings announced that they will resign over the improper sales of insurance policies, after the regulator announced administrative punishments against the companies. The company said that Hiroya Masuda, a former minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, has been appointed as successor to current CEO Masatsugu Nagato.

In March 2021, Japan Post Holdings announced that it would invest 150 billion yen or US$1.38 billion and take a 8 percent stake in internet conglomerate Rakuten.

2005 plan for privatization

The Postal Privatization Law passed in 2005 laid out a framework for a preparation phase, a ten-year transition phase that was revised to start on October 1, 2007, and a post-privatization phase to organize the companies into their final forms. A Cabinet-level Postal Privatization Headquarters would be established to develop and implementation plan to manage privatization and divide the resources of Japan Post between the successor companies.

Japan Post Holdings was to start as a state-owned holding company for Japan Post Bank, Japan Post Insurance, Japan Post Network, and Japan Post Service and gradually sell off its shares through 2017. The original plan was for the government to retain about a one-third ownership share of Japan Post Holdings, and for Japan Post Holdings to sell all its shares in its banking and insurance subsidiaries. Proceeds from the sale were to be used to reduce government debt.

From Wikipedia’s article on Japan Post Holdings, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.6

Leadership

Who has led Japan Post Holdings, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Masatsugu Nagato2016–2020
  2. Hiroya Masuda2020–now
2010201520202025

Products and brands

  • mail

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

Subsidiaries

Divisions

  • JP MUSIC

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Mar 2023Acquired Japan Post Bank1
  2. Mar 31, 2020Acquired Japan Post Insurance1
  3. May 28, 2015Acquired Toll Group1

Employees over time

  • 20162,8861

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

Japan Post Holdings revenue by year113.3T JPY in 2017−7% since 2016
05.0T JPY10.0T JPY15.0T JPY2016: 14.3T JPY14.3T JPY20162017: 13.3T JPY13.3T JPY2017−7%
  • 201713.3T JPY1
  • 201614.3T JPY1

Net income

Japan Post Holdings net income by year115.8B JPY in 2017−96% since 2016
0200.0B JPY400.0B JPY600.0B JPY2016: 434.3B JPY434.3B JPY20162017: 15.8B JPY15.8B JPY2017−96%
  • 201715.8B JPY1
  • 2016434.3B JPY1

Timeline

  1. Jan 2020New chief executive Hiroya Masuda becomes CEO1
  2. Apr 1, 2016New chief executive Masatsugu Nagato becomes CEO1
  3. Nov 4, 2015Went public Listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange1
  4. Jan 23, 2006Founded Founded1

Filings

23 filings to the SEC since October 2021: 23 other. The latest 20:

  1. Jul 10, 202613F-HR EDGAR
  2. Jul 10, 2026N-PX EDGAR
  3. May 8, 202613F-HR EDGAR
  4. Jan 27, 202613F-HR EDGAR
  5. Oct 27, 202513F-HR EDGAR
  6. Jul 25, 2025N-PX EDGAR
  7. Jul 25, 202513F-HR EDGAR
  8. Apr 8, 202513F-HR EDGAR
  9. Jan 23, 2025N-PX EDGAR
  10. Jan 16, 202513F-HR EDGAR
  11. Oct 10, 202413F-HR EDGAR
  12. Jul 11, 202413F-HR EDGAR
  13. Apr 16, 202413F-HR EDGAR
  14. Jan 5, 202413F-HR EDGAR
  15. Oct 16, 202313F-HR EDGAR
  16. Jul 27, 202313F-HR EDGAR
  17. Apr 10, 202313F-HR EDGAR
  18. Jan 31, 202313F-HR EDGAR
  19. Nov 2, 202213F-HR EDGAR
  20. Aug 4, 202213F-HR EDGAR

The 23 filings since October 2021 can be filtered by form type and year here when JavaScript is on.

Every filing from the last five years, summarized. The full record is on SEC EDGAR.

Stakes it holds

Japan Post Holdings has told the SEC it owns more than 5% of 1 company, latest first (Schedules 13D and 13G).

  • AflacSCHEDULE 13G/A Mar 5, 2026 to Aug 14, 20268

SEC filer profile

How Japan Post Holdings is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.

  • Name on EDGARJapan Post Holdings Co., Ltd.2
  • CIK0001783464
  • Incorporated inJapan2
  • Fiscal year endsMarch 312
  • Business address2-3-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, M0 100-87912
  • Phone81-2-3477-02122
  • On EDGAR sinceOct 7, 20192
  • Filings137 in all: 4 (98), 13F-HR (27), 3 (3), N-PX (3), SCHEDULE 13G/A (3), SC 13G/A (2), SC 13G (1)2

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