Private company

Japan Post

Logo: Japan Post Service Co., Ltd., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons³

Japanese postal company

Japan Post Co., Ltd. (日本郵便株式会社, Nippon Yūbin Kabushiki-gaisha), is a Japanese post, logistics and courier headquartered in Tokyo.² It is part of Japan Post Holdings.¹ Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

Oct 1, 2007Founded¹

Industrymail¹
HeadquartersŌtemachi Place¹
Websitewww.post.japanpost.jp/index_en.html
Legal formSpecially designated public corporation, kabushiki gaisha¹

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Japan Post Co., Ltd. (日本郵便株式会社, Nippon Yūbin Kabushiki-gaisha), is a Japanese post, logistics and courier headquartered in Tokyo.²

Corporate structure

Japan Post is part of a group headed by Japan Post Holdings. 48 entities, 9 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Japan Post Holdings 東京, Japan
- Japan Post 100% · Ōtemachi Place
  - Japan Post Trading Service Subsidiary · 100% · Kōtō, Japan
  - Japan Post Transport Subsidiary · 100% · Tokyo, Japan
  - JP MEDIA DIRECT Co. Subsidiary · 51%
  - Saison Asset Management Stake · 40% · Higashi-Ikebukuro, Japan
- Japan Post Bank 61.5% · 東京千代田区, Japan
- Japan Post Corporate Service Subsidiary · 100% · Akasaka, Japan
- Toll Group Subsidiary · 100% · Melbourne
  - Toll Aviation Subsidiary
  - Toll Domestic Forwarding Subsidiary · Melbourne
  - Toll NZ Subsidiary
  - Toll Priority Subsidiary
- Japan Post Service Subsidiary · Tokyo, Japan
- Japan Post Insurance Stake · 49.84% · Tokyo
- SocioFuture Stake · 35%
- Japan Post Information Technology Stake · 33% · Shinjuku, Japan
- Rakuten Group, Inc. Stake · 6.04% · 東京都世田谷区, Japan
  - Rakuten General Insurance 東京, Japan
  - Aquafadas Subsidiary · Montpellier
    - Ave!Comics Subsidiary · Montpellier
  - Book Service Subsidiary · Tokyo, Japan
  - Rakuten Bank Subsidiary · Tamagawa
  - Rakuten Card Subsidiary · Tokyo, Japan
  - Rakuten Communications Subsidiary · Tokyo, Japan
  - Rakuten Edy Subsidiary · Tokyo, Japan
  - Rakuten Investment Management, Inc. Subsidiary · Minato, Japan
  - Rakuten Kobo Inc. Subsidiary · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  - Rakuten Mart Subsidiary
  - Rakuten Mobile Subsidiary · Setagaya
  - Rakuten Payment Subsidiary · Minato, Japan
  - Rakuten Wallet Subsidiary · Minato, Japan
  - Taiwan Rakuten Ichiba Subsidiary
    - Rakuten Monkeys Subsidiary · Taoyuan, Taiwan
  - Viki Subsidiary · California
  - 楽天マート Subsidiary
  - Rakuten Baseball Subsidiary · Japan
  - Rakuten France Subsidiary · France
  - Rakuten International Commercial Bank Subsidiary · Taiwan
  - RAKUTEN REINSURANCE EUROPE S.A. Subsidiary · Luxembourg, Luxembourg
  - Rakuten Securities Subsidiary · Japan
  - Rakuten Securities Holdings Subsidiary · Japan
  - Rakuten Trade Subsidiary · Malaysia
  - voyagermoinscher.com Subsidiary
  - 楽天モバイル株式会社 Subsidiary · 東京都世田谷区, Japan
- TOLL (ASIA) PTE. LTD. Subsidiary · Melbourne, Australia
- Toll Finance Pty Ltd Subsidiary · Melbourne, Australia
- 株式会社かんぽ生命保険 Subsidiary · 東京都千代田区, Japan

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Japan Post 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

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Japan Post Holdings

Owners

Japan Post Holdings 100%

Subsidiaries

Also owns

From Wikidata.¹

Acquisitions

Succeeded Japan Post Network¹
Succeeded Japan Post Service¹

Timeline

Oct 1, 2007Founded Founded¹

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

1
WikidataJapan Post on Wikidata
2
WikipediaJapan Post on Wikipedia
3
Wikimedia CommonsJapan Post logo by Japan Post Service Co., Ltd., Public domain
4
Wikimedia CommonsJapan Post photo by Akonnchiroll, CC BY-SA 4.0