October 29, 2025
Challenges in Japan’s Trucking Industry In Japan, road transport accounts for 90% of goods movement, as reported by AFP’s Richard A. Brooks. Truck driver Fujio Uemura is feeling the strain of new regulations aimed at improving working conditions, which are having unintended consequences for the logistics sector and may lead to higher consumer prices. New […]
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October 10, 2025
Kawasaki – Fujio Uemura is required to take breaks following a night of driving fish to Tokyo, as new regulations are being implemented that trucking firms and industry experts claim are crippling Japan’s logistics sector and could lead to increased prices for consumers. The new rules aim to reduce the burden of underpaid truck driving […]
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June 24, 2025
Sun Oct 20, 2024 02:33 PM Last update on: Sun Oct 20, 2024 02:39 PM Overview of Trucking Conditions in Japan Truck drivers in Japan typically work 20 percent longer hours than the average employee but earn about 10 percent less, approximately 4.5 million yen ($30,000) annually. Nearly 20 percent of these drivers work 60 […]
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April 20, 2025
Yomiuri Shimbun file photoTrucks maneuver through Tokyo. AFP-Jiji 17:42 JST, October 20, 2024 Fujio Uemura finds himself taking breaks after driving fish overnight to Tokyo, as new regulations impose limits that, according to trucking companies and industry experts, threaten to disrupt Japan’s logistics system and may lead to increased consumer prices. The rules are designed to […]
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