Nov 7, 2026Important

MLIT opens consultation desk for warehouse and freight forwarding operators on price pass-through and negotiation

Summary: The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) has opened a consultation desk, starting 15 April 2024, for questions on passing on price increases and on price negotiations. It follows the government's logistics reform package and the 2023 guidelines on passing on labor costs through price negotiations, which set out 12 action principles for both clients and contractors. Consultations are accepted by email.
Who is affected: Warehouse operators and freight forwarders (貨物利用運送事業者) in Japan, and the clients who contract with them.
What to do: Nothing required. Businesses with questions about price pass-through or price negotiations can email [email protected]. The labor cost pass-through guidelines (issued by the Cabinet Secretariat and the Japan Fair Trade Commission on 29 November 2023) are useful background for pricing talks.
Deadline: Not stated in the original
Original title (Japanese): ◆倉庫事業者・貨物利用運送事業者向け相談窓口
Issued by: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), Road Transport Bureau

Summarized and translated by AI. The original Japanese text is authoritative. Sources: the websites of each Japanese government body (see the original link for each notice). Summarized and translated into English by AI by Japan Regulation Watch under the Public Data License (Version 1.0) of the Government of Japan. This is not an official translation and was not created by the government.