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J a p a n Association for Logistics and Transport 2017 Japan Association for Logistics and Transport Greeting Top message My name is Shuji Tamura and I am the 9th Chairman of the we are continuing to present the Logistics Environment Award, the Japan Association for Logistics and Transport (JALoT). Award for Excellent Business Entities Working on Modal Shift and Greeting/Overview of JALoT / Management and Secretariat of JALoT of JALoT / Management and Secretariat Greeting/Overview The JALoT was established in 1991 and celebrated being in awards at the Green Logistics Partnership Meeting with the aim of operation for over a quarter of a century this year. We were reducing CO2 emissions and relieving the burden on the established as an organization to widely accept logistics companies environment in the logistics sector in light of the Paris Agreement in the fields of the land, sea and air, as well as related groups, as that took effect recently. Together with this, we are working on members. Since then, we have been collecting together opinions public awareness activities related to environmental measures. over the whole logistics industry in centralized initiatives beyond These include participation in a campaign to avoid courier fields by considering various challenges in Japan and overseas redeliveries that is part of the Cool Choice Movement run by the faced across the industry. We have made a number of government. In addition, our comprehensive efficiency plan based recommendations seeking the understanding and cooperation of the on the Comprehensive Logistics Efficiency Act revised last year is concerned parties (including the business community) or looking also effective from the viewpoint of reducing CO2 emissions. for the solutions to be reflected in the policies of the government. Therefore, I would like to press ahead with efforts to support this The logistics industry is a part of the social infrastructure that is plan to aim for further development in partnerships and cooperation essential to the lives of individuals in addition to supporting the with multiple shippers and logistics providers, such as with modal economic activities of companies. The size of this market in Japan shifts, joint transportation deliveries and securing return cargo. stands at approximately 25 trillion yen or 5% of GDP. The number Finally, there is our initiative toward international concerns. In of people employed in the logistics industry is approximately 2.13 recent years, logistics providers in Japan have made spectacular million people; which accounts for 3% of the employees of all progress in developing overseas due to the overseas expansion of industries. In recent years, the labor shortage problem in logistics shippers in the manufacturing and other industries. In particular, providers has been widely recognized as a challenge that affects the there has been remarkable expansion into Asian – and especially life of the people due to the sudden explosion in the e-commerce Southeast Asian – countries in recent years. Some of these countries market. However, there are also fears that the logistics industry may face challenges for smooth business execution with it possible to not be able to adequately fulfill its social infrastructure functions see cases in which there has been a lack of development in terms of that support industrial activities and people’s lives. Therefore, I the customs clearance system in addition to the infrastructure of would like to gain wide public understanding, including among roads, harbors and similar. Therefore, we would like to continue shippers, so that the logistics industry can press ahead with supporting logistics providers that are expanding overseas. We will productivity improvement (e.g. by enhancing transportation do this by sharing information on the experiences and expertise of efficiency). Together with this, there is an urgent need to develop an companies that have expanded overseas in our Overseas Strategy attractive working environment (e.g. by incorporating diversified Working Team under the umbrella of the International Business employment needs). Taking into consideration these factors, I Committee. At the same time, we will look to promote public- would like the JALoT to implement and continue the following private partnerships that will lead to dialogue between governments activities. regarding the challenges that are difficult for private operators to First, there is the initiative that the JALoT has consistently deal with. conducted in the past of “looking at logistics (which thoroughly In order to steadily press ahead with the four activities stated support industry and life) in life-size (widely from society and the above, I would like to promote the activities of the JALoT while people).” The convenience of life and the efficiency of business fully grasping the current situation by carefully listening to the have been evolving at an amazing pace due to the popularization opinions of logistics related parties involved in all modes. and sophistication of IT. The social role of the logistics industry has The JALoT is a federation of logistics companies and groups in also grown bigger due to the development of e-commerce together all types of business. The first thing we require to function is the with the evolution of IT. Therefore, we provide various opportunities cooperation of all our members, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, for the younger generation to recognize the mission of logistics as Transport and Tourism, and other related parties. I ask for the part of the foundation infrastructure of society and to understand wonderful support and cooperation of our member companies and that the work of logistics is one which has social meaning and all those involved in logistics. which is worth doing. In the future, in addition to this, we will strengthen our efforts toward elementary school and junior high school students because the description of logistics has now been enhanced and included in the new teaching guidelines. Next, there is an initiative to further enhance the various Chairman functions of the logistics industry as a part of the social infrastructure. We grasp the latest technical trends that contribute to an Shuji Tamura improvement in productivity against common challenges of the industry (e.g. the labor shortage) and practical examples of these. We will strive to introduce these examples and will work on the challenges of manual cargo handling/down time and work style reform. Furthermore, in an effort to address global environmental issues, 2 Overview of JALoT ■ Name: Japan Association for Logistics and Transport ■ Established: July 8, 1991 (Registered on September 9, 1991) ■ Number of members: 14 associations & 78 companies ■ Board members Chairman 1 Vice Chairmen 6 Chief Director 1 Directors 19 Auditors 2 ■ Purpose: The purpose of JALoT is to contribute to healthy development of the logistics industry by uniting land-sea-and-air logistics business entities and developing and conducting pro- grams to address crosscutting issues concerning logistics business. Management and Secretariat of JALoT General Meeting [Secretariat] Chief Director Chairman and Vice Chairmen Meeting Board Meeting Director, Secretary General Committee Basic Policies ment and PR Committee Develop Human Resource Committee International Business Committee Measures Logistics Environment Committee Improvement Management Efficiency Logistics EDI Center Center Logistics Information Business Department Department Administration - 3 Board Members of JALoT (Order of the Japanese syllabary) Board Members of JALoT / Honorary advisors Board Chairman Vice Chairman (Representative Director) (Representative Director) Shuji Tamura Tsunehisa Obika Japan Freight Railway Company Japan Federation of Coastal Shipping Associations President Chairman Vice Chairman Vice Chairman Shinichiro Ito Hiroshi Kino ANA Holdings Inc. Japan Warehousing Association Inc. Chairman of the Board President Vice Chairman Vice Chairman Katsumi Sakamoto Koichi Muto Japan Trucking Association Japanese Shipowners’ Association President President Chief Director Vice Chairman (Representative Director) Kenji Watanabe Toshikazu Yoda All Japan Freight Forwarders Association Japan Association for Logistics and Transport Chairman Chief Director Honorary advisors Tsuyoshi Miyazaki Mitsubishi Logistics Corporation Advisor Koji Miyahara NYK Line Co., Ltd. Advisor Shoichiro Hamanaka Nippon Express Co., Ltd. Advisor Naohiko Ito Japan Freight Railway Company Honorary advisor Yoshio Kaneda Japan Freight Railway Company Colleague Masanori Kawai Nippon Express Co., Ltd. Advisor Masahiko Okabe Nippon Express Co., Ltd. Advisor Yasumi Kudo NYK Line Co., Ltd. Chairman of the Board 4 Hideo Araki Yutaka Ito Yasuo Iritani Katsuyuki Ozawa Takanori Ono Sagawa Express Co., Ltd. Japan International Freight Japan Long Course Ferry Japan Motor Terminal The Sumitomo Warehouse President, Executive Officer Forwarders Association Inc. Service Association Co., Ltd. Co., Ltd. Chairman President Executive Vice President President, Representative Director Kazuo Kobayashi Shigehiro Komaru Satoshi Takahashi Takashi Tsuji Yutaka Nagao Chuetsu Transport Co., Ltd. Fukuyama Transporting Seino Transportation Co., Ltd. Konoike Transport, Co., Ltd. Yamato Transport Co., Ltd. President Co., Ltd. Managing Director in charge Chairman of the Board President & CEO President & CEO of Logistics Dept. and Tokyo Headquarters Director Yasuo Nakatani Seiki Fukuda Yasuhisa Fukuda Akio