Key facts
- Yamato Holdings President Toshiyuki Sakurai told Nikkei the group will negotiate price increases with major corporate clients.
- Sakurai said Yamato plans to trim its delivery network and use AI to optimize operations.
- The report gave no figure for the planned price increases and no timeline.
Yamato Holdings plans to negotiate price increases with major corporate clients as it shifts its express delivery business from volume toward profitability, President Toshiyuki Sakurai told Nikkei in an interview published on November 4, 2026.
Sakurai said the Japanese logistics group would trim its delivery network and use artificial intelligence to optimize operations, describing the goal as a leaner service. The report did not give the size of the planned price increases, a timeline, or the response of corporate clients.
The interview was published alongside a Nikkei page carrying links to other interviews and features, including pieces on Nintendo, Palantir and Japan's healthcare system, which are not part of this report.