Much like conditions in the U.S., Japan is experiencing capacity tightening while undergoing an e-commerce boom.
Studies have found over the past five years, e-commerce sales in Japan have an expected compound annual growth rate of 7.5% until 2024, due to increased mobile phone adoption and consumer confidence in online shopping. Combine this with an aging labor force, and the country expects to be short 240,000 drivers to complete deliveries of these goods.
To optimize available capacity and...