TOKYO -- Amazon Japan aims to build a team of 10,000 independent couriers in the Tokyo region by 2020 to continue offering same-day delivery service without relying on major parcel delivery companies.
Private deliverers tend to subcontract with transport companies, and their work is often concentrated during heavy business periods such as the end of the year. Amazon's move could help sustain their work all year, as well as possibly help alleviate Japan's delivery driver shortage.
