Japanese online malls take more active hand in delivery

Courier rate hikes fuel fears of higher seller prices, customer flight to Amazon

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Yahoo Japan President Manabu Miyasaka discussed delivery issues in a lecture Friday in Tokyo.

SATOSHI MOROTOMI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- The likes of Rakuten and Yahoo Japan are rethinking their approach of having merchants on their marketplaces handle product shipping, worrying that rate increases by logistics companies could give Amazon.com an advantage.

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