Japan courier Yamato turns profit on stay-at-home demand

Redeliveries decline, but B2B operations squeezed by pandemic fallout

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Yamato Holdings, Japan's largest parcel delivery service, has seen earnings swing back to positive territory. (Photo by Wataru Ito) 

YUKO NAGAE, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Yamato Holdings, Japan's leading package deliverer, is set to report a group operating profit of roughly 8 billion yen ($74.7 million) for the first quarter through June, reversing the loss suffered a year earlier.

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