SAITAMA, Japan -- For truck driver Toshiya Kajiyama, strict curbs on trucker overtime ordered by Japan's government starting in April next year are a 2024 problem with a silver lining.

Trucks line up in Osaka: New rules capping overtime hours for truck drivers in Japan are forecast to cut the country's cargo delivery capacity by more than a third by 2030. (Photo by Kosaku Mimura)
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