JAPAN’S “2024 PROBLEM”
Japan currently grapples with a significant shortage of truck and delivery drivers. To address this issue, the government has introduced a policy aimed at reducing overtime work for truck drivers. However, with over 90 percent of cargo transportation in the country reliant on roads, this move is anticipated to result in a 14 percent decline in delivery capacity by the year 2024. As a consequence, Japan faces an urgent need to recruit and train more drivers to meet the escalating demands of the transportation sector in the coming year.
1. There is a general shortage of truck/delivery drivers in Japan.
2. Government has implemented a reduction of overtime work for truck drivers.
3. More than 90 percent of cargo in Japan travel by road.
4. With the loss of overtime hours, it is estimated that there will be a 14 percent deficit in delivery capacity in 2024.
5. Japan needs more drivers in 2024
THE NEW YORK TIMES
December 23, 2023
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/23/business/japan-truck-drivers-overtime-shortage.html
