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)
Multiple industries brace for impact of move to tackle chronic driver shortage
CHIHIRO ISHIKAWA, Nikkei staff writer
December 5, 2023 06:00 JST
Updated on December 5, 2023 14:52 JST