Japan's transport ministry on Wednesday (September 3) notified Japan Post Co. that it plans to suspend cargo transportation minivehicle operations at post offices as punishment for improper roll calls for delivery drivers.

A fire, suspected to have been caused by a short circuit, broke out on Sunday morning at the one-storey post office building of the San Khamphaeng branch in Chiang Mai province, the local precinct superintendent Pol Colonel Chuwit Kongkaew said.