The value of post offices.
Post offices scattered in rural areas of the country.
With the change of government to the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), the privatization of post offices is going backwards.
Who knows what will happen in the future?
I returned to my parents' home for the first time in a while. Both of my parents are elderly and do not have much knowledge about banking and finance.
For some reason, they have great trust in the post office.
As the number of elderly people is increasing in local cities, I wondered if the post office might have a very important role to play.
For these elderly people, the post office is not just a bank or a place to buy stamps.
It is a financial planner for the elderly, so to speak.
A financial planner who is local and can provide local service.
It's hard to feel comfortable with a bank, but a post office is fine.
There must be many elderly people like this.
I wonder why.
Unlike private financial institutions with numbers and figures, they are relaxed.
The workers are not tense. (Excuse me, bank employees...)
Financial planners who can open the minds of the elderly with sensitivity.
If this is the case, the post office has a lot of significance.
It would be great if Minister Kamei had thought this far.
A place for the elderly in rural areas to go to for their financial needs.
Even if they are not privatized, I hope they will do their best with a firm philosophy.
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Akira Tsuchiya