Overview
Nippon Express is the logistics group held by NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS, INC., a Tokyo-headquartered company incorporated on 4 January 2022 as the group’s holding company. Satoshi Horikiri is president and chief executive, and the group had 77,925 employees at the end of 2025[7].
The group’s international airfreight forwarding volume in calendar 2025 was 933,201 chargeable tons, of which 263,897 tons were handled in Japan and 669,304 tons overseas. The overseas figure includes 182,022 tons reported separately for CP Company[14]. Alongside international air and ocean forwarding, the group runs domestic transport and warehousing in Japan.
Nippon Express is the natural choice for supply chains anchored in Japan and strong across Asia. Its airfreight volume is well below those published by Kuehne+Nagel and DHL, and the source pages used here do not give group revenue or ocean volumes.
NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS features
- International air and ocean forwarding
- Japanese domestic logistics
- Warehousing
NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS pricing
Quote-based per shipment or by tender.
NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS strengths and limitations
Strengths
- Leading position in Japan
- Strong Asian network
- Large overseas airfreight operation
- Large integrated domestic operations
- Largest Japanese logistics company in the list
- 77,925 employees
Limitations
- Smaller presence outside Asia
- Ocean volumes not on the source page
- Airfreight volume below European leaders
- Profit of only US$39.9m
- Lowest profit margin in the list
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NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS alternatives and competitors
Alternatives to NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS: companies ranked in the same lists.
- DHL Group
- Expeditors
- DSV
- Kuehne + Nagel
- C.H. Robinson
KLN
Rhenus
GEODIS
Dachser- CEVA Logistics
ZTO Express- HMM
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