Experts are examining the privatisation of Royal Mail ahead of the £7.5bn flotation of Japan Post, The Financial Times reported on 2 October.
Officials and advisors will try to learn lessons from the UK’s practices and avoid mistakes that were made.
The Japanese government hopes to use the initial public offering to create a new generation of shareholders and divert the country’s savings pool to investment. The move has been more than 10 years in the making, and is Japan’s biggest share flotation since the 1980s.