The Japan Postal Workers' Union (JPU, , Zentei) was a

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representing workers at

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. The union was founded in 1946 and soon became affiliated with the

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(Sōhyō). One of the first major unions founded in the country after

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, it was also considered one of the most influential unions in the post-war period. By 1967, it had 245,302 members. In 1990, Sōhyō merged into the

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, with which the JPU then became affiliated. On 1 October 2007, inspired by the planned privatization of

, it merged with the

All Japan Postal Labor Union The All Japan Postal Labour Union (JPLU, , Zenyusei) was a trade union representing employees at Japan Post. The union was established in 1965, as a more right-wing alternative to the Japan Postal Workers' Union (JPU). It was affiliated with t ...

, to form the

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