Almost 4 Billion Post Cards

Some 3.79 billion New Year greeting cards went on sale on November 1, Japan Post officials said.

It was the last time for Japan Post to release New Year greeting cards as it will be privatized in October 2007.

The number of New Year greeting cards for 2007, the Year of the Boar, is 7.2 percent less than the number Japan Post issued last year.

(from the Mainichi Daily News)