1. A Japan Post employee was ordered to deliver mail by bicycle after damaging a vehicle with a motorcycle, despite extreme heat conditions in Tokyo.
2. This "punitive bicycle" order has been reportedly issued at other branches as well, causing concern among mail carriers and labor unions who have asked for it to be stopped.
3. Japan Post initially defended the order as training, but later admitted that the length of the period was excessive and failed to fully explain its purpose. They have since banned such treatment across the company.